This document is a collection of memoirs by ex-Gauleiter Albert Krebs written in Germany between 1923 and 1933. These memoirs were edited and translated by William Sheridan Allen in 1976. The intended audience of this document is historians and people who are interested in the early stage of Nazism and their coming to power. The main points of this document are the rise of Nazism, the forms of power that the Nazi were using, the DHV, and party and trade union connections. The document was written to address the political events and movement that lead to Hitler’s dictatorship and to show how people opposed to Hitler contributed to his success. This document reveals what someone involved in politics like Alfred Krebs experienced and considered