Adolf Hitler's dinner speech in Rome during state visit to Italy. | By LucciNation.
"Duce! From the moment that I set foot on Italian soil, I have found everywhere an atmosphere of friendship and sympathy which makes me profoundly happy.
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Adolf Hitler's dinner speech in Rome during state visit to Italy. | By LucciNation.
"Duce! From the moment that I set foot on Italian soil, I have found everywhere an atmosphere of friendship and sympathy which makes me profoundly happy.
With the same deep emotion, the German people last autumn greeted in your person the creator of Fascist Italy, the founder of a new Empire, and at same time the great friend of Germany.
The National Socialist Movement and the Fascist Revolution have created two new powerful States. Germany and Italy have common interests and are deeply intertwined through their shared ideology.
Duce! Last autumn at the Mayfield in Berlin, you proclaimed an ethical maxim which is sacred in the eyes of Fascist Italy, namely: "To speak clearly and openly and, when one has a friend, to march with him to the end.".
In the name of National Socialist Germany, I too acknowledge this principle. Today I shall respond to you: Since the Romans and the Germanic tribes met, as far as we know, for the first time in history, 2,000 years have now passed. As I stand on this soil, the most glorious soil in the history of mankind, I feel the tragedy of a fate which established no clear frontier between these two so highly gifted and so worthy races. Unspeakable suffering which lasted for generations was the consequence. Today, after almost 2,000 years, thanks to your historic efforts, Benito Mussolini, the Roman State arises from its ancient traditions to new life. To the north of your country, a new Germanic Reich has arisen from the numerous tribes.
It is my irrevocable will and my bequest to the German people that the frontier of the Alps, which Nature has erected between us, shall be regarded forever as unchangeable. I am certain that a great and prosperous future will ensue for Rome and for Germania. I raise my glass and drink to your health, to the greatness and happiness of the Italian people, and to our unchangeable friendship."
- Adolf Hitler, Rome, May 7, 1938.
