The contrasting text is Ian Kershaw's Biography of Hitler
1. Although Hitler was paranoid, his love for his mother was the deepest. Every office of Hitler had a photo of his mother. It is not appropriate for the film to portray Hitler as a ruthless sociopath. His mother was treated by a Jewish doctor who was later chartered to leave Germany.
2. The dog that Hitler picked up in World War I was stolen by his troops after changing the front line. According to his comrades, Hitler was very angry at that time.
3. According to research, Hitler's anti-Semitic and anti-Marxist views may have been gradually formed during his political activities after the First World War. At that time, some extreme right political parties in society were anti-Semitic and anti-Marxist. When he was studying in Vienna in his early years, he made a living by selling his own postcards and illustrations for economic reasons. Some of the advertisers who worked with Hitler were Jewish, and Hitler had a good relationship with them.
4. The development of the Nazi party is more difficult than the film shows. For a long time, it was a marginal party in Munich. Due to the infighting of German parties, the government continued to collapse and reorganize, allowing the Nazis to seize the opportunity to rise.
5. Hitler is not as brainless as in the film. He will express different views according to the audience, and will not throw out anti-Semitic views every time. For example, when he spoke to industrial and commercial capitalists for support, he basically did not talk about anti-Semitism, but only anti-Communist.
6. Hitler loved Wagner's works the most, and the living expenses sent from his family during his stay in Vienna made him spend it on watching Wagner's plays. Because of lack of money, I couldn't eat enough, so I looked thin and malnourished when I was young.
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