I Joined The Party Definitely

Although As A Sailor I Despised Politics - For I Loved My Sailor's Life And Still Love It Today - Conditions Forced Me To Take Up A Definite Attitude Towards Political Problems.

The Diet Was Dissolved By A Reich Government Decree.

I Became Gauleiter In 1927.

I Am Very Proud Of The Fact That Many Workers In My Gau, Numerous Former Communists And Social Democrats Were Won Over By Us And Became Local Group Leaders And Party Functionaries.

The Dissolution Of The Trade Unions Was In The Air Then.