The false myth of Hitler, Highways ...!

To date persists wrong impression that the highway is a Nazi invention and that the construction work was sidelined mass unemployment in Germany . A historical lie

Deutsche Welle

Adolf Hitler forcibly thrust the shovel into the sand . Soldiers stand next to . Each holds in his hands a camera to take a picture of the Führer 's inauguration and to document the works for a highway . A typical motif , which at the time was spread across the country . Most often there, where were built short segments of highway Reich ( " Reichsautobahn " ) .

Staging had only one goal : Activities should reach citizens throughout the empire . Throwing the first bucket staged with more cost and celebrated the end of the road once again .

Hitler discovers unexpected highway

A bizarre transformation after only a few years ago a large part of the Nazi German Workers Party ( NSDAP ) together with the Communist Party had sabotaged the construction of " roads only for vehicles " , as originally called runways with concrete slabs . According to their construction projects this large would " serve only wealthy aristocrats and great Jewish capitalists " , argued the Nazis and did not participate in political negotiations to finance highways . Only when Hitler came to power in 1933 , began to highways interest to the Nazis for their own purposes .

Until 1929 in the construction of highways in Germany had failed due to the economic crisis and the lack of capital . Germany moaning under the consequences of mass unemployment , hyperinflation and the payment of World War I reparations .

Only then president of the municipality of Cologne , Konrad Adenauer , had come out in 1932 to build and finance the first highway without curves between Cologne and Bonn : A 555 -en today . The segment was then 20 kilometers long . He can only përshkohej 120 kilometer per hour ( although most vehicles then a mere 60 ) . The area around Cologne was considered at that time as spaces with more traffic . Just six months after opening , the road dropped from Nazi cars ( while in power ) at the level of a national road , to give yourself the title of the first highway builders .

Hitler inserted anywhere

In the mid 1909 had been enthusiastic n industrialists for cars and influential citizens , who were joined by committing to build a road , which enable the car moving without the mud powder without horses and carts without pedestrian .

An association founded in 1926 , NU committed to build a road through the middle of Germany ( Hamburg , via Frankfurt to Basel ) . Initiative " HaFraBa " initially met with refusal by the Nazis after Hitler's takeover plans " HaFraBa " were taken as part of Hitler ; association's name was changed into " Society for the preparation of highway Reich " .

Community mobility should be increased

Historians say today that Adolf Hitler took advantage of a growing movement for mobility , which is ravijëzohej worldwide . However , he recognized opportunities to break the mind of a venture ( initially meaningless ) a nation and ensure its own power . Because it was clear : only a few Germans could afford the luxury of a personal car and thus also for the use of highways .

Every year should be completed 1,000 kilometers highway . This was the order of Hitler . Construction of highways should provide at least 600,000 jobs , but at times the maximum working load only 120,000 workers. Until 1941, only 3,800 were built highway miles . But images of highway workers were embedded in the memory of a whole generation . The Nazis had arrived in Albania today synimin.Edhe THE SAME myth , according to Prime Minister built 9000 km of roads , highways and more ' .... '' sand castle ! ? ? A neonazizëm , to provide an infinite power