Ilman vaikutusvaltaisten müncheniläispiirien tukea Hitler ei olisi kuitenkaan koskaan ylittänyt tarvittua julkisuuskynnystä puhuessaan baijerilaisten kaljapaikkojen huuruissa. Poliitikko Hitlerin kätilöinä toimivat etenkin Bechsteinit ja Bruckmannit, jotka olivat vauraita pianonvalmistajia ja kustantajia.[1] —Guido Knopp
Hitlerin käytöstapakouluttajana ja natsipuolueen alkupäivien rahoittajana toimi kuuluisan saksanjuutalaisen Bechstein-pianovalmistajasuvun Helene Bechstein.
Helene ja hänen aviomies Edwin Bechstein toimittivat Hitlerille rahoituksen ja koulutuksen lisäksi kontakteja, kodin ja auton. Hitlerin äitipuolena toiminut Helene myös vieraili Hitlerin luona, kun hän oli vangittuna Lansbergin vankilassa vallankumousyrityksestä.[2]
Hitler, Helene Bechstein ja Edwin Bechstein
Juutalainen Bechstein-perhe myöhemmin hankki Hitlerille vetäytymispaikan Berchtesgadeniin, joka lopulta johti siihen, että Hitler teki oman kodin sinne.[3] —John Mosher
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[1] Guido Knopp, Hitlerin naiset ja Marlene, Gummerus Kustannus Oy, Jyväskylä, (2005), s. 233-234.
[2] Bechstein-suvun Hitlerin ja natsipuolueen rahoittamisesta ks. Joachim C. Fest, The Face of the Third Reich, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, (1970), s. 377, v. 12; Anna Maria Sigmund, Women of the Third Reich, NDE Pub., Ontario, (2000), s. 8, 135; Ronald Hayman, Hitler and Geli, Bloomsbury Pub., London, (1997), s. xi, 69, 71, 73-74; Konrad Heiden, Hitler: A Biography, Constable & Co., Ltd., London, (1936), s. 100-101; Walter C. Langer, The Mind of Adolf Hitler: The Secret Wartime Report, Basic Books Inc., Pub., New York, (1972), s. 92-93, 96-97; Ernst Hanfstaengl, Hitler: The Missing Years, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, (1957), s. 62, 132; Fritz Thyssen, I Paid Hitler, Hodden and Stoughton, Ltd., London, (1941), s. 133; David Lewis, The Secret Life of Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Hanau Pub., Ltd., London, (1977), s. 95, 102-103, 105, 117, 120; Bechstein-suvusta ja Hitleristä ksm. Lothar Machtan, The Hidden Hitler, Basic Books, New York, (2001), s. 156; Hans Peter Bleuel, Sex and Society in Nazi Germany, J. B. Lippincott Co., New York, (1973), s. 45.
[3] John Mosher, Unavoidable Germans: Art vs. Politics, and the Consequences, University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland, (1997), s. 304; [Dietrich] Eckart and Hitler, however, were not in a hurry to flee, for they had shelter with a Lady of the Highest Elite, wife of the Jewish piano manufacturer, Bechstein. Eckart knew her very well from his Berlin days, so Hitler became her good friend too, and there he was always welcome. To him she was a good asset due to her many connections. For her, Hitler also was such an asset in a field of various provisions. Later when he was imprisoned in Fortress Landsberg for his troublesome and rebellious endeavors, the police received a statement from Mrs. Helene Bechstein about him, to wit: "Two or three times my husband supported Hitler in publishing the 'People's Observer' in Munich. I have helped him too, but not with money. Rather I gave him many pieces of art and a notice that he may do whatever he wants with them. These pieces of art were of the highest value." Mr. [Richard] Frank (also of Jewish origin), Berlin's coffee producer under the brand name "Kornfrank", through Mrs. Bechstein and Eckart was acquainted with Hitler. He entered into a contract with Hitler and loaned him over "60,000 Swiss franks. As a security for the loan Mr. Adolf Hitler transferred to Mr. Richard Frank an emerald platinum pendant with cut diamonds, a ruby platinum ring with cut diamonds, a sapphire platinum ring with cut diamonds, a ring with 14 carat cut diamond, a Venetian relief sculpture, and a red silk Spanish case with an elytron decorated with golden stitchery. This loan was to be paid off by August 20, 1926, at the latest." —Hennecke Kardel, Adolf Hitler: Founder of Israel - Israel in War with Jews, Modjeskis’ Society Dedicated to Preservation of Cultures, San Diego, (1997), s. 37, 114; Hennecke Kardel, Hitlers Abkunft: Das deutsch-israelische Tabu, Hamburg, (1995), s. 21; Ksm. Hayman, s. 73-74.
