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Like every major leader, Hitler was the product of greater forces than himself, but the Führer knew how to assimilate and throw them against the right target with the promise to give a final solution to the problems of “his” people, adding two essential ingredients to the formula: a mixture of fear and admiration.
“Permanent struggle is the law of life, he who would live must fight.”
Von Hagen’s swastika, although not identical to that of Nazism, was stored in his memory for later use has been the object of speculation and delight of several historians,
“the highest aim of human existence is not the maintenance of a State of Government, but rather the conservation of the race.”
lack of academic and military training allowed him to ignore the rules of the game, which was, in the opinion of some historians and people close to him, one of the factors of his initial successes.
