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Posted: 15 Dec 2022

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 Dinesh
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On 20 April, (1913) Adolf Hitler turns twenty-four. He sits in the men’s boarding house at 27 Meldemannstrasse in the working-class neighbourhood of Brigittenau, Vienna, painting in the common room. His room is too small to paint it. . . . . Each evening he gives the day’s finished piece to another boarder, asking him to sellf it in the city. Most of the paintings go to Kuhler, a female art dealer in Hofzeile, in th 1st district of the city or to Schlieffer, the jung dealer at 80 Schonbrunnerstrasse. . . . Hitler puts the money aside, not squandering it all on booze as his fellow residents do; he lives sparingly, almost austerely. . . . For the most part he spends the whole day quietly with his paints. But when the talk turns to politics, a spark rushes through him. He throws his paintbrush aside, his eyes flash and he holds blazeing speeches about the immortal state of the world in general, and of Vienna in particular. It can’t go on, he screams, there are mot Czechs living in Vienna than there are in Prague, more Jews than in Jerusalem and more Croats than in Zagreb. He flings back his strand of black hair. He sweats. Then, all of a sudden, he breaks off from his diatribe, sits back down and turns his attention ot his watercolours. ~ Page 90

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 Dinesh
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Hitler offered Germans not only excitement and the chance to make history, but linked this with the idea that one should act now, today, this moment. Hitler often referred to the fact that he only had one brief life in order to accomplish his aims -- and he feared he would not reach old age. He was in a hurry, and he conveyed that sense of urgency to everyone around him. And this was exacerbated by his lack of belief in an afterlife. The sub-text to many of his speeches around this period is clear -- you spend your time taking huge and eciting risks with the intention of changing the world, or working quietly in an office. You decide. A boring life or a thrilling one -- both led to an eternity of nothingness. It was obvious which road Hitler wished to travel. As he said at the end of 23 November speech to his generals, “I have decided to live my life so that I can stand unashamed when I have to die.” ~ Page 195

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