Hitler: The Psychiatric Files by Nigel Cawthorne

Author:Nigel Cawthorne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcturus Holdings

Transformation of the local custom of ‘begging for eggs’ into the ‘expulsion of the Jews’ in the village of Leissling, Saxony, 1936.

Grand finale of the Nuremberg Rally, 1935: national service had just been reintroduced along with the anti-Semitic Nuremberg laws.

He had the ability to draw on the traditions of people and, by reference to great classical and mythological themes, evoke the deepest unconscious emotions in his audience. Political action did not take place unless the emotions were involved. To do that, he brought artistry and dramatic intensity to his meetings and rallies.

As the bearer of the people’s burdens and the vanguard of their future, he evoked their sympathy, concern and protectiveness. Women particularly felt tender and compassionate towards him. His bodyguard too felt intensely protective. They felt that he was single-mindedly dedicated to his mission and his vision of the future. He adhered to a few principles and one common goal with a fanatical stubbornness and his self-confidence evoked a sense of infallibility.

Surrounding himself with devoted aides whose talents complemented his own, he had mastered the art of political organization. He approached politics and social change as an artist, depending solely on his subconscious.

‘Most of the world will concede that Hitler was a tactical genius,’ said Murray. He quoted conservative industrialist and Hitler’s early financier Fritz Thyssen, who said: ‘Sometimes his intelligence is astonishing … miraculous political intuition, devoid of all moral sense, but extraordinarily precise. Even in a very complex situation he discerns what is possible and what is not.’

What made it easy for him was that he had removed conscience from making political decisions. He boasted that he had learned to use terror from the communists, but employed it more effectively than his instructors. He was also master of the art of propaganda. His rules were simple – never admit any fault or mistake; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time; blame that enemy for everything that goes wrong; and take advantage of every opportunity to raise a political whirlwind.

PREDICTIONS

Murray concluded with some predictions, assuming that the Allied nations would close in on Germany, there would be an increasing number of military setbacks in the field and a defeatist spirit would spread among the German people as one industrial centre after another was devastated.

First, he thought that Hitler would become increasingly neurotic, so his capacity to make the right decision, devise an effective strategy and encourage his people would diminish steadily. He thought he had already detected signs of a breakdown of psychic strength. Hitler appeared in public rarely and when he did his words were seldom inspiring. Several times there had been rumours that he had retired to Berchtesgaden, suffering from some nervous ailment.

Whether that was true or not, he would experience more hysterical seizures and be tormented by nightmares and depression. But after a period of recuperation in the mountains, he would return with a new plan for an aggressive offensive. If his military staff opposed it, he would assume command himself and lead his troops on another desperate assault against the Russian lines.

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