http://www.historynet.com/hitlers-diarist-offers-intimate-glimpses-of-the-fuhrer.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:31:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.historynet.com/hitlers-diarist-offers-intimate-glimpses-of-the-fuhrer.htm/comment-page-1#comment-85668 Mike Halvorsen Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:04:51 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681004#comment-85668 Before I begin, I must offer the caveat that, in no way, am I defending Adolf Hitler. That he was a monster is not in doubt. However we must also realize that the man sruvived at least three years of the most bloody warfare ever to happen in this world. Not only did he survive, but he performed as a messenger: one of the most exposed and dangerous jobs on the Western (or any other) Front. He performed his duties with such bravery that he was one of a VERY few enlisted men to be awarded the EK-I ...the Iron Cross 1st class. At least part of his attraction to the German masses was the fact that he was a bona-fide War Hero...and Germany needed a hero at that time. God knows, their choice (or lack of viable alternatives) certainly led the world down a horrible path; one that we are still reeling from today. Perhaps some deeper examination of his years with the Bavarian Infantry might reveal some further clues to the inner workings of this man... Before I begin, I must offer the caveat that, in no way, am I defending Adolf Hitler. That he was a monster is not in doubt. However we must also realize that the man sruvived at least three years of the most bloody warfare ever to happen in this world. Not only did he survive, but he performed as a messenger: one of the most exposed and dangerous jobs on the Western (or any other) Front. He performed his duties with such bravery that he was one of a VERY few enlisted men to be awarded the EK-I …the Iron Cross 1st class. At least part of his attraction to the German masses was the fact that he was a bona-fide War Hero…and Germany needed a hero at that time. God knows, their choice (or lack of viable alternatives) certainly led the world down a horrible path; one that we are still reeling from today. Perhaps some deeper examination of his years with the Bavarian Infantry might reveal some further clues to the inner workings of this man…

]]> http://www.historynet.com/hitlers-diarist-offers-intimate-glimpses-of-the-fuhrer.htm/comment-page-1#comment-84166 Donald Neal Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:17:39 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681004#comment-84166 The man was a politician with little education whose world view was shaped by anti-semitic phamphlets read during his Vienna days before WWI. The tragedy of Hitler is that so many who knew better went along with him. The man was a politician with little education whose world view was shaped by anti-semitic phamphlets read during his Vienna days before WWI. The tragedy of Hitler is that so many who knew better went along with him.

]]> http://www.historynet.com/hitlers-diarist-offers-intimate-glimpses-of-the-fuhrer.htm/comment-page-1#comment-82040 Charles Laster Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:28:33 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681004#comment-82040 'Generally a man who lived at night, indeed! Loved those banal details, the table manners and all that. I thought, though, the jerk was a teatotaller, after an embarassing drunk turned his from alcohol. Was this real beer, or 'near-beeer', I wonder. ‘Generally a man who lived at night, indeed! Loved those banal details, the table manners and all that. I thought, though, the jerk was a teatotaller, after an embarassing drunk turned his from alcohol. Was this real beer, or ‘near-beeer’, I wonder.

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