Show Hitler Germanys Germany's Man Maii of Mystery His Success on Psychology cl Czech Crisis Presented First Test of Bluff Game GallIc That Won Von Him II him ln Power Pow r Over Reich I By JOSEPH W. W LaBINE I The greatest mystery of our modern times is Adolf Hitler who feels within himself a godlike mandate te to guide Germanys Germany's destiny Perhaps that very mystery is what gives him strength for men Inen have always stood in in n awe of that th t which they cannot un un- un- un Behind the mustache must che and frowning eyes lies a mind that is both brilliant and ir ir- ir rational Adolf Hitler is at once a master of other men I and a slave to himself He is isan isan isan an inveterate brooder and though brooders seldom have power over other men Der Fuehrer is master of the Reich He is a bluffer who has stub stub- stubbornly stubbornly stubbornly waved a two-edged two sword at world democracy refusing to give an inch be be- because because because cause dictators c cannot afford to change their minds But it cannot be said that Hitler's power has gone to his head for he demonstrated this same stubborn stubborn- stubbornness ness long before the Munich beer beer- cellar putsch long before the late President von Hinden Hindenburg grudging grudging- grudgingly ly made him chancellor To know the man you must fol fol- follow follow follow low his growth a story In whose every chapter is a trace of the bit bit- bitterness bitterness bitterness that can only come from misguided genius It is the story st ry of ofa ofa ofa a potential giant who stumbled through his early years groping desperately for an anchor Austrian by b Birth His ancestral home is Spittal Austria once on the frontier where poverty and inbreeding have long been seen the peasants' peasants tragedy His father was Alois Hit ter ler cr a willed strong-willed cobbler whose first wife brought him money whose second wife wile died shortly after her marriage and whose third wife was the he first Mrs Hitler's housemaid It was to this third wife that the child Adolf was born a weak sensitive sensitive sensitive tive child who disliked his father and who probably learned to brood through this same dislike He lived within himself so much that his former playmates have pic pie pictured pictured him standing on a hillside at night bawling a political speech at two fruit trees while school chums giggled in the nearby bushes He was expelled from school for or smoking smoking smoking ing a strange trick in view of the adult Adolf Hitler's strict abstinence And it was at Vienna when 17 17 that the future first felt lifes life's reality Twice refused admission admission ad ad- admission mission to an art school forced to earn his bread and beer by painting houses louses and hanging paper he suf suf- suffered suffered for five years the agonies of ofa a man who feels himself unwanted by society But this bitterness was enough to set him thinking In Mein Kampf the autobiography he was to write later while sulking in a German prison he attempts frantically to explain the Vienna failure by heaping scorn on the effete on Jewish capital capital- capitalists capitalists and unpatriotic Socialists In 1912 he left Vienna for Mu Mu- Munich Munich Munich nich turning his back on the Austria he was destined one day to rule In Inthe Inthe Inthe the World war he served four years mostly as an orderly carrying mes mes- sages Comrades describe him as a recluse who loved war and boasted how he would conduct Germanys Germany's offensive The comrades laughed and called Adolf Hitler ein Spin Spin- Spinner Spinner Spinner ner which is Bavarian dialect for forone forone forone one who is cracked Shortly before the armistice on October 14 1918 he was gassed and taken to the hospital There while peace was signed while Germany German suffered depredation he closed his eyes and remained blind three M V L x s- s g r fa f L a 1 t t s ss sf i s f IllS 7 FOLLOWERS WERE PERE REWARDED RE This REWARDED This picture ten Iras taken early in ill 1932 before Adolf Atlo J Hitler hiller became chancellor as he lie addressed a mass meeting of oj national socialist students simien Is In Inconspicuous Inconspicuous conspicuous in ill the background at left o of f Hitler were 7 Goering now chief of oj o f staff f and Paul Joseph Goebbels now propaganda minister months A psychologist has said he took refuge in blindness a nervous reaction in which he did not allow himself to see Germanys Germany's shame Medical annals record such cases Finds His Tongue Peace brought Socialists Communists Communists fists and reactionaries to Germany men who loved to orate from soap boxes In such an electrified cle cle- clement clement dc- dc ment meat Hitler found his tongue developed de de- developed developed oratorical tricks and learned to control his audience like a magician The bitterness of youth was giving way to the vengeful spir spir- spirit it of manhood Adolf Hitler was on r rs s q s si i bt r v ip L t S 'S J H s t C t t c r tj s The modern Adolf idol f Hitler a torrid tl speechmaker who clo be be- believes believes believes the masses are arc unintelligent unintelligent gent that they will trill learn only by constant repetition his way planning craftily like a press agent for the build up that would eventually bring him to power From Austria's ancient national socialism he took the swastika a good luck sign of antiquity From his party the workers national so so- socialist socialist socialist group he took the thc initials which in in German spelled Nazi From Mussolini who was about to march on Rome in a Pullman car he borrowed the shirt idea because he knew Germans loved uniforms His program aimed at atthe atthe atthe the nebulous objective of building a great nation had as its cardinal principles the ousting of Jews re re- repudiation repudiation repudiation of war guilt reparations and the Versailles treaty His stronghold was Munich and there he began drawing huge crowds I at speeches delivered wherever I there was an audience usually in I beer cellars Thus came the fa famous fa- fa famous famous beer cellar putsch an almost almost- fatal blunder through which he heI I sought a short cut to power Leading 2000 Nazis he swung into the square fronting Munich's his his- historic historic where local police killed 14 of his followers But the dynamics of Hitlerism had taken effect Sentenced to five years in prison he was released six months later by a warden who whispered Herr Hitler you have made a Nazi out of t. me to Power Polder That was in 1924 and the next six years found Germany prospering then succumbing to depression Far from defeated though still brood brood- brooding ing Hitler had realized his Munich blunder and was building a stronger party On the night of September 14 1930 the world gasped to learn he had won deputies in the Reichstag election placing the Nazi party second in power Two years later he was reluctantly made chan chan- chancellor chancellor chancellor by President von HIndenburg and the conquest was complete II All but one thing rise had produced faithless followers one of them Ernst Roehm On June 30 1934 he and at least 70 others were quietly liquidated and the world knew Adolf Hitler was su su- supreme supreme su- su supreme preme in Germany Why Is it his remarkable gift of oratory his personality his pro pro- program gram gram or or fear Is it Germanys Germany's ap ap- appreciation appreciation predation of the Fuehrer who has led them confidently from one con con- conquest co conquest quest to another Probably a combination of these qualities but behind them all aU is the most important secret Adolf Hitler is a master psychologist He threw over the Versailles treaty and walked into the Rhineland when Great Britain and France were busy watching Premier Mussolini's con conS conquest conquest quest of Ethiopia He took posses posses- possession possession sion of Austria when Britain and France were busy with internal strife His game of foreign con con- conquest conquest conquest quest has been a continuous bluff until it seemed certain that no pow pow- power power er would challenge his occupation 01 of Czechoslovakia He was mistaken there but the bluff continued with amazing suc suc- cess He turned down repeated of ot- offers offers fers of peaceful settlement nt confident confident confident dent that Britain and France would eventually capitulate When they refused he caused a war scare that threw all Europe into a turmoil At Ai Atthe Atthe the last moment when there seemed no way to avoid armed conflict he summoned a meeting of powers to discuss a peaceful settlement His History tory will say he won again Psychology Triumphant He uses psychology in in- in oratory knowing knowing- that emotion is a stronger appeal than common sense The words come in torrents at first high high- pitched then intense then breaking into a sob He uses psychology In showman showman- ship At the recent Munich party congress he kept the air charged with constant expectation Soldiers marched and bands blared Loud Loud- Loudspeakers Loudspeakers speakers announced Der Fuehrer's every movement as he left the ho ho- hotel hotel hotel tel began driving to the stadium and began mounting m the platform He uses psychology in his pro pro- gram Though Germans work hard hud and have little to show for it it the hazy promise of a greater Reich hangs constantly before their eyes By girding his nation for war Der Fuehrer has reduced unemployment and busy people seldom complain especially when the worlds world's greatest propaganda machine directs their thought and effort Lastly he uses psychology in selling sell- sell sellIng selling Ing his personality To Germany Adolf Hitler is a man of ot mystery m strong chinned giant g ho once told them You are are mine and 1 r I Iam am yours purs as long as a I livet 0 Western We tern Newspaper N w. w a i I 4 l o i L R- R Z h aAE |