By IANS,
New York : A rare 1919 hate-filled letter signed by Adolf Hitler was unveiled by the Simon Wiesenthal Center here Tuesday.
The letter shows Hitler’s hatred for Jews even when he was just an ordinary soldier who would lead Germany to disaster two decades later. Hitler, who was 30 then, wrote the four-page letter at the end of the First World War when he was serving as a soldier in Munich Bavarian army.
“To begin with, Judaism is definitely a racial and not a religious group. The result of which is that a non-German race lives among us with its own feelings, thoughts and aspirations, while having all the same rights as we do,” wrote Hitler.
Ending the letter, the future dictator said, “The final goal must be the removal of Jews. To accomplish these goals, only a government of national power is capable and never a government of national weakness.”
The Simon Wiesenthal Center bought the letter from a historical artifacts dealer for $150,000 last month.
“This document shouldn’t be in private hands. It’s a seminal document that belongs with the future generations. People should know it. It shouldn’t disappear,” New York Daily News quoted Rabbi Marvin Hier, Wiesenthal Center founder, as saying.
The letter had been tucked away for nearly a century in warehouses in Germany and the US, the paper said.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is a global Jewish human rights organization headquartered in Los Angeles.