 | HistoryFan (97)
11/21/2006 | Thanks for letting me know about that Sharon. The book I mentioned earlier is called "The Most Evil Men and Women in History" by Miranda Twiss. It was published in 2002 and didn't include individuals like Saddam Hussein or even Mao Tse Tsung.
Adolf was not only a real life evil doer, but he could've benefitted from anger management classes as well.
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 | SharonParry (42)
11/21/2006 | Hostile evil creep. I never read the book you're talking about, HistoryFan, but I did read a book when I was young I believe called " The Paperhanger". I'm not sure about the name. It told of his childhood and things that happened in his life to the extent it almost seemed the writer had pity. I have none. I'll try that read. I'll have to read the English version though. I know very little German.
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 | GenghisTheHun (167)
06/30/2006 |  To understand Hitler, you must read his book, Mein Kampf.
This book is hard going to finish. It is rambling and repetitive, and since my college German skills are long gone, I had to read it in English. A translation makes a hard reading book doubly hard.
That being said, the book reveals the thought of the author and the mindset of Teutonic Superiority vis a vis the peoples to the East. The Jews are from the East, and show super solidarity, according to the author.
What always startled me, is that the leaders of the Western Powers NEVER read this work. It is all there. The entire strategy of the War. The entire thought processes of what is coming next.
Hitler came from Austria-Hungary and he considered that state as a traitor to the old Teutonic Knight style German cause. The conflict between Teuton and Slav in this part of the world has embroiled this area for the last 1000 years.
Review the Battle of Tannenberg (Gruenwald) as far back as 1410 as an example.
The Fall of Koenigsburg, in East Prussia, and Breslau, in Silesia, in 1945 is almost apocalyptic for its savagery and far-reaching implications. (I have an extensive posting on the Fall of Koenigsberg, if you are interested.)
We must indict the leaders of the West for (1) the dreadful Treaty of Versailles, which gave Hitler his election platform, and (2) for deluding themselves that Hitler would honor the various scraps of paper on which the West placed so much reliance. His book would have easily informed them of his unreliability.
A little enforcement of their treaty rights, by the West, in the mid 1930's, would have toppled Hitler easily.
Yes he was angry, but could have been a footnote in history to the vigilant.
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 | CastleBee (80)
06/28/2006 | Oh, I know - he's already on too many lists. But, you know when it comes to perpetual irritation no one human seemed more suited for this list - dead or alive - than the old Dolph-meister. I couldn't bring myself to leave him off the list. Preimer gripe gut of the 20th century not to mention an amazing example of where mental illness can go if left to run amok.
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