Analysis of the Personality of Adolph Hitler

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ANALYSIS

OP

THE

PERSONALITY

OP

ADOLF

HITLER

With

predictions

of

his

futiire

behavior

and

suggestions

for

dealing

with him

1«V

now

and

after

Germany's

surrender

:''>

if

'

mi

Henry

A.

Mtirray,

M»

D^

IlP.rvard

Psychological

Clinic

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FOREWORD

Aim

The

aiid

of

this

memorandum

is

(1)

to

present

an

analysis

of

Adolf

Hitler»a

personality

with

an

hypothetical

formulation

of

the

manner

of

its

development;

(2)

on

the

basis

of

this,

to

make

a

few

predictions

as

to

his

conduct

when

confronted

by

the

mounting

successes

of

the

Allies;

and

(3)

to

offer

some

suggestions

as

to

how

the TJ.

S»

Government

might

now

influence

his

mental

condition

and

behavior

(assuming

it

sees

fit

to

do

so),

and

might

deal

with

him,

if

taken

into

custody,

after

Germany's

surrender.

The

proper

interpretation

of

Hitler's

person-

ality

is

important

as

a

step

in

und9rstanding_the

E3Icholo«2L-2l±'llJ.I2lSi^

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*^^

typical

Nazi

exhibits

a

strain

that

has,

for a

long

time,

been

prevalent

among

Germans

-

as

a

step

1ft

tmderstanding

the

psychology

of

the

German

people.

Hitler's

uaprs

code

nted

appeal,

the

eleva^

tlon

of

this

man

to

the

status

of

a

deni-god,

can

be

explained

only

on

the

hypothesis

tl.>iit

he

and

his

ideology

have

almost

exactly

met

the

ne^da,

longings,

and

sentiments

of

the

majority

of

Germans.


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The

attainment

of a oleat

In^reaslon

of

the

psychology

of the

German

people

la

essential

If

after

stirrendei*,

they

are

to

be

converted

Into

a

peace-loving

nation

that

la willing

to

take Its

proper

place

in

a

world

society*

Sources

of

Information

for

this

Analjals;

-

As

la

well

known,

there

are no

thoroughly

re*

liable

sources

of

information

about

Hitler's

early

life

and

what

la

known

about him

since

1918

is

in

many

respects

insufficient

or

contradictory.

This

analysis

haa

been

based,

for

the

moat

part,

on

the

following

material:

1,

Data

supplied

by

the

Office

of

Strategic services

2.

Hitler's

MEIN

KAMPP,

New

York,

Reynal

&

Hitchcock,

1959

3.

Hitler's

MY

NEW

ORDER,

New York,

Reynal

&

Hitchcock,

1941

4,

Heiden,

K.,

HITLER,

A

BIOGRAPHY,

London,

1936

5,

Rauschnlng,

H.,

VOICE OP

DESTRUCTION,

New

York

6.

'Baynes, H, G.,

GERMANY

POSSESSED,

London,

1941

It

la

generally

agreed

that

MEIN

KAMPP

is

not

to be

relied

on

as

a

factual

document,

but

as

the

translators

say

in

the

introduction

to

the

American

edition,

this

work

is

probably

the

best

written

evidence

of

the

character,

the

mind,

and

the

spirit

of

Adolf

Hitler.

An

analysis

of

the

metaphors

used

in


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MEIN

KAMI^.has

prpved

.

reieardlng

in

the

attempt

to

discover

the

underlying

forces

of

his

personality.

MY

NEW

ORDER,

edited

by

Roussy

de

Sales,

has

also

been

utilized

extensively.

A

paper

published

by

W.H.D.

Vernon,

HITLER

THE

MAN

-

NOTES

FOR,

A

CASE

HISTORY

{Jour,

of

Abn.

&

Soc.

Psychol.,

1942,

37,

295-308),

was

i»ritten

under

my

general

auper^/ision

and

contains

most of

the

ideas

of

professor

G,

W.

Allport

and

myself

on

this

topic

3o

far

as

they

were

crystallised

in

the

fall

of

1941.

This

artlcie

by

Vernon

is

included

in

toto

as

an

introduction,

thereby

relieving

ma

of

the

necessity

of

rests-ting

(in

the

detailed

analysis

that

follows)

all

th^

-fiotmaottly'

known

facts.


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COU^IIiENTIAL

MEMORANDim

containing

A.

,

^lef

Analyala

of

Hltler»a

Personality.

B.

Pradlctlona

of

Hitler*

a

Behavior,

C.

Suggestions

for

the

Treatment

of

Hitler.

D.

Sixggeatlons

for ;the

i?reatiiaent

of

the.

;

G8rn»n

People.

giitwflttea

by

Henry

A.

Murray,

M.D.

Harvard

Paychological

Cllnlo,

Cambridge,

Massachusetts.

Committer

for

National

Morale,

New

York.

A.

Brief

Anal

ysis

of

Hitler's

Personality

I

Dynamical

Pattern.

Counteractive

Type

.

-

There

1»

little

disagreement

among

professional,

or

even

ampng

awateui*,

psychologists

that

Hitler's

personality

Is

an

example

of

the

counteractive

type,

a

type

that

le

marked

by

Intense and stubborn

efforts

(1)

to

overcome

early

diaabilltlea,

weaknesses

and

humiliations

(wounds

to

self-asteen),

and

sometimes

also

by

efforts

(11)

to

revenge

ln*ur:

o«?

and

In-

eults

to

pride.

ThJ-s

la

achieved

by

m?;

ana

of

an


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2

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Idealego.

Reaction

Pormattofa

which

Involvea

(1)

the

repression

and

denial

of

the

Inferior

portions

of

the

self,

and

(11)

strivings

to

become

(or

to

Imagine

one

has

becosiej

the

exact

opposite,

represented

by

an

idealegOt

or

Image

of

a

superior

self

successfully

accomplishing

the

once-

Impossible

feats

and

thereby

c\irlng

the

wounds

of

pride

and

winning

general

respect> prestige,

fame.

This

Is

a

very

common

formula

normal

(within

limits)

and

widely

admired

In

Western

cultures,

but

In

Hitler

»s

case

all

the

constituent

forces of

the

pattern

are

c

ompulsively

extreme

,

and

based

on a,

weak

neurotlo

Structural

foundation

*

The

cM.i9f

trends are these:

(1)

Counteractive

Keed

for

Dgmi^anc_e^g_Su^il^

(2)'

Counteracti

ve

Aggres-

s

ion.

-Re

vehg

o;

(5)

Repre

ssion

of

Conscience.

Com-

pliance.

Love;

(4)

f>roje

Ctlon

of

Crltiol

zable

E

lements

of

the

Se

lf.

1,

Counterac

tive

Heed

for

dominance,

Superiority.-

The

developmental

formula

for

this

is

as

follows

J (1)

Intolerable

feelings

of

in-

feriorlty

(partly

because

of

yielding

to

the will

of

a

harsh

and

unjaet

person),

lep.o^nR

tr^

(ii)

contempt

of o-jm

inferior

traits

(wepkr:68n,

timidity.


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-

submiasivenesa)

and

the

fixed

determination

to

repress

them

in

oneaelf

and

to

condemn

them

in

others,

5iccompanied

by

(iii)

admiration

and

envy

of

power

in

others

and

a

vision

of

self

as

ultimately

sxiperior

(idealego)

leading

to

(iv)

repeated

efforts

to

become

superior

(counteraction

out

of

wounded

pride),

en-

couraged

by

moments

of

extreme

self-

confidence

in

which

one

believes

oneself

the

equal

of one's

vision.

This,

as

we

have

said,

is'

a

very

common

form

of

development,

but

in

Hitler

the

trend is

so

intense

and

*;he

c:)ranonly

balancing

forces

(affection,

con/3cienca,.

self-critic5.a:n,

humor)

are

so weak

that

we

a3pe

.lir^tified

in

speaking

in

speaking

of

megalo-

icRnis

(delusions

of

omnipotence),

despite

the

fact

that

the

sian

has

succeeded

in

getting

a

large

pro-

portion

ci:

tfca

Germr.i

pscple

to

believe

that

he

is

sv.perlor:

(i)

tliat

he

b^a

bean

divinely

appointed

to

lead

them

to

power

and

glory,

and

(ii)

that

he

is

neve

r

wron

g

and

henoe

must

be^

fcllowed

with

blind

obdlenoe, come

what

aayo

Hitler's

underly5.ng

inferiorifcy

feelings,

his

basic

self-contempt

are

shown

by

his

choosing as

e

riteria

of

supe

riority

(traits

of

1

do...lego)

attribute*

and

capacities

that

are

the

very

oppoaits of

what

he

rttsf-

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ia

himself

or

one©

was.

This

may

be

Illustrated

by

his

fervent eulogy

of

(6)

brute

strength

;

(b>

purity

of

blood

;

and

(c)

fertility

,

'

1.

(a)

Admiration

of

Brute

Strength,

Contempt

of

Weaknesa

.-

Hitler

has

always

worshipped

physical

force,

military

conquest,

and

ruthlesa

domihation.

He

has

respected,

envied,

and

emulated

the

techniques

of

power

,

even

when

manifested

by

ft

hated enemy.

Prom

first

to last

he

has

expressed

contempt

o

f

'

weakness

,

indecision,

lack

of

energy,

fear

of

consc5.ence;

and

ye t

-

.

mjbler

has

man

y

Weaknesses

.

There

is

a

lR::?ge

feminine component in

his

consftitution.

As

a

child

he

was

frail

and

sickli,

e

motionall

y

dependent

on

his

mother,

fie

never^dld

any

ma

nual

work,

never

engaged

in

athletics,

w«is

turned

down

as

forever

tt

hfUi

tot

conscription

in

the

Austrian

Army.

Afraid

of

his

father,

his

behavior

was

outwardly

submissive

and

later

he

was

ahnoyihgly

gubgervierit

to

his

superior

officers,

Poiir

ygars

in

the

Army,

he

never

rose

above

the

Jpank

of

corpbr%l.

At

the

end

he

broke

doirtt

witli

a war

neurosis,

hys

terical

blindhe

G


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in

which

hg

yells

and

weeps.

He

has

night-

mares

from

a

baa

consoiehce

and

he

has

long

spells

when

energy,'

confidence

and

the

power

of

decision

abandon

hJjii.

Sexually

he

is

a

full-fledged

masoohist/

1»

(b)

Admiration

of

Pure

Noble

German

Blood.

Contempt

of

Jewish.

Slav

and

other

Blood

y

Hitler

has

always

ext

piled

the

superior

qualities

of

p\ire<

unmlxedji

and

uncorrupted

German

blood*

He

admires

the

aristocraoy.r

Oonoxirrently

he

has

never

ceased

expressing

his

contempt

of

the

lower

classes

and

^s

aversion

to

admixtures

of

the

blood

of

other

races,

of

Jewish

blood

especially;

ahd.yet

-

Hitler

*

a

oxm Oriplha

are

'

Not

Noble

or

Beyond

Reproactw

,

Hitler

comes

from

illiterate

peasant

stoolc

derived

from

a

mixture

of

races,

no

pure

Germans

among

them.

His

father

was

Illegitimate,

was

married

three

timqa,

and

is

said

to

have

been

conspicuous

for

sexual

promiscuity*

Hitler's

mother

wd^

a

domestic

servant*

It

is

said

that

Hitler's

f

aether's

f*ther

was

a

Jew,

and it

is

certain

that

hid

Kodfajbher

was

a

Jew

;

and

that

one

of

his

sisters-

managed

a

restaurant

for

Jewish

students

in

Vienna

'

and

another

was,

for

a

time,

the

mistress

of a

Jew*

.••'•.ii:-.--


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Hitler

s

appearance,'

when

he

wore

a

long

heard

during

hie

outceiat

Vienna

dasrs,

waa

said

to he

very

Jewish,

Of

these

facts

ho

Is

evidently

ashamed*

Unlike

.

napbi^on^

he

has

'rejected.

iElll

his

relations*

As

a

partial

explanation

of

his

complex

about

.

impurity

of

blood it

nmy

be

said

that

as

a boy

of

twelve/

Hitler

was

caught

engaging

in

seme

sexual,

experiment

with

a

little girl;

and

later

he

seems

to

have

developed

a

s

yphllophobla

with

a

diffuse

1

fear

'Of

contamination

af

the

blood

through

contact

with

it

woman, it

is

almost

certain

that

this

irrational

dre$d

was

partly

due to

the

association

In

his

mind

of

sexuality

and

excretion.

He

thought

of

aexual

relations

as

something

exceedingly

filt

hy*

1,

(c)

Advocacy

of

fertility

.

-^

Fertility^

the

family

as

the

bi»eeding

ground

of

warriors,

multi*-

plication

of

the

German

race

-

these

have

been

cardinal

points

lii

Hitler's

ideology;

and

'

yet

-

Hitler

himself

la

Impotent

,-

He

is

unmarried

and

his

old

acquaintances

say

that

he

la

incapable

of

consTimmatlng

the

sexual

act in

a

normal

fashion'.

This

infirmity

we

must

recognize

as

an

instigation

to

exhorbltant

cravings

for

superiority,

Unable

to


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demonstrate

8»ale

power

before

a

woman,

he

is

impelled

to

oompehsate

by

exhibiting

wsurpaaaed

power

before

men

in

the

world

at

large>

,

1. (d>

Achievement

of

Power

thrcmgh

Oratory.

^

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•'

•

'

*

Hitler

coiald

neitheS?

change

his

origins

nor

decree

.

his

potency,

and

unlike.

Mussolini

he

has

never

tried

to

develop

himself

physically,

but

he

became

for

a

while

the

most

powerful

individual in

the

world,

pri-

marily

by

the

use

of

m

a8S~iht6xicatihp;

words

Aristotle

has

said

that

the

mStaphor

is

the

roost

potent'

force

on

earthy

and

Hitler,

master

of

crude

metaphor,

has

confirmed

the

dictunl.in

this

generation.

By

seducing

^he

masses

with

his

eloquence

,

and

getting

them

to

accept

him

as

their

divinely

appointed

guide^

he

com-

pelled

the

smaller

circles

of

industrialists,

politic

>

oians

and

military

leaders

to

fall

into

line

also.

Hitler

speaking

before

a

large

audience

is

a

man

possessed^

comparable

to

a

primitive

medicine

man,

or

shaman..

He

is

the

inoarnatioh

of

the

crowd

^s

unspoken

needs

and

cravings

;

and

in this sense

he

has

been

created,

and

to

a

large

extent

invented,

by

the

people

of

Germany.


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Hitler

has

6onipaFed

the

masses

to

a

woman

who

must

be courted

with

the

arts and

skills

known

to

passion

oniy;,iMid It

Is

not

unlikely

that

the

emotional

soiirce

of his

oi*glastlc

speeches

were

childhood

tantr

by

which

he

succesafdlly

appealed

to

his

ever-Indulgent

mother*

1.

(e)

Significance

of

the

Counteractive

Pattern,

-

Counteraction

Is

essential

to

the

develop-

ment

of

strength,

but

In

Hitler's

case

It

has

been

extravagent

and

frantic*

He

has

not

ascended

step

by

step,

building

the

structure of

his

character

solidly

as

he

went;

but

Instead

has

roished

forward

with

panting

haste,

pretentiously.

As

a

result,

there

Is

a

fjyeat

distance

between

Hitler

at

his

best^

,and

Hitler

at

hJs.WoJ'at

;

which

means

-that

when he

is

overcome

at

last

by

a

greater

force

he

will

collapse

suddenly

and

eo^letely

*

and

as

an

utter

wreck.

2.

Cototiteraetlve

Aggression,

Revenge

.

-

That

the will

to powei?

and

the

craving

for

superiority

.

can

not

account

for

the

idiole of

Hitler's

psychology

is

evidenced

by

his

iBtmeagura

b

le

hatred

,

hatred

ex-

pressed in

the

absence

of

an

adequate

stimulus,

an

Incessant need

to

find

some

object

on

which

to

vent

his

pent-up

wrath.

This

can

be

traced

back

with

rela-

tive certainty

to

experiences

of

insult,

humiliation


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of

the

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appeared).

It

also

helps

to

account

for

Hitler

»s

relentless

devo>tlon

to

the

rehabilitation

of

Qenaany

,

a

fact

which

Is

hard

to

explain

in

a

man

who

IS

so

extremely

egocentric

in

other

relittions.

In

Mein

Kampf

Hitler

repeatedly

speaks

of

permany

as

^

heloved

woman,

'

(Hot£>

In

this

connection

it

may

be

said

that

the

evidence is

in

favor of

Hitler's

hatrlng

experienced

the

common

Oediptia

CoAplex

(love

of

mother,

hftte

of

father)^

but

that

in

his

case

this

pattern

was

repressed

and

submerged

by

another

pattern:

gro-

f

bund

admiration-,

envy

and

emulation

of

his

father

'

inasculihe

power

and

a

contempt

of

feis

mottier's

feminine

sufahiisiveneag

and,

weakness

*

Thus

both

parents

»ere

amblvaleht

t&

him

;

his

father

was

hated

and

respected;

his

mother

was

loved

and

de«

pre

elated

.

Hitler's

conspicuous

actions

have

all

been

in

imitation

of

his

father,

not

his

mother.)

Whether

this

gent^iplJ

hypothesis

la

correct

or

not.

It

la

oartain

iiyat.

tttere

la

a

vast

reservoir

of

resentmerjt

and

revetige

in Hitler'

s

make-up

which

accovints

for

hit

:

6ult

of

feCTitalitjir

and

his

mSnjr

abta

of

inexcusable

destructivenesa

and

6rueltf#

Hi

It

possessed

by

what

amounta

to

a

h6M:ciaal^'66M|flll8loli


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^

.

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'--i^tt^f'

y

-

11^

which

has

no

vent

in

a

•weak

piping

time

of

peace

»

(Tinless

he

became

an

outright

criminal),

and

there-

fore

he.

has

constantly

pushed

events

toward

war,

or

s

cape

goa

ting,

g.

fbl

Si

-

As

a

result

of

the

fact

that

resentment

is

the

mainspring

of

Hitler

«s

career

,

it

is

forever

impossible

to

hope

for any

mercy

or

humane

treatment

from

him.

His

revengefulness

can

be

jsatisfied

only

by

the

extermination

of

his

feountless

enemies.

5,

Repression

of

Conscience.

Compliance.

Love.

.

-

Unlike

Gpering

and

other

associates.

Hitler

is

no

healthy

amoral

brute.

He

is

a

hive

of

sec

ret

neurotic

compunctions

and feminine

sentimentalities

whicfr

haTro

had

to

be

stubbornly

repressed

ever

since

he

embfft«i§#

on

his

career

of

ruthless

dominance

and

revenge

{instigated

by

real

or

supposed

insults).

Every

new

act

of

unusual

cruelty,

such

as

the

purge

of

1934,

has

been

followed

by

a

period

of

anxiety

and

depletion

,

agitated

de

.lection

and

nightmares

which

can

be

interpreted

only

as

the

unconscio

us

operation

of

a

had

conscience

.

Hitler

wants

notfaittg

so

much

fti

Vo

arrive

at

the

state

where

he

can

commit :

crimes

without

guilt

feelings;

but

despite

his

boasts

of

having

transcended

Good

and

Evil

this

had

not

been

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possible.

The

suicidal

trend

in

his

personality-

is

eloquent

testimony

of

a

repressed

self-

condemning

tendency*

In

conjunction

with the

repression

of conscience

and

the

advance

of

hat

6 there

has

been

a

repression

of

affection

and

sympathy,

as if

his

spirit

seemed

to chide

such

weakness

as

unworthy

of

its

pride

,

a

reaction

which

sometimes

occurs

in

childhood

after

an

experience

of

unbearable

disillusionment

occasioned,

by

the felt

treachery

of

a

beloved

person.

One

may

find

**a

vigilance

of

grief

that

would

compel

the

soul

to

hate for

having

loved too

well.

Hitler

*s

affiliativQ

tendencies

have

alwayst been

very weak

;

he

has

never

had

any

close

personal

friends;

he

l#

entirely

incapable

of

normal

human

relationships.

This

is

due,

in

part,

to

the

cessation

in

early

life

of

sexual

developments

3.

(a)

Self-

Vindicating

Criminality

*

-

Paradoxical

as it

may

seem.

Hitler's

r

epeated

crimes

are

partly

caused

by'

conscience

and

the

n

e

cessity

of

appeasing

it

.

For

having

once

set

out

on

a

life

of crime,

the man can

not

turn

back

without

reversing

his entire

grotind

for

pride

and

taking

the

humiliating

path

of

self-abasement

and

atonement •

The

only

method


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the

only

wrong,

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Significanoe

of

the

Rgp

ressJcn

cf

Conaciehes

by

Suocesaful

-Criminality.

-

As

soon

aa

the

tlmi

ceises

when repeatea

offensive actlona end

in

.failure.^

Eltler

will

16ae

faith

.in

biriself

and

lift

Ma

daatiny^

and

h^coine

the

helpleag

victim of

his

*

'

'

'

^

t*eprea^9d

cohgcte

ncg^

with

auicide

or

mental

breakdown

aa

the

most

likely

outcome.

*•

Projection

of

Crlticlzab

X

Q

Slem

ents

ofjthe^

Self

•

-

Hitler

perceivea

in

other

people

the

traita

or

tendenciea

that

are

criticizable

in

himaelf

Thua,

inatead

of

being

devoxired

by

the

vulture

of

hia

own

condeiiining

conscience

or

of

hia

own

diadain^

he

can

attack

what he

apperceivea

as

evil

or

con-

temptible

in the

external

world,

arid

so

remain

un-

conacioua

(moat

of

the

time)

of

hi

3

own

guilt

or

hia

own

inferiority.

Thia

mechani

s

m

whereby

a man

aeea

hia

own

wicked

Impulaea

or

weakneaaea

in

othera^

la

called

projection

^

It

ia

bne

way,

the

paranoid

way

^

of

maintaining;

aelf-

eateem

.

The

mechaniam


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s

(1

)

emotional

outbursts

taatinim

ftf

Jpftge

d6d

accusatoj^y

indignation

ending

in

tears

fto4,

self*plt5r;^

sttcceeded

by

(ii)

periods

of iMptJEL^

extidustion,

melancholy

and

indecisive-

fcess

(fii^dOB^ganidd

sometimes by hours of

acute

dejec-^

tlon

ftiid

disquieting

nightmares)

leading

to

recupera-

tion; aod

finally

(iii)

confident

and resolute de-

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-

A

point

to

be

remernbeiêd' about

Hitler

Is

that

he

started

his

career

at

scratch,

a

nonentity

with

nothing

to

.lose

^

and he

.êlected

a

fanatical path

for

himself

Krhjch

requires

^^9

fitn

ending

-

complete

pucfceas

(omnipotence)

6r

utter

failure (death)

\

No

compromise Is

possible. •

Since

It

Is

not

he

per-

sonally

#1ld has

to

do

the

fighting,

his collapses

can

occ\ir

In

|)j*lvate

at

Berehtesgeden.

where

he can

re-

cuperate,

and

then

orice again

come

hack

7lth

some

new

and always

more

desperate plan to destroy the

enemy


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ajrchltepture

later,

also

called for

much

'


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Represaed

Need

for

t^aaalvity

and

Abagexaent

^

ttaaochiaitt

t^

Hitler

a

lotig^concealed

aecret

hetero-

aexual

faJltliSS ^

h&s

been expoaed

by

the

ayatematic

analysis

anil

c(>rreia

tion

of

the three

thouaand

odd

metaphora

iate

usea

In

Meiti Kampf

,

The

reaulta

of

thla

stiady were

later

60nfirxned by

the teatimony

of one

who

•^claims to

know***

It

is not

neceaaary to

deacribe

Ita

peculiar

fbattires here;

a-offlce

it

tc

3ay

that

the

sexual

pattern

has

resulted

from the

fusion of

(i)

a

-.primitive excretory

' s65,llng tenden

cy^ and

(ii)

I*

'a paaaive

ipag cchlstlo terii^eh

cjg-

(hypertrophy

of

the

feminine

component

iri

hia nake-up)^

The

aeccnd

element

(masbchiam)

derives

much of

ita

atrengfch

\

.

.

.

•

from

an uhcohacioua

heed

for' punlg&iheht a

tendency

which

may be

expected

in

one

who haa

aasiduoualy

re-

preased^ out

of swollen

pride,

the

aubmiaaive

reactions

(complianoie;^

co-operation, payment

of debts,

expression

of

gratitude,

acknowledgment

of

errors,

apology,

confession,

atonement)

which

are

required

of

every-

body

who

would

adaptively

participate

in

social

life*

While

Hitler

consciously

overstrives

to

assert

his

infinite

superiority,

nature

instinctively

corrects

the

balance

by

imposing an erotic

pattern

that

calls

for infinite

'

self-abasement

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19

^

This

erotic

pattern,

however,

is

not

a strong

force

in

Hitler

»s

personality,

nor

does

it

comprise

his

entire

libidinal

investment,

it

alternates with

other

patterns

-^

repressed

(or as

some

claim

overt

)

homosexuality

,

for

example

•

What

is

important

to

recognize

here is

that the

purpose

of

Hitler's

prolonged

counteractive

efforts

is

not

solely

to

rise

above

his

hijnblc

origins,

to

overcome

his

weaknesses

and

ineptitudes,

but

rather

to

check

and

conquer,'^

by

means of

a

vigorous

Idealego

reaction

format

on,

an

Underly

ing

positiv

e

craving

for

passivity

'and

subnl

ssion*

There

is

no

space

here

for

the

mass

of

evidence

bearing

en

thit*

point

j^,

but

a

few

examples can

be

briefly

listed:

(i)

the

large

feminine

component

in

Hitler's

physical

constitu-

tion',

also

his

feminine

tastes

and

sensibilities;

(ii)

his

initial

identification

with

his

mother;

(ill)

his

exaggerated

subservience,

in

the

past,

to

masterful

superiors

(army

officers,

Ludendorff,

etc.);

(iv)

attraction

to

Roehm

and other

domineering

homo-

sexuals;

(v)

Hitler's

nightmares

which,

as

described

by

several

informants,

are

very

suggestive

of

homo-

sexual

panic;

(vi)

some

of

Hitler's

interpretations

of

human

nature,

such

as

when

he

says

that

the

people

want

someone

to

frighten

them

and

make

them

shudderingly


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-

aubmlsalVe'*;.(vll)

Hitler

'tf

repeated

aaaertiona

that

he

Intendai

like

Sulla,

to

abdicate

power

(after

an

orgy

of

conquest

tith

full

catharsis

of

his

hate)

and

live

quietly

tf

himself

,

/pain

ting

and

designing

buildings;

and

finally,

(viii)

recurrent

siiicidel

threats.

II,

E.S.

ttleoc^htricityy

Dedication

to

the

leaki

ng

of

ah-

de

ally

Power

f

ul Germ

dhy

,

-

To

trae

3em?an,

frierid

or

foe,

has

ever.

claimeJ

thab

Hltjai-

is

not

•sincere

in

his

dovc

tion

to

the

Pr;;.53iah

Ji

ilit

a

riata

'

ideal

for

gen

aany>

Thus

we

can

say

that

he

lias

been

ideocentric

(dedicated

to

an

idea)

for

the

lest

twenty

years.

Because

the

idea

consists

cf

a

plan

for

a

society from

which

the

majority

of his

fellow

country-

men

will

supposedly

benefit,

we

can

apeak

of

him

aa

aociopentrio

(S)

also.

But

since

this

interest

in

hia

countrymen

is

clearly

secondary

to

his

personal

ambition

-

fame,

immortality

-

we

put

egocentricity

(E)

first;

and

so

write

-

E.

S.

Ideocehtricity.

It

la

rare

to

find

so

much

ideocentrlcity

in

a

narclstic

personality;

but

only

those

who

are

incapable

of

such

dedication

are

likely

to

doubt

the

reality

of

it

in

Hitler,

1,.

Inaociatioh

in

Oermany.

^

Since

Hitler

and


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-

the

Jewish

Race,

Christianity*

A

simplification

would

be

that;

of

regarding him

as the

advocate

of

the

aggressive

ingtinet

(War.

Power

and

Qlorj)

vs .

the

acqiilsitive

inatiflct

(Business

.

Peace

and

pyoaperity)

^

-Two

qtiestions

deserve

special

con-

siderations (1)

Why,

when

he

was

living

as

an

outcast

in

Vienna,

did Hitler

not

become

a

Commuiiiat?

and

(2)

What

is

the

explanation

of

Hitlei-'s extt'eme

Anti-Semi

tismt

i,

ttotermihahta

of

flitler-â

Ahti-Conmiunisriv.

1,,

(a)

Hitler's

father was

an

upward

mobile

individual.

Starting

as

a

|>easant,

he worked

his

way

into

the lower

middle

class,

establishing

a

boundary

between

himself

and

those

below

him,

Both

parents

respected

their

social

superiors.

Thus

Hitler

instinctively

retreated

from

too

close

associa-

tion

with

the

workmen

of

Vienna

•

(b)

Hitler

was

too

frail

for

construc-

tion

work,

was

unable

to

hold

a

Job,

and

therefore

had

little

opportunity

to

become

associated

with

a

tinion.

1.

(c) Having

been

an

ardent

natiohalist

since

the

age

of

12,

Hitler's

line

of

c^leîvage

(conflict

between nations)

did

not

conform

to

the

communists'

line

of

cleavage

(conflict

between

classes

)•


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V'.

X.^(d)

Hitler

has

always

been

an

advocate

Of

the

hie

rajfchical

principle:

government

by

the

I'ittest,

rigorously

trained

and

proved

in

action,

1?he

ideal of

COramunisni,

on.

the

other

hand,

calls

for

a

wide

diatribution

of

power

among

those

\jn

trained

to

rule*

1.

(e)

Hitler's

sentiments

have

been

with

militarism from

earliest

youth.

The

materialism

of

Communism

never

appealed

to

him..

1.

(f

)

Lacking

sympathy

for

the

underdog,

-the

humanitarian

aspect

of

Communism

did

not

attract

him.

Hitler

has

always

been

a

bully,

Z.

Peter

mihahts

of

Hitler* s

Ahti-

3emiti8m^.

^

2,

(a)

The

influence

of

wide-spread

Anti-

Semitic

sentiments

(represented

especially

by

such

men

as

Lueger

and

Peder),

traditional

in

Germany.

2,

(b)

Hitler's

personal

frustrations

required

a

scapegoat

as

focus

for

his

repressed

aggres-

sion.^

The

Jew

is

the

classic,

scapegoat

because

he

does

ttot

fight

back

with

fists and weapons,

2.

(c)

The

Jew

was

an

object

upon

whom

Hitler

could

suitably

project

his

own

inferior

self

(his

sensitiveness,

weakness,

timidity,

masochistic

sexuality).


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2.

(d)

After

the

Versailles

Treaty

the

German

people also needed

a

scapegoat.

Hitler

offered

them

the

Jewish

race

«a

an

act

of

political

strategy.

2,

(e)

Having

assembled

a

veritable

army

of

gangsters.

(Nazi

troopers)

and

aroused

theli?

fight-

ing

spirit^

it

was

necessary

tor

Hitler

to

find

some

object

upon

whom

these

men

could

vent

their

brutish

passions, to

canalize anger

away from

himself

(

2<

(f)

Jew8>

being

non-mill

tiarls

tic,

could

only

impede

his

program

on

conquest.

In

eliminating

them

he

Ibst

no

sizeable

support*

2»

(g)

Jews

were

associated

with

several

of

Hitler's

pet

antipathies:

business,

materialism^

democracy,

capitalism, communism.

2,

(h)

Some

Jews

were

vefy

rich

and

Hitler

needed

an

excuse

for

dispossessing

them.

iV.

I^ormal

Structure

.Hysteria »

Sohlzbphreniia

.

Hitler

has

a

relatively

weak

character

(ego

structure);

his

great

strength

comes

from

an

emotional

cow^lex

which

drives

him periodically.

Usually

he

can

not

voluntarily

force

himself

to

stick

to a

routine

of

wprkj

he

must

be

compelled

from

inside,

lifted

on

a.

wave

of

pessiOn.-

His

id

(Inatlnctual

forces)

and

ego

6roluntary

control)

are in

league;

his

superego

(conscience)

is

repressed*


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1.

Hysteria

-

Hitler

has

exhibited

various

forms

of

hysterical

dissociation,

most

notably

in

the two

symptoms

which

constituted

his

war

neurosis

in 1918,

namely

blindness

and

aphonia

(mutism)

.

He

experiences

periods

of

marked

abstraction,

violent

emotional

outbtirsts,

visions

of

hallucinatory

clarity.

In

speaking

before

crowds

he

is

virtually

posoisaed

.

He

clearly

belongs

to

the

sensational

cMipany

of

history-

making

hysterics,

combining,

as

he

does,

,

some

of the

attributes

of

the

primitive

shaman,

the

religious

visionary,

and

the

crack-brained

demagogue

-

Consummate

actors,

one

and

all.'

It

is

important

to

note,

however,

that

Hitler

ha

a

a

large

measure

of

control

over

his

complexea

He

uses

©n

emotional

outbxirst

to

get

his

own

way,

turning it

on

or

off

as

the

occasion

requires.

As

Srikson

says,

he

knows

how

to

exploit

his

hysteria...

Oh

the

stage

of

German

history.

Hitler

senses

to

what

extent

it

is

safe

and

expedient

to

let

his

own

person-

ality

represent

with

.hysterical

abandon

what lives

in

every

German

listener

and

reader.

2.

Schizophrenia

.- Psychiatrists

are

not' un-

familiar

with

borderline

staterSj,

lying

between

hysteria

and

schizophrenia.

In

gome

cases

the

former

develops

S*;)

•

-


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•

^

-*K

into

the

latter

(a

serious

Variety

of

Insanity).

Since Hitler,

as

noted

above,

has

exhibited

all

the

Syttptoms

of

paraooid

aohizbphrehia

^

the

possibility

of

a

complete

mental

breakdown

is

not

remote.

Hero

again,

however,

it

should

be

observed

that

fearanoid

dynamics

can

be

used

very

effectively

in

rouaing

and

focussing

the

fbroes

of

a

minority

party

or of

a

defeated

nation

.

The

strategy

consists

chiefly

In

(i)

painting

vivid

and

exaggerated

word-pictures

of

the

crimes

and

treacherdus

evil

purposes

of

your

powerful

opponents

(delusions

of

persecution);

(li)

persuading

your

own

group

of

its

innate

superiority

and

glorious

destiny

(delusions

of

grandeur);

(iii)

'

subduing

conscience

by

asserting

that your

common

end

Justifies

the

meana,

that

your

opponents

have

used

the

most

dastardly

means

in

the

past;

and

(iv)

'

blaming

your

enemies

for

every

frustration,

every

disaster

that

occurs.

In

consciously

employing

these

tactics

Hitler

has

exploited

his

own

paranoid

trends

and

retained

some

governance

over

them.

Thus

the

answer

to

the

question.

How

has

Hitler

escaped

veritable

insanity?

might

be

this:

(i)

he

has

gained

a

large-

measure

of

control

o

ver

his

hysterical

end

perahoid

trends

by

using

them


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conaclously

and

auccessfuHy

in

the

achievement

of

hisaima;

(ii)

he

haa

identified

himaelf

with

and

dedicated

himaelf

to

a

aooiocehtrio

purpoae,

the

creation

of

an

ideal

Gannany,

which

haa

served

to

diminish

the

paina

and

perils

of

an

isolated

egocen-

trism;

and (iii).

he

has

beeA

aupi'emely

successful

in

imposing

his

visions

and

delusions

(conforming,

as

they

did,

with

existent

trends)

upon

the German

people,

and

so

convincing

them

of

his

unparalleled

superiority.

Thus

his

irreal

world

feas

become

reel,

insanity

is

sanity

.

V.

1.

Abili

ties

and

jSf^eetlye

traits

.

- Hitler

'

su(ib66s

has

depended

to

«i'

targe

extent

upon

his

own

peculiar

abilities

and traits:

1*

(a)

The

ability

to

express

with

passion

the

deepest

needs

and

longings

of

the

people.

1.

(b)

The

ability

to

appeal

to

the

most

primitive

as

well as

to

the

most

ideal

tendencies

in

men.'

1.

(c)

The

abilitf

-to

simplify

complex

probfiitf

and

arrive

at

the

quickest

solution

1.

(d)

The

ability

to

use

metaphblf

and

draw

0#

traditional

imagery

an^

iyth

in

speaking

ahd writing.


35/240

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the

masses*

2#

(b)

The

leader

of

a

now

movement

must

appeal

to

youth*

2.

(c)

The

masses

need

a

sustaining

ideology;

it

is

the

function

of

the

leader

to

provide

one.

2.

(d) People

do

not

act

if

their

emotions

are

not

roused.

^

2.

.(e)

Artistry

and

drama

are

necessary

to

the

total

effect

of

political

rallies

and

meetings^


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30

-

i

^'

1^'

Tather

Ignominloualy,

and

Hitler

should

eventually

be

delivered

into our

hands,.

The

General

Staff

will

no

doubt

become

the

rulers of

Germany

if

Hitler's

mental

condition

deteriorates

much

further

(Option

#5).

2;

Hitler

may

be

shot

by

some

German

.

-

The

•man

ha

a

feared

this

eventuality

for many

years

and

today

he

is

protected

as

never

before.

Germans

are

not

inclined

to

shoot

their

leaders. This

is

possible

but

not

very

likely.

5,

Hitler

way

arrange

to

have

hi

mself

shot

by

koroe

German,

perhapy

by a ^ew

.

r

This

would

complete

t;he

myth,

of

the

hero

f

death

at

the hand

of

some

trusted

follower:

Siegfried

jstabhed

in

the

back

by

•Hagen,

paegar

by

Brut\is>

Qhrist

betrayed

by

Judas.

It

might

increase

the

fanaticism

of

the

soldiers

for a

while

and

create

a

legend

in

conformity

with

th«

ancient

pattern.

If

Hitler

could

arrange

to

have

a

Jew,

9wne paranoid

llk9.

himself

^

kill

him,

then

He

could

die

in

the

belief

that

his

fellow

countrymen

would

rise

in

their

wrath

and

massacre

every

remaining

Jew

in

Germany*.

Thus

he

might

try

to

indulge

his

insatiable

ravengefulneas

for

the

last

time.

4,

Hitler

may'

get

himself

kill

ed

leading

his

elite,

troops

in

battle

.

-

Thus

be

would

live

on

as

a


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: 4

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;

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-

heco

in

the

hearts

of

his

countrymen.

It

ia

not

unlike

ly,

that

he

will

choose

this

course,

which

would

be

very

undesirable

from

bur

point

of

vi«w,

first

because

his

death

would

serve

as

an

example

to

all

his

followers

to

fight

with

fanatical

death-defying

energy

to

the

bitter

end,

and

second,

because

it

would

insure

^tier's

immortality

-

the

Siegfried

who

led

the

Aryan

hosts

against

Bolshevism

and

the

Slav.

This

is

one

of

Hitler

'a^

favorite

poses.

S.

ftitler

may

go-

in

sane

.^^

The

man

has

been

on

the

verge

of

paranoid

schizophrenia

for

years

and

with

the

mounting

load

of

frustration

and

failure

he may

yield

his

will

to

the

turbulent

forces

of

the

unconscious.

This

would

not

be

undesirable

frCm

pur

standpoint,

because,

even

if

the

fact

were

hidden

from

the

people,

morale

would

rapidly

deteriorate

as

rumors

spread,

and

the

legend

of

the

hero

would

be

severely

damaged

by

the

outcome.

If

Hitler

became

insane,

he

should

eventually

fall

into

the

hands

of

the

Allied

Nations

S.

Hitler

liaay

commit

suicide

.

- Hitler

has

often

vowed

that

he

would

commit

suicide

if

his

plans

miscarried;

but

if

he

chooses

this

course

ho

will

do

it

at

the

last

moment

and

in

the

most

dramatic

possible

^^i^'^r*

'

'


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32

-

mannel-.

He

will

retreat,

let

tia

say,

to

the

impregnable

little

refuge

that

was

btiilt

for

him

on

the

top

of

the

mountain

behind

the

Berghof

(Berchtesgaden)

There

alon0

he

will

wait

until

troops

come

to

take

him

prisoner.

As

a

grand

climax

he

will

either

(i)

blow

up

the

mountain

end

himself

with

dynamite;

or

(ii)

make

a

funeral

pyre

of

hia

dwelling

and

throw

hiiraelf

on

it

(a

fitting

oBtterdammerung;

or

(iii)

kill

him-

self

with

a

silver

bullet

(Emperor

Chriatophe);

or

(iv)

throw

himself

off

the

parapet.

This

outcome,

.undesirable

for

us,

is

not

at

all

unlikely.

,7V

Hitler

may

die

of

natu

ral

causes

,

8.

Hitler

may

aeek

refuge

in

a

neutral

country...

This

is

not

likely,

but

one of

his

associates

might

drug

him

end

take

him

to

Switzerland

in

a

plane

and

theti

persuade

him

the

t

he

should

stay

there

to

write

his

long-plfenned

Bible

for

the

German

folk.

Since

the

Hero's

desertion

of

his

people

would

seriously

damage

the

legend,

this

outcome

would

be

more

desirable

than

some-

of

the

other

possibilities.

g.

Hitler

may

fall

into

the

hand

s

of

the

United

Hatiohs

.^

This

is

perhaps

the

least

likely,

but

the

most

desirable,

outcome.

^

t;^

.

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-

in

asking

these

predictions

we

have

been

swayed

most

by

the

supposition

thet

Hitler's

chief

concern

13

the

immortality

of

his

legend

and

consequently

he

will

endeavor

to

plan

his

own

end

according

to

the

most

heroic/

tragic

and

dramatic

pattern.

Optipns

#5

(insanity

to

some

extent)

and

#3

(dramatic

suicide),

Qt

#4

(death

at

the

front),

strike

us

as

roost

probable

today.

Propaganda

measures

should,

if

possible,

be

devised

to

prevent

#4

and

#5.

s'vA. /

i5»»^Mt'

,'

'

C.

aupgeations

for

the

Tregtment

'of

Eitlor

Ir

After

the

Defeat

of

(^.erm

any,

if

Hjtlor

is

4.,ir

An into

custody

by th

e

Ttnited

j?a.ti6ns.-

Any

one

Of

the

conventional

punishihenta

^

a

trial

followed

by

execution,

by

life

imprisonment

or

by

exile

-

will

provide

a

trafgio

ending

for

the

drama

of

Hitler's

sensational

career;

and

thus

contribute

the

element

'that

is

noeess'ary

to

the

resu

rrection

and

perpetuation

of

tha

Hitlerien

legend

,

' hat

can

the

Allies

do

that

will

spoil

the

tragedy

and

thus

kill

the

legend?

As

an

answer

to

this

question,

the

following

plen

is

suggested..

It

should

work

if

properly

executed.


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1.

(a)

Bring

the

Naei

leaders

to

trial;

condemn

the

chief

culprits

the

death,

hut

proclaim

Hitler

mentally

unbalanced.

1.

(h)

Commit

Hitler

to

en

insane

asylum

(such

as St.

Elisabeth's,

Washington,

D. C.)

and

house

him

in

a

comfortable

dwelling

specially

built

for

his

occupancy*

I.et

the

world

know

that

he

is

being

well

troatedf

1,

(c)

Appoint

a

committee

of

psychiatriata

4

,

and

paychologiata

to

examine

him

and

test

his

faculties

at

r^gwler

intervals

f

Unknown

to

him,

have

sound'*

films

taken of

bis

l?ehavl©y.

They

will

show

his

fits

and

tirades

end

condewhationi?

pf

everyone

in

the

world,

including

t^e

German

peoples

1.

(d)

Exhibit

rogUlarly

to

the

public

of

the

entire

world

aelectod

segments

of

these

sound-

reels,

ao

thet

it

een

be

teen

how

unbalanced

he

is,

how

mediocre

his

performance

on

the

customary

teats.

•If

taken

in

a

routine,

atilentific

and

undramatio

manner

the

pictures will

become

quite

tireaome

ofter

a

while

and

the

people

will

get

bored

with

Hitler

in

a

year

or

so.

(Trust

spolence

to.

take

the

drapa

out

of

anything.)

1^

(e)

Hitler's

oaae

showld

bo

presented

to

the

world

as

a leason:

This

is

what

happens

to

•


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'Hi'

^uC-^'fif'^

'


43/240

-

^6

2*

(ft)

Flood

Germany

with

coraraunlcatioha

(leaflets,

short-wave

,

long-

wave

,

official

speeches,

underground

transmission

from

Sweden,

Switzerland,

Turkey)

telling

the

.people

that

Hitler

can

not

be

trusted,

that

he

is

planning

(quoting

Hess,

Strasaer^

Hanfstaefigel,

Iteuschnlng

and

other

Na?;is

in

England

and

America)

to l^ave

them

treacherously to

their

fate

by

getting

himself

killed.

This

will

be

a

sly

trick

of

his

to

insure

his

own

prestige

and

future

fame.

He

does

not

care

for

the

Gorman

people; he

cares

only

for

bis

Oim

glory.

He

is

ho

better

than

a

sea-

captain

who

quits

his ship,

leaving

his

crew

to

drown.

Drop vivid

cartoons

of

Hitler rushing

*

ludicrously

forward

to

hie

death

on

the

Russian

front

(out

of

a

guilty

conscience

over

the

noble

Germans

he

has

condemned

to die

there

for

his

glory);

also

cartoons

of

his

arranging

to

have

himself

shot,

and

others

of

his

committing

suicide.

Interpret

this

as

the

easy

way

out,

a

cowardly

betrayal

of

his

people,

the

act

of

a

bad

conscience,

the

qulntcsaenco

of

vanity.

Warn

the

people

against

him,,

the

false

prophet,

the

Judas

Isparlot

of

the

German

Revolution,

etcetera.

If

hundreds

of

these

leaflets,

pamphlets


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45/240

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38

-

By

the

repeated

and

not

too

obvious

use

of

these

two

messagea

Hitler

wduld

be faced

by

a

conflict

between

(D

a

self-annihilation

which

might

be

in-

terpreted

as

a

cowardly

betrayal,

and

(2)

a

peaceful

old

age

at

Saint

Helena.

He

might

choose

the

latter

and

so

alloir

himself

to

be

taken

by

the

Allies

Only

later

tould

he

discover

that

ther^

was

to

be

no

.Saint

Helena

for him.

This

trick

of

ows

is

justified

by

the

necessity

of

pi?eventing

the

resurrec-

tion

of

the

memory

of

Hitler

aa

a

superman

to

rouse

future

generations

of

criminals

aid

revolutionaries.

p.

anpi

pestions

for

the Treatment

of the

I.

Tf««tening

the>

>^»«kdo#t^ of

Geyffianyta

Faith

in

Hitler.-

the

German

people

have

put

th^ir

Whole

trust

in

Hitler.

He

is

their:»tai^

>

as h6

military

coiamander

representing

a

special

OlasS

cdiiild

be

their

man.

Having

taken

the

entire

responsibility

for

the

conduct

of

affairs,

he

has

become

tl^eir

conscienc

e

and

so

relieved

them

temporarily

of

guilts

The^jrido—

system

and

security-

system

of

each

individual

German

is

thus

based

on

Hitler^s

genius

and

success.

The

bulk

of

the

people

will

not

easily

be

persuaded

of


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it

his

incompetence

and

falseness.

They

will

cling

as

long

as

possible

to the

illiision

of

his omniscience

because

without

this

they

have

nothing.

Vvhen

it

comes,

f.v.» ^tîftnchantment

wil

l

be

sudden

and

catas-

trophic

to

-German

morale

generally.

The

Allies

can

rely

on

the

march

of

physical

events

to

bring

about

the

eventual

disenchantment

of

th«

German

people;

but

since

events

will march

faster

aiid

the

W8^

viU

end

sooner

if

this

disencbant-

jnsnt

cm

be

hastened

by

other

means,

the

Allies

should

not

overloo)5

the

power

of

wopds

to

change

sentiments

and

attitudes.

The

foiLlowing

suggestions

may

prove

of

sow©

value

1.

(a)

Technique

o

f

communication.-

One

effective

wethod

would

be

th^t

of

prlntit^^

leaflets

containing

the

râmes^ ran^

and

regiments

of

German

soldiers

?>edently

taken

prisoner

,

The

Gestapo

could

hardly

succeed

in

p'reventJlig

an^îous

parents

from

picking

up

these

leaflets

to

obtain

the

latest news

of

their

sons

at

the

front.

Communications

of

this

sort

might

start

somewhat

as

follows:

NEWS

PROM

THE

FRONT.

Among

the

20^000

German

soldiers

who

surrendered

to

the

V


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speech

and

free

aOtlon:

Corp.

Hans

Schmidt,

Capt.

Heinrlch

Wittels-j

etc.

etc.

«Why

are

you

laughing?

,

they

were

asked..

Because,

•*

they

answered,

we

are

going

to

the

United

States;

whereas

you

are

going

^o

the

land

of

the

False

Prophet

and

the

Geatapol

etc.,

etc.

We

suggest

that

HEWS

PROM

THE

FRONT

be

distributed

at

regular

weekly

intervals,

like

a

newspaper;

in

order

that

the

GerwEns

will

learn

to

expert

it

and

look

forward

to

it,

sJtnce

it

will

contcin

news

that

they

can

npt

obtain

in

apy

other

way.

Mixed in

with

the

lists

of

German

prisoners

could

be

printed

the

messages

that

we

T»ish

to impart

to

the.

people.

1.

(b)

Name

fdr

Ritler

»-»

In

the

minds

of

piany

Germans

the

woi^

Hitler**

is

^till

surrounded

by

a

layer

of

reve^ntial

feelings

which

protect

his

image

from

attack.

Therefore

it

would

be

better

not

to

refer

to

hiffl

(except

occasionally)

by

name.

Much

more

subtly

effective

would

bo

the

vise

of

another

term;

False

prophet or

P'also

Messiah.

Iiater

more

dorogatpry

terms

-

the

Amateur

Strategist,

Corporal

SatQn,

World

Crlml^nel

No.

l

-

might

bo

effective.


48/240

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41

-

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fc)

gtifeatlt?tttlon

of

a

Higher

Symbol

4

ffe*

(jeiinatt


49/240

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-

'

ft^'^oria

Ajioy^

-iSti^t

b^'Jf'epoatfe^

froquontly,

''world

miSBikQa

fy^m

tlie

fiyg^

titte3S;t)^gated

^dljliion

of

lleia

|^0J?tuaAty'ah6tild

bo

ssiissed

to

fifej*Q#«^th^

eoijinedti

gftt

1?o^#een

HJij.oi'^ii

deatlriy

arid

I

fH.

lf

J

I

I

I.

M

l I

I

...

I

I I

II

l«<

I.

'

l

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i

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'

I

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I

.

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'

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il

IIWW

.

M.ui

»

inj

I

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I

I


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y^««IilUr*«

flê«»

yo^

s^îi

belldve

that

a

inan

wfaoao

sanity

bsa

tsQen

ootaplotoly

Widejrmined

by

Guilt

0«in

l6ad'

the

Q^rmaii

people

to

viotory

agrinat

the

woridt'V

.

;,

,

i: (M

6ettiieny*a

Oho

fomoini

nff

Ally.

Japan^

*

fhe

Mzi'toîm

should

bo

(Constantly

ooupled

with

'

Japan

in

xn

ironical

or

satirical

manner*

For

example

J

«Tho

Haîa

and

their

blood^brothcrsj

the

Japanese,

have

boibh

demonstrated

their

willingneas

to

die

for

Satan

-*-'tiiia

summer

one

million

of

them

have

thro^

airay

tbQlr

uvea

in

a

ftjitile

attempt

to

destroy

fiivilization,

«who

is

responsible

for

this

ignoble

league

of

Germany

and

Japan

against

the

Conscience

of

the

World?

A

fact

to

be

explained:

Gcnrians

are

dyi&g

every

day

fighting

î^

Japanese

against

Gorman-Aiiierieans*

^f

li.

that?

VrtiiS

la

responsible,


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44

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X« (4}

Hiunieh

Student

Manifesto.

-

In

pUenlng

JJieSdages

to

&0rman^

hinti

for

one

line

of

propaîndd

can

l>«

obtaified

from

tfee

revDlutionaX':^

manifesto

distributed

Xagt

year

bjr

students

at

the

University

of

Wml^h*

84

gesAft

f^ôB

.

HHiX

&t

Wa

j*

6rltfeinai$

-

IS*

(al

Pis^ciiel^glcally

i%

la

important

that at

tie

î

tt

thi

leader

6|

th«

STszl

Pert?:,

b§

th«

Oft«

t»

sttrren4l«»

and

slgft

the

êaef

ttâty*

the

Alliea

dh

shduHd

dreg

tM

giifigtttera

without

dereatfiny

froai

their

hidihg

^laees

and

foree

thea

t$

alga*

(A

little

trlcirery

at

thlt

peint

#b^d

be

Justified.)

Th$

tennS

shcmld

be

'

severe

ife

first*

Later

when

a

aoro

l-epfesentative

goverhênt

has

been

established

tha.tenns

can

be

made

more.

lenient.

Thus

in

the

futuro

the

dictators

will

be

recalled

In

coiinectloh

tith

the humi

liation

of.

unconditional

suirrehder ;

whereAs

the

democratic

govemwettt

will

get

the

credit

of

securing

milder

terms*

2*

(b)

A

World

Court,

at

least

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Analysis of the Personality of Adolph Hitler