Hitler had an infallible nose for men who would follow him blindly, and it must be assumed from Himmler’s later awe-struck devotion to ‘the greatest brain of all time’ that he acquired his admiration and reverence during these early days in Munich. For those prepared to drop all critical faculties, either because, like Himmler, they needed to believe, or like the majority because they came from strata unused to reasoned debate, Hitler could exert a powerful fascination.
