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Language English Media type Print | 4/5 Goodreads Publication date 1977 Originally published 1977 Subject Adolf Hitler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adolf Hitler books The Mind of Adolf Hitler, Hitler: A Study in Tyranny, Explaining Hitler, The Hidden Hitler, The young Hitler I knew | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler is a 1977 book by Robert G. L. Waite. It was republished in 1993 by Da Capo Press of New York.
Contents
It is a psychohistorical examination of German dictator Adolf Hitler explores the events "by documenting accounts of his behaviour, beliefs, tastes, fears and compulsions." (Da Capo Press, publisher)
Jewish ancestry
While questions have lingered as to whether Hitler had Jewish ancestry, and subsequent history has cast great doubt on the idea, Waite proposes that Hitler's own doubts as to this question was a fundamental catalyst of the dictator's political actions. The author attempts to show that Hitler was unaware as to the truth of this matter, made great efforts to covertly shed light on his ancestry, and was deeply affected by the lingering question. Waite's presents a plethora of evidence to consider: Hitler's fixation on blood (both his own and in his speeches on the topic of purity), craniometry, a law banning Jewish employers from having pre-menopausal German handmaidens (as was the situation of Hitler's grandmother), etc.
Origin of the Title
The title is taken from a passage in W. H. Auden's poem, "September 1, 1939":
The title of Auden's poem refers to the date that Hitler's tanks rolled into Poland. This date is generally acknowledged as the beginning of World War II.