MY STRUGGLE :39 they must look for all this. Lies and calumnv are * J essentially bound up in that hatred.
Am man who is not attacked, slandered and calumniated in the Jewish Press is no true German, no true National Socialist. The best standard for the value of his sentiments, the reality of his conviction and the strength of his will-power is the ferocity shown towards him by the enemies of our nation.
The Movement should use every means to instil respect for personality ; it should bear in mind that all human value lies in personality, that every idea, every accomplishment is the result of one man’s creative work, and that admiration for greatness is not merely a thank-offering paid to it, but also a bond uniting those who are grateful for it. There is no substitute for personality.
In the earliest days of our Movement we suffered great disabilities owing to the fact that our names carried no importance and were unknown ; this by itself made any chance of success most questionable. The public, of course, knew nothing whatever about us. In Munich no one even knew of the Party by name bmTng the small number of adherents and the few ho new them. It was therefore essential to extern? the little circle, get fresh adherents, and at all cos' s ee the name of the Movement known.
With this in view we tried each month, and later on each fortnight, to hold a meeting. The invitations were partly typed and partly written by hand on tickets. I remember myself delivering as many as eighty of those tickets on one occasion, and in the evening we waited for the crowds who ought to be coming. After putting off the meeting for an hour, the Chairman was obliged to start it with the original seven members, and no one else !