The fragment shows very clearly how Kubizek doctored the book version of his memoirs, which appeared in the 1950s and is the most important source for Hitler’s youth. Whereas in the original text Kubizek tried to portray Hitler’s eccentricity, of which he left the reader in no doubt, as clear proof of his genius, in the book version he dealt with it as a purely private matter and from the perspective of a curious but distant observer. In particular, he significantly revised the passages concerning Hitler’s anti-Semitism. Whereas in the original manuscript hatred of the Jews was treated as
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