I decided to choose books revolving around Hitler for my library assignment. The reason I chose Hitler is we will be reading the Mein Kampf later in this class and I decided to stick in the same vicinity of forbidden texts. First thing I noticed is how in-depth authors go on their bibliographies. In both the books I selected there were well over five hundred cited authors. One thing I noticed in connection to all four pieces of writing is how knowledgeable each author is on their books or articles.
One article mainly tells the backstory to the author himself, however it also justifies anything he says on the topic since I now know I can trust him with the information he gives me. Both the book The Origin of Totalitarianism and the article Theorist of War indulge in the idea of why is there war and why is war important. That got me thinking, is war important? Is there a point to war? Yes there is always a point to war, and there are some wars that are fought for good reasons. Any revolution that results in a civil war is a good war in my eyes. As the people who are at war with their own country, are just trying to better their country and their people.
In the book Hitler’s Mind: A Plunge into Madness, the author talks about how intrigued Hitler was with psychologists such as Freud. I would love to take a look into Hitler’s mind and see how his id is compared to everyone else. His brain is that of a salamander. It’s lacking the compassion of a normal human, but has the traits to keep him alive. Hitler will forever be a devil spawn and be the most hated man in my eyes, so to give him any applause would be absurd.
As much as I hate Hitler, the books revolving around the making of Hitler will forever fascinate me, as they usually don’t give any implication that he would turn into the psychotic mass murderer he will forever be. Forever burn.