If there had been professional and objective opinion polls in the Third Reich (which there weren’t), then they would’ve shown that the Führer’s popularity was consistently dropping and by April 1945, it was practically nonexistent – with the exception of a minority composed of clueless adolescents and blinded officers fighting till the very end. It turns out, Hans Baur, dedicated until the end, noted in his diary that Hitler was seemingly aware of this. According to him, in the goodbyes of the Führer before his suicide, he clearly stated that he no longer had any support at all – let alone two thirds. Right before his death Hitler said: “The time has come. My generals have betrayed me, my soldiers are no longer fighting, I cannot continue. A man must gather enough courage to face the consequences – so I will finish this now. I know that millions of people will curse me tomorrow. I will finish this today.”
This authentic record is an accurate picture of the political reality then; of course, Hitler was in his bunker, receiving news from his confidants until the very last minute. Just based on this, he could be sure that if he went out onto the street, some rather bloodthirsty Germans might even butcher him. So, we can be sure that Hitler, in April 1945, was farther from two thirds as the eye can see.
It seems however that Péter Márki-Zay doesn’t want to know about this. In his election loss speech, he simply felt that throwing some shocking statements out there was more important than the truth. His historical falsification, which has practically become habit, was just the cherry on top as Márki-Zay not only failed big in his history exam, but also on the stage of Hungarian politics.
Photo: Péter Márki-Zay (Photo: Zoltán Havran)
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