FINAL WARNING: Setting the Stage for World War II
History shows that Hitler ordered the death of six million Jews during
the Holocaust in Europe. Why he did, has become a mystery, since it
really hasn’t been established that he had an intense hatred for Jews.A U.S. Office of Strategic Services psychological report by Walter C.
Langer, later published as The Mind of Adolf Hitler, says that the
young Hitler was befriended by Jewish art dealers who “paid
generously for his mediocre watercolors.” Because of his financial
situation, a Jewish landlady charged him only a nominal rent, and even
moved out of her apartment on one occasion so that Hitler and a friend
could have more room. A Jewish used-clothing dealer gave him a long
black overcoat, which he wore constantly. When he was a lance-
corporal during World War I, Hitler was awarded the Iron Cross (First
and Second Class), a rare honor for a soldier of such low rank, who
hadn’t really done anything to deserve such a distinction. He learned
later, that the commendation was the result of the “efforts of the
regimental adjutant, Hugo Gutmann, a Jew.”When he became Fuhrer, Hitler hired a Jewish maid to do his cooking.
On one occasion, when it was suggested that he get rid of her, he
became furious. Dr. Eduard Bloch, a Jewish physician, had been the
Hitler family doctor since Hitler was a child. Bloch had treated Hitler’s
mother when she was dying of cancer. After her funeral, Hitler
accompanied his sisters to thank him, and said: “I shall be grateful to
you forever.” He sent the doctor two postcards, one that he
handpainted. Both of them said: “From your ever grateful patient,
Adolf Hitler.”Hitler had even wondered if he himself was Jewish. This idea stemmed
from the fact that Hitler’s father, Alois, was illegitimate, and the identity
of his grandfather had never been established. During Hitler’s rise to
power, his half-brother’s son threatened to reveal that Hitler was of
Jewish ancestry. One investigation discovered that Hitler’s grandfather
had been the son of a Jewish family called Frankenburger, in Gratz,
who employed Hitler’s grandmother, Maria Anna Schicklgruber, as a
maid. She had become pregnant by their son, while she was working in
their home. The family sent her money for a year and a half to help
support the child. Another investigation said that Alois was conceived
in Vienna, where Hitler’s grandfather was employed as a servant in the