Podcast
Real Dictators
It was described as Hitler's autobiography, a propaganda piece that presented a distorted view of his life and rise to power, shaping how many people perceive him. He used it to portray himself as a messianic figure who would restore Germany to its former glory.
In Mein Kampf, he sort of says that he was sort of lower middle class and that his father was a clerk. And this was completely incorrect.
— Episode: Adolf Hitler Part 1: Birth of a Führer
Episode: Adolf Hitler Part 1: Birth of a Führer
It was described as Hitler's autobiography, a propaganda piece that presented a distorted view of his life and rise to power, shaping how many people perceive him. He used it to portray himself as a messianic figure who would restore Germany to its former glory.
In Mein Kampf, he sort of says that he was sort of lower middle class and that his father was a clerk. And this was completely incorrect.
In Mein Kampf, he'll describe years of scratching out a living as a starving artist, first in the city of Linz, then in Vienna.
He starts Mein Kampf with this kind of very fact that he is being born on the borderlands of those two countries.