Adolf Hitler: A Political Theorist

Most would not recognize Adolf Hitler of being a political theorist, due to the fact of the horrific events that transpired under his control. However, he indeed was one for better or worse. His views about the political world were extreme to say the least and he often wrote his theories in need or due to circumstance (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/kampf.htm. His views were mostly formed in three time periods of his life (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/kampf.htm). The first one was in his years of a young man without many means to survive. This period was prior to World War I when he lived in Vienna and Munich (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/kampf.htm). Information he would seek out was from nationalist-oriented political pamphlets and anti-Semitic newspapers due to his distrust of mainstream newspapers and political parties ((http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/kampf.htm). Thus, most of the information he received was biased to say the least but this helped him formed his views.

The next stage where his views of politics were formed was the last months of World War I when Germany lost the war ((http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/kampf.htm). It was during this period that he developed his extreme nationalism to “save” Germany from both external and internal enemies who according to him had betrayed Germany (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/kampf.htm). Then in the 1920’s in his early political career where he began and wrote Mein Kampf (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/kampf.htm). He then formally renounced his Austrian citizenship in April of 1925 but did not acquire German citizenship for almost...

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...elief that this was true(http://www.nobeliefs.com/hitler.htm). He like many before and after took the priests words to heart and therefore believed this to be true in his later years when he rose to power. This quote from Mein Kampf verifies this to be true:

A man does not die for something which he himself does not believe in.

-Adolf Hitler (Mein Kampf)

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