The Hitler Cult

In an article from Ken magazine barely predating World War II, I was able to gain some firsthand perspective regarding the rise of Hitler (stern). In this article, the author was shocked by the dedication of the German people towards their leader, Adolf Hitler. In the primary accounts, Hitler was described as a man who had an untouchable social and political status. Women scoffed at the idea of him honoring their gender with an offer of a hand in marriage. The author described a secret policeman's eyes as being so enveloped in vigor and rapture that it led the writer to foresee Hitler's deification throughout Germany. Hitler, In 1938, had indeed already begun to lead a cult following. Too radical you say, calling the whole German nation a cult. Well it seems that the ideals and ethos they so willingly obliged for years are radical enough to compare to the extremism of some cults. Disregarding their unabashed desire to accept any new idea or fresh prospect of wealth before the war, it is virtually unfathomable to imagine a whole society uniting under such immense anti-semitism and thug-life activities. Think of it this way: After the first World War, germany was left with a stock of shocked and vulnerable brains that seemed to be wiped clean by such a heavy and costly defeat only a decade before. Hitler, being the opportunistic politician he was, saw these unmolded brains and using a deadly cocktail of twisted morals and hatred, molded the brains until he couldn't mold no mo'. The entire nation of Germany, in some sense, was brainwashed.