“The November parties have ruined the German peasantry in fourteen years.
In fourteen years they have created an army of millions of unemployed. The National Government will, with iron determination and unshakable steadfastness of purpose, put through the following plan:
Within four years the German peasant must be rescued from the quagmire into which he has fallen.
Within four years unemployment must be finally overcome. At the same time the conditions necessary for a revival in trade and commerce are provided.”

— Adolf Hitler

Speech in Berlin http://der-fuehrer.org/reden/english/33-02-01.htm, 1 Febraury 1933
1930s

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