Alfred Czech was Adolf Hitler’s „youngest hero“. He was just 12 when German newsreel cameras famously filmed him having his cheeks pinched by the Führer at his Berlin bunker after he was ceremoniously awarded the Iron Cross medal for outstanding bravery.
Narration: “The Fuehrer receives the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem (Amin al-Husseini), one of the most influential leaders of Arab nationalism. The Grand Mufti is the religious leader of the Arabs in Palestine, and at the same time their chief judge and financial administrator. Because of his nationalist position, he has been harshly persecuted by the British, who have offered a reward of 25,000 pounds for his capture. After an adventurous journey he reached Germany by way of Italy.” From the German weekly newsreel, “Deutsche Wochenschau,” Dec. 10, 1941.
Introduction by a soldier: I open the rally of the NSDAP at the Sportpalast in Berlin to celebrate the seizure of power by the Führer, tenth year to the day.
Gauleiter (District leader Dr. Goebbels) speaks to us.
(Shouts: Sieg Heil!)
Dr. Joseph Goebbels: My German compatriots, Party comrades,
Since the seizure of power on 30 January, 1933 every year the Führer personally has spoken mainly from the Sportpalast to the German people and has given to them the slogan for the next year of struggle.