Elias Canetti. Hitler, in Speer (№ 348809)

Of the many buildings which Hitler had planned for Berlin, all the dearer to his heart arch can be, along with a large Domed hall. A sketch for her he created in 1925. Model, made according to this sketch, surprise Speer, on the fiftieth anniversary of Hitler in April 1939. <...> Before the Hitler with the Speer talked about this the arc de Triomphe. She had to reach a height of 120 meters, that is to be more than twice Napoleonaea Arc de Triomphe in Paris. "It will be at least a worthy monument to our compatriots who died in the world war. The name of each of the 1.8 million of the fallen will be engraved in granite!" These are the words of Hitler, how it conveys Speer. It is impossible to more succinctly Express the essence of Hitler. The defeat in the First world war is not recognized and is transformed into victory. <...> the Feeling the masses of dead Hitler - decisive. That is, its true mass. That feeling did not understand generally, do not understand neither his beginning nor his power, nor that he has taken power, to what his businesses were. His obsession manifested itself with terrible activity, and there are the dead.