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[–]useless_aether 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So, Heiden, never claims a Jesuit nor Stempfle wrote Mein Kampf. Heiden was a Jewish Socialist, left-wing hournalist, he was vocally against National Socialism and Hitler. Heiden belonged to nearly all the groups least liked by Hitler, and realized as much; soon after the accession of the Hitler government, he wisely saw fit to leave a Germany where he was no longer welcome. It is therefore no surprise that he is very hostile to the subject of his biography, for both political and personal reasons.

https://www.amazon.com/Fuehrer-Hitlers-Rise-Power/dp/0897603966

Only rarely does he list his sources, which makes his account problematic for the critical historian to use; while many of his stories are not inherently implausible, others have a touch of the fantastic to them, and some are demonstrably erroneous rumors. (For example, his frivolously speculative sections on der Führer's sex life -- A perennial favorite of popular modern historians.) On the other hand, he does on occasion quote interesting primary-source documents, among them a private letter by serving Corporal Adolf Hitler (in World War I) to a pre-war acquaintance in Munich, describing the heavy fighting he has seen. A real treat back then, although nowadays such documents are also available elsewhere (for example, in Werner Maser's published sample of Hitler's private writings).

https://www.amazon.com/Fuhrer-Konrad-Heiden/dp/0785815511

why are you plagiarizing an amazon book reviewer, Arnold E. Bjorn? are you him?

[–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sorry, that was meant to be quoted as can be seen by the quotes below and above, it didn't register because I formatted the text wrong. Both above and bleow portions are part of the reivew. I've read other books from Heiden in english, as well as articles that I found decent reading. I cannot seem to find that book in English, but it is you who have claimed that Stempfle wrote the book and that he was a Jesuit, so the burden is on you to provide proof. I still, nevertheless, showed you that his book does NOT claim a Jesuit wrote Mein Kampf, because he wasn't a Jesuit to begin with, and he never claims he wrote it in full, he only changed some passages. Again, Stempfle was an editor afterall.

Your claim and falt earther Phelps and Paris that Stempfle wrote Mein Kampf is not backed up by facts, only hearsay. There's plenty of more evidence Hitler wrote it and Stempfle edited and fixed up parts of it. And AGAIN, he wasn't a Jesuit which means Phelps, Paris and these internet claims are based on ignorance.

Heiden said:

...some changes to the original text and even rewrote some passages completely.

He based this off hearsay. We cannot prove this is true. All we know is he was an editor and might have edited parts of Mein Kampf for better reading. The claim he was a Jesuit is a lie.

And unlike hearsay, we do have a first-hand account of someone close to Hitler:

Body photographer Heinrich Hoffmann from the post-war period speak for Hitler's non-involvement in the death of Stempfle: Schaub explained about an interrogation by IfZ employee Franz Schaubs on July 26, 1951, that:

"among those murdered in Munich whose death Hitler most regretted , [...] the former pastor Stempfle was to be mentioned in particular, with whom Hitler was together almost daily."[52]

Hoffmann wrote in his memoirs: "When I killed Hitler at the time of Hitler's death, he wrote in his memoirs:

"When I killed Hitler in the past, He was a member of the former pastor Stempfle. first time after the catastrophe, he grabbed me by the arm and complained with deep shock: "What do you say, Hoffmann, these pigs also killed my good Father Stempfle!" Later, when I asked about the connection between the tragedy, Hitler cut me off the speech with a brusque hand gesture: "No more word about it!" he said in a tone that did not tolerate any contradiction. It has remained so throughout the years..."