Do you believe Adolf Hitler was good, IN THE BEGINNING!?
608114
I think he had a horrible childhood and became mentally ill towards the end. I mean the control had something to do with it but some of the things this guy did were unspeakable. I can't figure out why the people that did his killings and tortures forced themselves to do it unless they enjoyed it too. I know you do what your leader tells you but I would think all it would have taken was a bunch of people to just blow his a$$ away .
85064
We remember so that we don't let history repeat itself.  Hitler was a great Orator who used his ability of speach giving to build up the Nazi party and eventually take control of Germany.  He was a Corporal in World War I and was devistated by the German Loss of the war as well as the terms of the surrender. He built an army with youth clubs and an Airforce out of Flying Clubs as Germany was restricted as to the number in each by the treaty of Versalles.  He built a strong organization of Secret Police and held a real tight reign on the people of Germany as well as the Annexed areas of Europe that were conceeded to him.\n\nOf course World War II started in 1939 when Hitler took Poland in about 3 weeks time and turned around and marched through France in 6 weeks.  The Europe war lasted until May 8, 1945.  The U.S. fought with Japan until September, 1945.\n\nBefore and during World War II Hitler dreamed of a society led by the German Aryan Race, he set out a plan to help produce more purity in Europe with his "Final Solution".  He was responsible for the genocide extermination of 6,000,000 Jews, as well as many Gypsies and Jehovah's Witnesses. He used most of these people before their extermination as slave labor for his war machine.  He was so adamant about the extermination of the Jews that he used resources such as Rail Roads that could have moved troops to the Russian front to move Jews to Extermination Camps.  All of the "Concentration Camps" also required much manpower that could have been put to use in the war effort.  By the end of the War Hitler was ordering troops that did not exist into battle.  He was quite ill with Parkinsons Disease and extremely paranoid of all germs and of course plots against his life.  He died by committing suicide so that he could not be taken alive.  His vast empire had collapsed into 3 square blocks when he finally died and the Germans continued to fight for a little over a week after his death.\n\nHitler needs to be remembered because of his "Racist" ideas and where they lead.  We need to remember what happened to all the people who died in what was probably the largest effort at genocide to date.  He built killing factories to do this work and it must be remembered so that we do not ever allow this thing to happen again in this world.  I believe that his failures in life were probably his greatest influence.  He spent around 2 years in prison after a failed revolt in 1923, during which time he wrote "Mein Kampf" in which he outlined his plans for Germany and his Master Race. The sales of this book made Hitler a Millionaire, which allowed him more time to spend on Politics and not have to worry about how to pay the bills.  His greatest Role Model was Benito Mussulini the Fascist Dictator of Italy, however later in the war it was Hitler that was the role model for Mussulini.\n\nThis is one page in history that we never want to see repeated and that is why we must remember Hitler.
107648
Good question for those who want to really contemplate the differences between hate of a person and hate of their action. I'll play devil's advocate and hope I don't offend anyone with this. Hitler took a completely defeated nation from WWI and created a superpower at the time (1935-1945)in a mere 17 years. Not just militarily but economically. Breaking it down to it's bear basics, he was a great leader. Unfortunate to the world was where he led his nation and people to. Stand up to the injustice and for those who can't stand up for themselves. Hate can be constructive and destructive, control it and don't let it control you.
1131289
I am not German, but English. I have read Mein Kampf in German and also the translation into english. You can read in parts how Hitler was a genious in his earlier days, but also the points where his reasoning went slightly astray. ie "Give me an army behind me, a minority to hate and I will rule the world"  Bit like Bush really, come to think of it !!!!
475763
It was up to Hitler to ask for forgiveness for his sins.\n\nnobody else can do that for you.
694876
Ditto!  That happened to me yesterday on a question from some moron saying "should Hitler have won"?\nSame applies people!  10 points if you can unearth my answer!
64027
Dude the Revolution and the Holocaust or myths. Hitler was a good guy and FDR started WWII by sinking a Jap sub on Dec.7 1941....\n In other words history is written by the winners.  and not a word of it can be believed.\n I'm sure in a humdred years our grandkids will be sitting in the fifth grade learning about how GW Bush saved the world by removing WMDs from Iraq.
140440
Hitler was crazy and I bet he didn't even know he was partially Jewish. He needed the support of Germany, so he needed to blame a weak part of the population. He chose Jews because they were not Christian, which the majority of Germans were. They did not fit the regualar German "LOOK" and he felt there was room for discrimination. I am not saying the Jews are weak, and it was a bad move on Adolf Hitler's part. Later during the Liberation, they had to evecuate dozens of overcrowded camps and try to kill everyone without klling the soilders they would need later. Hitler had taken it too far and evacuation was a nusiance. He did it because of various diseases inside him, and because he was a wrongly prejudiced man. He was also against those in wheelchairs, African Americans, homosexuals, bisexuals, gypsies, and partially woman  and other minorities in his point of view.
432534
Hitler took a destitute country and built it into a major world power in only a few short years.  If he'd stopped there, he would have been recognized as a genius.
1037498
u my friend r quite mistaken. i am an orthodox  jew, im the first to admit it and very proud of it. what ur saying now is not only rediculous but insulting towards the christians and catholics alike. hitler, may his name be erased, was a psycopath. he was a monster who was out of mind and barely human. his beliefs and morals (or lack there of) had nothing to do with christianity. his focus was about killing the jew en route to creating the perfect nation. learn some history.
833744
He was a dictator, not a president. Ask the 6,000,000 jews he killed if they think he was a good president!
658274
Germany had been brought to its knees economically and militarily at the end of WWI with the signing in the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler was an outstanding orator, and because of the state of the country at that time and because he promised to restore Germany to world prominence economically and militarily, the German people believed him. He played upon the their worst instincts as he worked to create a superior race. He gave the Germans back their pride and national spirit. He came along at the right time when the country and its people desperately needed a strong leader. He filled that void for them. Unfortunately, he was insane!!
231858
This rumor is not from any first person source (anyone who would have been in a position to know was dead before the war ended), but is in fact derived from a psychological survey of Hitler's personality conducted by the War Department shortly after the US was brought into WWII. The analysis was done using the sketchy history of Hitler's life that was available at the time, interviews with leaders captured in North Africa, his speeches, etc. It was believed that Hitler had a massive inferiority complex, had a very difficult time controlling his temper (several leaders referred to him as a 'carpet eater' because he would fall to the floor in his office almost convulsing when given particularly disastrous news), and had particularly poor social skills on a one-to-one relationship.\n\nAFter the war, when the survey was de-classified, it was published as "The Mind of Adolf Hitler."
970924
Interesting question. Forget, for just a moment if you can, the atrocities of the Hitler regime. Hitler brought prosperity back to a floundering Germany. Under is initial reign, Germans went from abject poverty to having jobs and food and prosperity. It wasn't until they discovered his megalomania that the wheels fell off and his true nature was discovered.\n\nSo to answer your question, it's quite possible that many people would vote for him if they knew nothing about his true nature and only the political promises he made.
69919
This is an exam-like quesion. Anyway, I believe that Hitler was overinflated and he bursted.
1088182
Launching operation barbarosa.... big oops.\n\nD-day... signaled the beginning of the end.\n\nThe failed attemp on Hitler's life... it made him even MORE paranoid and distrustful of his generals.
658006
You should speak to Hitler via the usual communication with the dead methods.  He had very similar opinions.  But perhaps he was a better speller!