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Aus Darmstadts Vergangenheit von Adolf Mueller, illustr., 1930, in German - Aus Darmstadts Vergangenheit von Adolf Mueller, illustr., 1930, in German Aus Darmstadts Vergangenheit. Im Auftrag der Stadtverwaltung. Selbstverlag d. Stadt Darmstadt, W. Schröter, 1930., 216 S., 18 doppelseitig bedruckte Tafeln, 2 Plaene, Soft cover, Lithographed front cover, Size: 24 x 16.5 cm. Condition: covers chipped to edges; repair strip between front cover end endpaper; light use wear; couple of leaves with foxing. Weight: 540 gr. Adolf Müller (March 19, 1890, Offenbach – January 25, 1956, Darmstadt) was the director of the Darmstadt City Archives, the City Library, and the City Museum. Mueller trained as a teacher, but from 1919 to 1925 he also studied history and literary history in Frankfurt, completing his doctorate in 1925 with a dissertation on ”Johann Jakob von Willemer as a Politician (1760–1838).” That same year, he became a part-time archivist at the Darmstadt City Archives, and in 1929, a full-time archivist. This position also included the directorship of the City Museum and, from 1934, the City Library. Dissertation by Adolf Müller Book version of Adolf Müller's dissertation, 1925 The Darmstadt city directories listed him as ”Müller, Dr. phil., Director of the City Library, Soderstraße 107” (1935/1941). After the war, he initially lived in Neutsch, later in Munich. In the early 1950s, he returned to Darmstadt and lived at Elisabethenstraße 72 (”Dr. phil., retired archive director”). Müller joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in 1933 and wrote the book ”On the History of the Jewish Question” in 1937. His antisemitic, indeed extremely anti-Jewish, stance is evident right from the start: ”For a long time, it was taboo in academic circles to talk about the Jewish question. To be accused of 'antisemitism' was a fatal accusation for a scholar. But anyone who held opinions different from those of the ruling class was called an 'antisemite.' The only group authorized to speak in this field consisted of Jews. ... Between 1922 and 1928, 46 dissertations on Jewish history were published. All the authors were Jewish. Research and criticism were thus in Jewish hands.” ... ”Most of the existing literature is worthless because it was written by Jews.” Müller also displays his Nazi views in the ”Darmstadt City History,” which was included in the city directories (AB) from 1933 onward. Here are a few examples to illustrate his point: April 16, 1917: Marxist subversion leads to strikes in Germany. (AB 1934, p. 66) October 30, 1918: The crew of the High Seas Fleet, corrupted by systematic Marxist agitation, refuses to put to sea. (AB 1934, p. 72) November 4, 1918: The Marxists Haußmann and Noske, dispatched to Kiel, prevent the violent suppression of the revolt. (AB 1934, p. 72) November 24, 1918: The Bavarian Prime Minister, the Marxist Kosmanowski-Eisner, deliberately supplied the Allied League with falsified material to prove Germany's guilt for the war. (AB 1934, p. 74) February 25, 1920: The NSDAP's program is announced at a massive rally in the Hofbräuhaus festival hall in Munich. (AB 1935, p. 63) February 4, 1921: Adolf Hitler speaks in Munich before the first large mass rally. (AB 1935, p. 67) October 14, 1921: At the Darmstadt Secession, the chairman speaks on the topic: ”Betrayal of Germanness.” He is referring to the pent-up hatred of Jews after the war. (AB 1935, p. 70) November 4, 1921: In Munich, Marxists attempt to disrupt a National Socialist meeting at the Hofbräuhaus. Forty-six National Socialist stewards, front-line soldiers, throw them out, their heads bloodied. The SA is formed. (AB 1935, p. 71) March 21, 1922: The National Socialist movement slowly spreads throughout the Reich. (AB 1935, p. 72) June 24, 1922: Reich Minister Dr. Rathenau is shot dead. (AB 1935, p. 73) (Note: Rathenau was murdered by fascists!) May 26, 1923: Albert Leo Schlageter is shot dead by the French in Düsseldorf. (AB 1935, p. 77) June 8/9, 1923: During the night, the train carrying Schlageter's body arrives at Darmstadt station. A crowd of many thousands has come to honor the hero. The rector of the Technical University, Professor Dr. Petersen, and the German National People's Party member of parliament, Kindt, are speaking. (AB 1935, p. 77) November 8, 1923: Adolf Hitler attempts to establish a national dictatorship in Munich. (AB 1935, p. 79) November 9, 1923: Hitler's undertaking fails due to the betrayal of the Bavarian reactionaries. Sixteen brave Germans fall under the bullets of the reactionaries in front of the Feldherrnhalle in Munich. (AB 1935, p. 79)