February 20, 1938
My Deputies! Men of the German Reichstag!
I know that you, and with you the German Volk, expected to be called together for a commemoration of the fifth anniversary of our take-over that you, as the duly elected representatives of the Reich, might commemorate with me that so memory-laden beginning of a new historic departure of our Volk.
The decision to convene the Reichstag today instead was made for two reasons:
- I held it to be fitting to make a number of personnel changes not prior to, but after January 30; and
- I felt it was necessary to bring about beforehand an urgently required clarification regarding a certain aspect of our foreign relations.
For you all have good reason to expect that such a day will provide not only a retrospective on the past, but also a glimpse into the future. Both of these shall be the…
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