JS 211gw Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mind Control, Syphilis
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Spirit of 1914 = war hysteria/ excitement because they thought it was going to bring germany together, heavy notion of unity ; that is the spirit that shaped adolf hitler a person (even thought it all changed after 1914) His campaign posted this pic as hitler as part of the crowd; many charges that this is fabricated. Mazi = precisely this spirit that he turns into the essence of nazism; sacrifice is necessary for the greater good, love of home, belief that germany would come out of the war reborn with a new beginning. Hitler = frustrated artist, mom got sick and died, lived in vieanna. Theories (1) hitler"s father was illegitimate (his grandfather had an affair with a. He simply came up with ideas that are already established and felt by many. People believed that he would be able to help the german nation; his ideas spoke to other people and had resonance.