How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
There was some ground for this appropriation of Nietzsche as one of the originators of the Nazi Weltanschauung. Had not the philosopher thundered against democracy and parliaments, preached the will to power, praised war and proclaimed the coming of the master race and the superman—and in the most telling aphorisms? A Nazi could proudly quote him on almost every conceivable subject, and did. (1.4.96)
Like Hegel, Friedrich Nietzsche makes Shirer's greatest-hits list of intellectuals who paved the way for Hitler's glorification of war. He's building his case that Germans grew up with this kind of philosophy.
Quote #5
Because he was a cripple he could not serve in the war and thus was cheated of the experience which seemed, at least in the beginning, so glorious for the young men of his generation and which was a prerequisite for leadership in the Nazi Party. (2.5.31)
Shirer is describing Paul Joseph Goebbels—the young man who'd eventually become one of Hitler's most trusted and faithful followers, not to mention the Nazi Minister of Propaganda. Notice how this passage takes note of the fact that military service was a necessary qualification for leadership in the Nazi Party. Not only did Nazi ideology glorify war, but party leaders were expected to have proven their character at the front. Maybe that's what Hegel meant by "ethical health."
Quote #6
The destruction of the Republic was only the first step. What they then wanted was an authoritarian Germany which at home would put an end to democratic "nonsense" and the power of the trade unions and in foreign affairs undo the verdict of 1918, tear off the shackles of Versailles, rebuild a great Army and with its military power restore the country to its place in the sun. (2.6.151)
One of the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles was that Germany was disarmed. In this passage, Shirer is describing the goals of the conservative classes who helped to boost Hitler into his appointment as Chancellor of the German Reich. Note how Germany's "place in the sun" is thought to hinge on its military might.