The Rise of the Third Reich

It was a small gathering at the Heinsberg-Hersmann estate in Zossen, the beautiful new home of Hersmann and Chloe that originally belonged to the Mendelssohn family, a Jewish banking family. When the Mendelssohn family evacuated from Germany, it was bought by Hessmann at a very low price - on the Jewish issue, Hitler was a bad guy, and Hessman pretended to be a good guy, so the members of the Mendelssohn family and Hirschman's relationship turned out to be pretty good.

Hersman and Chloe actually bought this manor for the convenience of their work. The Ministry of Defense, the General Staff, the Navy and the Naval Staff, as well as a large number of subordinate agencies, will all be moved from Berlin to Zossen near Berlin within 1931. This will soon become the base camp of the German Wehrmacht. As deputy chief of staff, Hessmann will also work in Zossen for most of the future.

However, the guests attending the party at the Hirschman Manor today were not the backbone members of the "Herschmann Gang", but the Bolsheviks! There are the leaders of the German Bolsheviks, Ernst Thälmann, Val T. Ulbricht, John Scheer and Friedrich Albert (son of President Albert), as well as the Third International Representatives accredited to Germany, Dimitrov, Natalie Lesinskaya, Popov and Tanev. If it were not for the addition of Hessmann, Strasser and Rudolf Hess this time as "fascists", today's gathering would have almost turned into a Central Y Committee meeting of the German Bolshevik Party.

"Comrades," Hessmann explained the purpose of holding this party straight to the point at the beginning of the reception, "Today I invite you from house arrest or prison to Zossen for the sake of friendship between two socialist countries. and the friendship between the two socialist parties…”

"Two socialist countries?" Dimitrov asked loudly. "What do you mean?"

Hersman replied: "National socialism and socialism in one country," he smiled. "Actually, the difference between us is not very big. There is no need and should not regard each other as enemies."

The Reichstag fire and the subsequent purges within Germany were completely necessary in Hersmann's view, just like the Jewish Restriction Act before it. Without internal cleansing in Germany, all kinds of Jewish financial oligarchs, Bolshevik rebels, and social-democratic bitches run rampant. The Nazi Party’s national society cannot be implemented at all, a world war cannot be fought, and Germany cannot become a leading force in Europe.

But Hitler always liked to take things too far, and not just generally, but very much. Sometimes, this will also affect Germany's overall strategy.

So Hessmann now has to play the role of a "good guy" - of course he is not always a "good guy". When it comes to arms expansion and war preparations, he is a bad guy, while Hitler is preparing to play a dove of peace that is harmless to humans and animals. .

However, this does not mean that Hessmann and Hitler were political enemies. They had differences, but it was more of a division of labor.

For example, on the issue with the Soviet Union, Hessmann's division of labor was to continue to act as an old friend of the Soviet people in order to maintain good relations of Soviet-German cooperation. Hitler acted as a pro-Western anti-Soviet faction and began to clean up the influence of the Soviet-supported German Bolshevik Party and the Third International in Germany.

"You actually called fascism socialism!" Ernst Thalmann glared at Hessmann, as if he was about to have an attack. Natalie was by his side, pulling him hard to stop him. He goes to destroy the harmonious atmosphere.

Hersmann took this opportunity to express his views urgently and quickly: "Mr. Thalmann, as a Marxist, you should at least have the spirit of seeking truth from facts. Germany and Italy are completely different. The National Fascist Party and The line is also completely different from that of the National Socialist Workers' Party.

Germany's national conditions are also different from Italy's, just as we are completely different from the Soviet Union. The socialist line suitable for the Soviet Union cannot be applied to Germany. Otherwise, Mr. Thalmann, you should be the leader of Germany instead of the prisoner you are today. Moreover, no one can deny the reality that the National Socialist Workers Party of Germany is a party supported by the majority of the working people in Germany!

The majority of the working people in Germany voted for the National Socialist Workers Party rather than the Bolshevik Party! Whose fault is this? Are the German working people blind, or is the line of the German Bolshevik Party incompatible with Germany's national conditions?

I think you German Bolsheviks should do some soul-searching on your way to the Soviet Union. Instead of blaming others! "

"Your policy is war! What Hitler and your Junkers officer corps are following is a war line!" Val T. Ulbricht, the great leader of East Germany in history, loudly criticized Hitler and Hessmann's line.

"No, you are wrong!" Hessmann retorted in an equally loud voice, "That is not a war, but a revolution! A revolution that liberates all of Europe and even all mankind...Socialism will be in this world revolution. Overthrow capitalism! The purpose of the first five-year plan currently implemented by the Soviet Union and the second five-year plan to be implemented is also to lay the material foundation for world revolution. "

Hessmann did not continue to talk nonsense with those German Bolsheviks who were bound to suffer hardships and even lose their lives in the Soviet Union. Instead, he raised his glass high and said: "Today's reception is to see off the German Bolsheviks who are about to leave for the Soviet Union. . Although we National Socialists and the Bolsheviks have differences on socialist standards, we believe that this difference is not an irreconcilable contradiction between ourselves and the enemy, but a dispute between comrades. Therefore, under the circumstances that the German people have made their choice. We will send you to the Soviet Union and prohibit your return until the victory of the world revolution.

Now I wish you a pleasant journey and continue to contribute to the cause of socialism in the Soviet Union. Long live the Soviet-German friendship! Long live the socialist cause! "

Is this still possible? The German Bolsheviks present were all a little dazed. Natalie Leshinskaya suddenly raised her wine glass high and shouted: "Long live the Soviet-German friendship! Long live the socialist cause!"

Dimitrov looked back at the woman. He knew that Natalie had a good relationship with the Hersmanns. Then I thought about Stalin starting to rebuild armaments in Germany. When Hessmann became the third most powerful figure in the German army, he sent Natalie, who had been exiled, to Germany, and then the Reichstag fire occurred.

His mind was moving very fast, he had already thought of something, and he raised his glass high: "Long live the Soviet-German friendship! Long live the socialist cause!"

Dimitrov is the Secretary of the Western European Bureau of the Third International. He shouted slogans along with Hessman, indicating that Hessman's ideas were recognized by the Third International - because Dimitrov was not punished after the arson attack on the Reichstag. What a crime, just to be placed under house arrest in the best Kaiserhof Hotel in Berlin, and treated like foreign leaders visiting Germany! Now he has to be sent back to the Soviet Union, so there is no possibility of defecting and surrendering to the enemy. So a group of German Bolsheviks had no choice but to shout slogans, and then the reception began.

"Maybe we should go out and drink while enjoying the night view," Hersman found Natalie and Dimitrov after the reception started. "It's very warm tonight, let's go to the balcony."

The three of them reached the large, spacious stone balcony, from which they looked out onto a formal garden, an elegant fountain, and beyond that, forest and pasture. After the three people sat down, the servant brought drinks and then closed the door leading to the restaurant.

"Comrade Dimitrov, can we regard the arson attack on the Reichstag as a case of German socialism?" Hessmann said, leaning comfortably in the easy chair, his face hidden in black shadows, making it difficult to see clearly. expression. "The national socialist line has achieved victory. Although it is not exactly the same as the line implemented by the Soviet Union, it is still socialism after all."

Dimitrov managed to say in a cheerful tone: "You mean, we have to recognize Germany as a socialist country?"

"Of course Germany is a socialist country," Herschmann replied in a more cheerful tone. "Unless you want to regard us as a class enemy, I think you'd better admit it. At least it can make the Soviet Union not look so lonely internationally. . It is also beneficial in terms of domestic publicity.”

"What? Do you want to dictate public opinion in the Soviet Union?" Dimitrov said warily.

"Yes," Hessman nodded, "I must advise Comrade Stalin on this... In the past ten years, we have been the 'most friendly capitalist country to the Soviet Union.' This is the Soviet Union The basis for the smooth development of cooperation is now that the National Socialist Workers' Party has come to power and will implement a real socialization policy in Germany - although socialization in Germany is different from that in the Soviet Union, it is certain that the planned economy and the state-owned economy. There will be a significant increase in the composition of the party, and the social welfare of the working class will increase - but the National Socialist Workers' Party and the Bolsheviks are not friendly to each other, just as the Trotskyists and Stalinists are not friendly to each other... …What would Soviet-German relations look like if Trotsky instead of the National Socialist Workers’ Party was in power in Germany today?”

"There might be a fight!" Natalie Leshinskaya said gloomily.

"That is a disaster for socialism!" Hersman said. "The international capitalists will open champagne to celebrate, and the two socialist countries, Germany and the Soviet Union, will perish together or be destroyed by capitalism one after another!"

"That's for sure!" Natalie echoed Hersman again.

Hessmann smiled at his confidante, and then looked at Dimitrov, "Comrade Dimitrov, in order to prevent international capitalism from succeeding, the Soviet Union should recognize Germany as a socialist country! Even if national socialism There was a dispute between the Workers' Party and the Bolshevik Party over socialist standards."