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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
'UZ
^'^.
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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^
^^^
-
^^^^^
*^^
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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2
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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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J
•
•
.
••••
̂
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-
f** *'
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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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collapsqa
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.
^
<
•'
•
'
*
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
motherland,
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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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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is
the
only
wrong,
S# Cia)
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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oftQii
1>0tli
as
f
Qilidtwa
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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^slsi6n
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A
point
to
be
remernbei^ed' about
Hitler
Is
that
he
started
his
career
at
scratch,
a
nonentity
with
nothing
to
.lose
^
and he
.^elected
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
t^d^'\.l\^•
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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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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-^a
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^le^ivage
(conflict
between nations)
did
not
conform
to
the
communists'
line
of
cleavage
(conflict
between
classes
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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(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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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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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.» ^t^iftnchantment
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
r^ames^ ran^
and
regiments
of
German
soldiers
?>edently
taken
prisoner
,
The
Gestapo
could
hardly
succeed
in
p'reventJlig
an^^ious
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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>-''.,':'%-;
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-
.V
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.
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1*
fc)
gtifeatlt?tttlon
of
a
Higher
Symbol
4
ffe*
(jeiinatt
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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
'
i
'»
'
I
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I
I
.
I
I
.
'
M
il
IIWW
.
M.ui
»
inj
I
III
I
I
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y^««IilUr*«
fl^e«»
yo^
s^^ii
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'to^im
should
bo
(Constantly
ooupled
with
'
Japan
in
xn
ironical
or
satirical
manner*
For
example
J
«Tho
Ha^ia
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
^i^
Japanese
against
Gorman-Aiiierieans*
^f
li.
that?
VrtiiS
la
responsible,
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•
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44
*
X« (4}
Hiunieh
Student
Manifesto.
-
In
pUenlng
JJieSdages
to
&0rman^
hinti
for
one
line
of
propa^indd
can
l>«
obtaified
from
tfee
revDlutionaX':^
manifesto
distributed
Xagt
year
bjr
students
at
the
University
of
Wml^h*
84
gesAft
f^^oB
.
HHiX
&t
Wa
j*
6rltfeinai$
-
IS*
(al
Pis^ciiel^glcally
i%
la
important
that at
tie
^i
tt
thi
leader
6|
th«
STszl
Pert?:,
b§
th«
Oft«
t»
sttrren4l«»
and
slgft
the
^eaef
tt^aty*
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
goverh^ent
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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