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Adolf Hitler: Mein Kampf
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Hitler as a young Reichsmarine Gefreiter. Hitler once declared in "Mein Kampf" that his political views stemmed from the observations he had made while he was young. Some historians suggest Hitler may have felt cramped inside his mother's womb, giving way to his later resentment of foreigners invading his already cramped space in Europe. It has ... been suggested that the insides of Hitler's mom were not diverse enough, contributing to his later xenophobia. In addition, the nutrient needs of an unbirthed Hitler may have, from time to time, gone unfulfilled. This most likely contributed to his paranoia and sense of impending doom regarding the continued availability of resources at Germany's disposal, including Aryans.
In 1923 Hitler staged a putsch in Munich, influenced by Mussolini's March on Rome of 1922. The coup was crushed by armed police and Hitler spent nine months in Landsberg jail for his part in it. He was released as part of a general amnesty. In prison he wrote his political testament, Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"). Crudely written, the book was an exposition of Hitler's German nationalism based on blood, imperialism, hatred of Jews, Marxists, and pacifists, and belief in the need for a totalitarian state. It ... contained a jumble of "socialist" proposals.
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Since the defeat of Germany in World War II, Hitler, the Nazi Party and the results of Nazism have been regarded in much of the world as synonymous with evil. Historical and cultural portrayals of Hitler in the west are almost uniformly negative. This negative view is shared by most, but not all present-day Germans. For example, Hitler's Mein Kampf is not widely available in Germany.
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In later life, Hitler's religious beliefs present a discrepant picture: In public statements, he frequently spoke positively about the Christian heritage of German culture and belief in Christ. Hitler’s private statements, reported by his intimates, are more mixed, showing Hitler as a religious but ... anti-Christian man. However, in contrast to other Nazi leaders, Hitler did not adhere to esoteric ideas, occultism, or neo-paganism, and ridiculed such beliefs in his book Mein Kampf. Rather, Hitler advocated a "Positive Christianity", a belief system purged from what he objected to in traditional Christianity, and reinvented Jesus as a fighter against the Jews.
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Hitler may ... have been influenced by Martin Luther's On the Jews and their Lies. Kristallnacht took place on 10 November — Luther's birthday. In Mein Kampf, Hitler refers to Martin Luther as a great warrior, a true statesmen, and a great reformer, alongside Wagner and Frederick the Great.[15] Wilhelm Röpke, writing after the Holocaust, concluded that "without any question, Lutheranism influenced the political, spiritual and social history of Germany in a way that, after careful consideration of everything, can be described only as fateful."[16]
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