| A cool quote about our nazi group and why it is so great :"with Hitler we feel safe. It is a feeling of safety, that's it". Robert Ley |
HITLER'S GENIUS
"Der Nazi partei is gutt fur Ihnen"
>A malevolent and demoniac political genius<
| Hitler was highly intelligent and sometimes could be brilliant, but his speech was impaired, his vocabulary limited, his sentences ill-constructed and his provincial austrian accent made him look awkward and gauche. But he had three huge qualities : his memory, his oratory talent and his machiavelism which gave him a sort of evil genius in Politics. He worked hard to improve his limited natural gifts. |
A total lack of scruples
Everybody knows that the circumstances of post WWI favored Hitler :
universal crisis of faith, Germany's defeat and inflation paved his way to
power. Then his passion for Germany and his feeling of humiliation are the
second element of his success. But these traits do not explain all. Many
people in 1919 were in the same state of mind or have been through the
same dureness and they did not become Chancellor of the Reich. Hitler had
something more and it was a political, although malovelent, genius and this
genius was served by a total lack of scruples.
First he was an artist at perceiving the weaknesses of his opponents or
rivals and eliminating them "prompto" as he did with Anton Drexler, founder
of the Deutsche Arbeiters Partei that Hitler joined in 1920. As soon as 1923,
Drexler was part of the past of the organization and he was for nothing in the
creation of the NSDAP. Furthermore Hitler had a huge sense of the mob. He
breathed with it, felt like it, ranted like it and thought like it. He was a terrific
"mob" psy. His speeches have fanatisized millions of Germans for some
good reasons: he was a formidable demagogue and a skilled tactician. He
achieved orgasms at the tribune and knew how to take the crowds with him
to this state. Rauschning spoke of "oral enema" about Hitler's speeches and
I think more exact to speak of "verbal ejaculations". With Hitler, German
mobs went to Heavens, transported on a bed of promises.
Everybody knows that the circumstances of post WWI favored Hitler :
universal crisis of faith, Germany's defeat and inflation paved his way to
power. Then his passion for Germany and his feeling of humiliation are the
second element of his success. But these traits do not explain all. Many
people in 1919 were in the same state of mind or have been through the
same dureness and they did not become Chancellor of the Reich. Hitler had
something more and it was a political, although malovelent, genius and this
genius was served by a total lack of scruples.
First he was an artist at perceiving the weaknesses of his opponents or
rivals and eliminating them "prompto" as he did with Anton Drexler, founder
of the Deutsche Arbeiters Partei that Hitler joined in 1920. As soon as 1923,
Drexler was part of the past of the organization and he was for nothing in the
creation of the NSDAP. Furthermore Hitler had a huge sense of the mob. He
breathed with it, felt like it, ranted like it and thought like it. He was a terrific
"mob" psy. His speeches have fanatisized millions of Germans for some
good reasons: he was a formidable demagogue and a skilled tactician. He
achieved orgasms at the tribune and knew how to take the crowds with him
to this state. Rauschning spoke of "oral enema" about Hitler's speeches and
I think more exact to speak of "verbal ejaculations". With Hitler, German
mobs went to Heavens, transported on a bed of promises.
A full redemption of the humiliations
Then Hitler was no fool. He was a mean calculator who left
nothing unprepared and knew how to adopt at first a low
profile to anesthetize his opponents and later deliver the
blow that would set them off track. He always knew what he
wanted and he wanted a lot. The man who knows what he
wants has already covered half the distance, says a
French proverb. It is like this that he fooled all his political
opponents: by promising to the German people a full
redemption of the humiliations of the post war period, he
was yielding a formidable power and stepping on a political
platform that could always be developped. His political
views expressed in Mein Kampf gave him a millstone that
he could refer to whereas his opponents had nothing of the
sort.
Then Hitler was no fool. He was a mean calculator who left
nothing unprepared and knew how to adopt at first a low
profile to anesthetize his opponents and later deliver the
blow that would set them off track. He always knew what he
wanted and he wanted a lot. The man who knows what he
wants has already covered half the distance, says a
French proverb. It is like this that he fooled all his political
opponents: by promising to the German people a full
redemption of the humiliations of the post war period, he
was yielding a formidable power and stepping on a political
platform that could always be developped. His political
views expressed in Mein Kampf gave him a millstone that
he could refer to whereas his opponents had nothing of the
sort.
He was working out very hard the tactics of his behavior,
planning every single move, back and forward,
preparing arguments, he would charge himself, like a
comedian, with a false excitement that mesmerized his
audience: then he would pretend to have discovered
THE solution that he actually had in mind since the
beginning. He was a master tactician and a great actor
but never an improvisator. His main skill was his
effrontery and his scrupleless audacity that baffled the
more educated, seasoned and refined politicians of
Europe.
planning every single move, back and forward,
preparing arguments, he would charge himself, like a
comedian, with a false excitement that mesmerized his
audience: then he would pretend to have discovered
THE solution that he actually had in mind since the
beginning. He was a master tactician and a great actor
but never an improvisator. His main skill was his
effrontery and his scrupleless audacity that baffled the
more educated, seasoned and refined politicians of
Europe.
Faced to an Hitler, people like Chamberlain or Daladier were like todlers
confronted by a ten years old rogue. Furthermore his official and so often
displayed contempt for "the elite" and the upper classes brought him the
sympathy of the lower classes, especially when he was uttering sophisms
like this:" The great masses of those who call themselves the 'educated' are
a superficial intellectual demi-monde, conceited and arrogant incompetents
who are not even aware of the ridiculous figures they cut as they dabble." (1)
confronted by a ten years old rogue. Furthermore his official and so often
displayed contempt for "the elite" and the upper classes brought him the
sympathy of the lower classes, especially when he was uttering sophisms
like this:" The great masses of those who call themselves the 'educated' are
a superficial intellectual demi-monde, conceited and arrogant incompetents
who are not even aware of the ridiculous figures they cut as they dabble." (1)
An unconditional oath of allegiance.
It is why he was so successful over the middle
classes of Europe and not only Germany and
even over the German military to which he was
able to demonstrate that he, and only him, was
capable to thwart the seditious menaces from the
Communists and the Extreme Right. In exchange
he will be in 1933 in a position to require an
unconditional oath of allegiance. He was too a
master in gaining as soon as 1929 the support of
the powerful persons he needed to exert a global
and total control over Germany.
It is why he was so successful over the middle
classes of Europe and not only Germany and
even over the German military to which he was
able to demonstrate that he, and only him, was
capable to thwart the seditious menaces from the
Communists and the Extreme Right. In exchange
he will be in 1933 in a position to require an
unconditional oath of allegiance. He was too a
master in gaining as soon as 1929 the support of
the powerful persons he needed to exert a global
and total control over Germany.
The industrialists and the grande bourgeoisie, the Quandts, the Thyssens,
the Krupps and other barons of the Ruhr and aristocrats of the High Finance
to whom he sold the "regenerated national" side of the national-socialist
program. As he said once to Otto Wagener, his principal economic adviser
until 1933, "we would better let aside the socialist aspect of our program
when we meet them". Goering was the collector of funds emanating from the
Ruhr's giants and Hitler pretended to be unaware of it.
This dichotomy enabled him to enjoy the support of the civil authorities too in
the early stages of his quest for power: Wilhem Flick, Head of the political
section of the Munich police force, testified that "we held our protecting hand
over Herr Hitler because we saw in him the germ of Germany regeneration."
As soon as his failed putsch in 1923, he was considered like the possible
savior of Germany and, although sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, he
was liberated after six months because, as said the Bavarian minister of
Justice, "we must support the National-Socialists, they are the flesh of our
flesh". That was really the genius of Hitler: to make people think he was
more German than the Emperor, the Army, the Republic and the people
together. And everybody believed him when he said that his attempted
"Coup" was initiated in defense to a marxist attempt to take over the state
and establish a soviet Republic in Germany.
the Krupps and other barons of the Ruhr and aristocrats of the High Finance
to whom he sold the "regenerated national" side of the national-socialist
program. As he said once to Otto Wagener, his principal economic adviser
until 1933, "we would better let aside the socialist aspect of our program
when we meet them". Goering was the collector of funds emanating from the
Ruhr's giants and Hitler pretended to be unaware of it.
This dichotomy enabled him to enjoy the support of the civil authorities too in
the early stages of his quest for power: Wilhem Flick, Head of the political
section of the Munich police force, testified that "we held our protecting hand
over Herr Hitler because we saw in him the germ of Germany regeneration."
As soon as his failed putsch in 1923, he was considered like the possible
savior of Germany and, although sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, he
was liberated after six months because, as said the Bavarian minister of
Justice, "we must support the National-Socialists, they are the flesh of our
flesh". That was really the genius of Hitler: to make people think he was
more German than the Emperor, the Army, the Republic and the people
together. And everybody believed him when he said that his attempted
"Coup" was initiated in defense to a marxist attempt to take over the state
and establish a soviet Republic in Germany.
Duplicity was his second nature
Then he intensively recurred to lies and
again people believed his lies. To his
potential opponents, he would say anything,
promise the moon, swear his good faith and
good will, affirm shamelessly that he did not
mean a word of the public denunciation he
had just made of their views, all the contrary,
he was their true and real friend and ally. He
even went as far as promising to relinquish
his anti-semitism views and forgo altogether
his anti-semitic measures. Duplicity was his
second nature and he privately
acknowledged it in many occasions to his
closest collaborators. He never hesitated to
"give his word of honor" not to do such or
such thing and reneged on his word a week
later like when he promised to support von
Papen' cabinet in 1932 and attacked him
immediately after its formation. In foreign
affairs, his broken promises are well known
and the list is long: Daladier, Chamberlain
and Stalin were the targets of his promises
and successive lies and their credulity made
the war possible.
One of the most revealing event of his
duplicity lays in the dismissal in 1933,
immediately after he took power, of Otto
Wagener who has been since 1929 his main
economic adviser and the
future-that-would-never-be architect of the
social policies of the Nazis. The grandiose
ideas of Socialism "à la Hitler" were dropped
de facto and the funds collected by the new
government were devoted to Germany
rearmament which was the only true policy of
the Nazis as shows these appaling tables of
statistics. The people of Germany never
really enjoyed the benefits of a true Socialist
regime, they were offered instead a
sub-product called "Strength through Joy"
that proposed notably very cheap cruises
abord two huge vessels of 25,000 tons, the
"Robert Ley" and the "Wilhem Gustloff". Five
other vessels of less tonnage were also in
service until 1939.
Then he intensively recurred to lies and
again people believed his lies. To his
potential opponents, he would say anything,
promise the moon, swear his good faith and
good will, affirm shamelessly that he did not
mean a word of the public denunciation he
had just made of their views, all the contrary,
he was their true and real friend and ally. He
even went as far as promising to relinquish
his anti-semitism views and forgo altogether
his anti-semitic measures. Duplicity was his
second nature and he privately
acknowledged it in many occasions to his
closest collaborators. He never hesitated to
"give his word of honor" not to do such or
such thing and reneged on his word a week
later like when he promised to support von
Papen' cabinet in 1932 and attacked him
immediately after its formation. In foreign
affairs, his broken promises are well known
and the list is long: Daladier, Chamberlain
and Stalin were the targets of his promises
and successive lies and their credulity made
the war possible.
One of the most revealing event of his
duplicity lays in the dismissal in 1933,
immediately after he took power, of Otto
Wagener who has been since 1929 his main
economic adviser and the
future-that-would-never-be architect of the
social policies of the Nazis. The grandiose
ideas of Socialism "à la Hitler" were dropped
de facto and the funds collected by the new
government were devoted to Germany
rearmament which was the only true policy of
the Nazis as shows these appaling tables of
statistics. The people of Germany never
really enjoyed the benefits of a true Socialist
regime, they were offered instead a
sub-product called "Strength through Joy"
that proposed notably very cheap cruises
abord two huge vessels of 25,000 tons, the
"Robert Ley" and the "Wilhem Gustloff". Five
other vessels of less tonnage were also in
service until 1939.
| Double talk and duplicity, Hitler at his best with the Catholic Church who swallowed everything. |
| Master of ceremonies and mises en scenes, Hitler the artist was probably the first rock-star of the XXth century |
The skills of a maestro
Another element that very much helped Hitler was the denial after WWI of
the concept of evilness: Evil was too much a theological idea and
theology was not fashionable after the horrors of WWI. People ceased to
believe in good and evil and were open to any justification of evil that Herr
Hitler and his bloody henchmen would come up with. And he handled this
opportunity with the skill of a maestro. The Nazis were thus able to parade
themselves as "good and nice people" whereas they were brutal,
blood-thirsty and greedy rogues, but nobody would consider them as
such. Depicting them as monsters too much sounded like the stupid
propaganda posters of the Great War and the German people refused to
buy the arguments of the Nazis' opponents : they reminded them of the
Kaiser's arguments. They had been caught once, they would not be
twice. Furthermore, a nation like Germany would never give herself a
monstruous leader like Herr Hitler, would it ? So the people became blind
to the real Hitler for whom the whole nation was soon fair game.
Another element that very much helped Hitler was the denial after WWI of
the concept of evilness: Evil was too much a theological idea and
theology was not fashionable after the horrors of WWI. People ceased to
believe in good and evil and were open to any justification of evil that Herr
Hitler and his bloody henchmen would come up with. And he handled this
opportunity with the skill of a maestro. The Nazis were thus able to parade
themselves as "good and nice people" whereas they were brutal,
blood-thirsty and greedy rogues, but nobody would consider them as
such. Depicting them as monsters too much sounded like the stupid
propaganda posters of the Great War and the German people refused to
buy the arguments of the Nazis' opponents : they reminded them of the
Kaiser's arguments. They had been caught once, they would not be
twice. Furthermore, a nation like Germany would never give herself a
monstruous leader like Herr Hitler, would it ? So the people became blind
to the real Hitler for whom the whole nation was soon fair game.
Lies pay, duplicity entitles, let's just enjoy it. It gave Hitler a huge leverage
effect that he handled with efficiency until the end.
So Hitler has been in a position to swindle the whole world and not only
his own people. In the field of finances, Hitler was a master fraudster: the
number of bilateral commitments that the Nazis did not honor are
amazing. One of the most famous is a wool deal with South Africa: for
three years this country shipped to Germany the whole annual clip of
wool expecting to be delivered in response locomotives and automotive
equipments that were never shipped. Hitler was very proud of his
treacheries and was always boasting to his aides about the end that
justifies the means. They applauded. Unlike the intellectual type, Hitler
reasoned from the emotional to the factual, twisting facts to suit and
prove the emotion that had prompted his thought : it appealed to the
masses. But when he was confronted by contradictory facts, he was left
floundering. So he always took great care of speaking to the masses and
avoid private or semi-private conversation. His private conversations were
simple monologues that his aids had to endure for their well-being.
Eventually even cold-blooded murder was not part of evil for Hitler. Hitler
killed for the sake of the nation, the honor of the party or the salvation of
Germany. His opponents were monsters of whom he delivered the nation,
as he did in 1934 with the murder of Ernst Roehm and Gergor Strasser,
for a long time his closest allies and staunchest supporters. But when the
conditions seemed dangerous to Hitler, he had no qualms in deciding to
act in the most hideous way possible: killing his ex-best friends.
Religiously speaking, Hitler was a renegate and an apostate. Great
apostates are often dangerous men: the roman emperor Julian was one
and he persecuted thousands of Roman Christians, Stalin was one and
he killed millions of Russians, Hitler was one and he initiated the
Holocaust. As such he had lost every moral sense that he ever had.
Everything was possible, good, justified by the ultimate goal: the
regeneration of Germany. It gave him a political advantage that his
tactician and comedian skills could easily turn into some sort of
malevolent political genius.
(1) HITLER, Memoirs of a confidant, 1985, Yale university ISBN
0 -300-03294-3 (cloth).
effect that he handled with efficiency until the end.
So Hitler has been in a position to swindle the whole world and not only
his own people. In the field of finances, Hitler was a master fraudster: the
number of bilateral commitments that the Nazis did not honor are
amazing. One of the most famous is a wool deal with South Africa: for
three years this country shipped to Germany the whole annual clip of
wool expecting to be delivered in response locomotives and automotive
equipments that were never shipped. Hitler was very proud of his
treacheries and was always boasting to his aides about the end that
justifies the means. They applauded. Unlike the intellectual type, Hitler
reasoned from the emotional to the factual, twisting facts to suit and
prove the emotion that had prompted his thought : it appealed to the
masses. But when he was confronted by contradictory facts, he was left
floundering. So he always took great care of speaking to the masses and
avoid private or semi-private conversation. His private conversations were
simple monologues that his aids had to endure for their well-being.
Eventually even cold-blooded murder was not part of evil for Hitler. Hitler
killed for the sake of the nation, the honor of the party or the salvation of
Germany. His opponents were monsters of whom he delivered the nation,
as he did in 1934 with the murder of Ernst Roehm and Gergor Strasser,
for a long time his closest allies and staunchest supporters. But when the
conditions seemed dangerous to Hitler, he had no qualms in deciding to
act in the most hideous way possible: killing his ex-best friends.
Religiously speaking, Hitler was a renegate and an apostate. Great
apostates are often dangerous men: the roman emperor Julian was one
and he persecuted thousands of Roman Christians, Stalin was one and
he killed millions of Russians, Hitler was one and he initiated the
Holocaust. As such he had lost every moral sense that he ever had.
Everything was possible, good, justified by the ultimate goal: the
regeneration of Germany. It gave him a political advantage that his
tactician and comedian skills could easily turn into some sort of
malevolent political genius.
(1) HITLER, Memoirs of a confidant, 1985, Yale university ISBN
0 -300-03294-3 (cloth).
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Robert Ley, speech, "Schicksal — ich glaube!," Munich, 1937 "That is why we love Adolf Hitler so much. The German worker has the feeling that this man, our Führer, works on his problems day and night! This type of popular leadership is unique. We demand such leadership. We will not surrender it, we will not share it with anyone. The German nation and its soul belong to Adolf Hitler and his party." |
