Dictator Handwriting Analysis (Stalin, Hitler & Mussolini) 

just so you know, I will show this to my history teacher. we were discussing Hitler's personality and anger the other day in class and I think this adds a lot to what we were saying. Very interesting:)

Hitler used the old German Kurrent script, which is very different from the Latin script used today. For example the long strokes aren't i dots but are a u bow that indicates if its a u or a n, otherwise u and n would look the same. And what you described as a y is a long s which is written that way without a loop. Not meant in a bad way, rather constructive ;)

Something interesting about Mussolini's - If you look closely at the second signature, the downstrokes are darker along the edges. Since this was probably taken from the late 30s to early 40s, he would've most likely been using a fountain pen. When you push too hard on a fountain pen, something called "railroading" can occur, where the tines spread enough to create two faint lines. This is almost happening with his signature, which means he wrote it with a lot of (likely aggressive) pressure. Also, it's interesting how the beginning of Hitler's signature almost looks like the SS rune over time. I wonder if that was deliberate.

I'm literally addicted to these graphology videos.

the slashes as i-dots that you mentioned when analyzing hitler's handwriting could possibly also be ü, ö or ä. a lot of people in germany dont put two dots for those letters but just a slash, although i'm not sure what trait that resembles

German kinda did use a different alphabet, in that they were taught with a very different cursive script. I am somewhat curious how much this would interfere with various indicators (how much different taught writing styles would in general, really).

Historical figures are such a fascinating topic to do graphology on. I noticed when watching Bob Ross's Netflix documentary, his signature escalating from underlined to having the bullet through the head stroke. I had to pause it, it really put a big nail in the coffin for me that graphology ought not be undervalued. I look forward to your video on doodles/drawings in writing!

Leah, remember that when we study people who grew up in other countries, we must be aware of the style of penmanship that they studied under. Here in the US we study "palmer" HW style in school. Other countries have different styles. I understand that after WWII, HW experts worked on changing some of the Germany writing styles, to give them less hostile writing styles. These slashes that you are looking at, maybe the style that they studied.

curious about Stalin's double-writing, blue & red. i wonder if you put on a red lens you'd find a different message in the blue underneath

Hitlers handwriting reminds you of Voldemorts handwriting because the entire Harry Potter story is alluding to Hitler and the Nazis (and in that scenario, obviously, Voldemort is Hitler), or at least people interpret it in that way

5:41 - So nowadays, Germans use the same latin script as English speakers do but this is a relatively new development. In the first examples you showed he was most likely writing in Sütterlinschrift or Kurrentschift which is how most germans born before 1970. That said, It was outlawed sometime during the war in favor for the latin alphabet by his party because it was seen as a disorderly way of writing.

Those slashes in Hitler's handwriting were not i dots. In older German handwriting lower case u, n and m were hard to distinguish. Older people still use this slash to mark a lower case u. Just to make it easier to read. Thought you might enjoy this piece of information. Love your videos though!

Okay Leah! So Germany does have the english alphabet, but back then it was really different. As a young German I can tell you, it took me a long time to learn to read old German (1930s) letters because nearly all of them were just insanely illegible back then

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I would love to see you do an analysis on Marilyn Monroe's handwriting. After watching a bunch of your videos I looked at it myself and saw a lot of really interesting traits, however I think it's above my skill level to analyze.

Wow this historical handwriting is so freaking cool! You should definitely do more of this!

could you analyze john lennon's handwriting? he was a very problematic person with family and anger issues, and i'd really like to know which personality traits and/or disorders he maybe could've had or smth?? anyway love your channel, you're simply amazing!!!💖💖💖💖💖💖

I don't know if this is worth mentioning but having gone to school in Germany and Switzerland, when they taught us how to write in cursive they would force us to tilt out paper when writing to achieve a forward slant. They wanted us to write that way. So maybe that's something that just became a habit for Hitler but idk.

it would be interesting if you analysed Sylvia Plath's handwriting. There are loads of extracts from her journal online and I was shocked by how 'modern' her handwriting looks

To add a little bit more information about German handwriting during Hitler's rise to power: The standard of handwriting was the "Deutsche Kurrent" (English Wiki: Kurrent), a unique type with specific traits like a 70 degree slant to the right and a ratio between upper, central and underline of 2:1:2. As already been mentioned in this comment section, the strokes and dots defined the letters i, j, u, y, ä, ö, ü. I, m, n and u are otherwise undistinguishable, also almost c and e. The first document is from Jan. 8th, 1938. There is the Reichsadler with a swastika in its talons, in the upper left corner. That is an offical emblem. I am not 100 % certain, but as a party emblem it was supposedly introduced in 1933, when Hitler became Reichskanzler. His writing is not very legible, so I can't give you the complete message: "Herzlichste Genesungswünsche! In (...) Ihr [UNTERSCHRIFT]" ("Warmest recovery wishes! In (...) Your(s) [SIGNATURE]") Another indicator for 1938 is the character of his signature, especially regarding his first name, which, according to the compilation a few moments later in the clip, does not resemble the one from the late 20ies.

Your analyses of Mussolini and Hitler matches the description of these people in my history textbook. Graphology is cool!

mussolini's handwriting: delusional, extremely unrealist, out of touch with reality, can you tell we're talking about Mussolini?

The angry tick in the letter "t" of Mussolini is an "o". His name is Benito, a lot of elder italians write the o like that

Wow, Hitler actually wanted to die all his life He was a messenger in World War 1 (highly risky job) . Was wounded in action and decorated many times so it wasn't' like he was playing it safe. And in 1944 there was an assassination attempt on him which was almost successful which might explain the anxiety. Oh, and Stalin was a egomaniac. Very insightful analysis Thank you Fascinating stuff!

This is not a very accurate analysis because you don’t consider historical context of these characters beyond the bare minimum. You would have to put extensive research into the scripts itself (20th century Cyrillic, German Kurrent which is a Latin script), the ways they were taught, what was considered best practice, what were the cultural implications of styles of handwriting at the time, what do the words actually MEAN when they exhibit abnormal traits, etc. I also wonder what would happen if you went into these analyses a little more unbiased (Hitler clearly must have been depressed, angry and suicidal, right?) So while this is a great video essay idea, it really doesn’t develop the potential of this analysis.

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Hitler suffered from a neurodegenerative disorder due to being exposed to sarin gas in WW1, one of the effect of that is Increased hand shaking over time. I think that's a better explanation of why his handwriting started changing so drastically over time.

Hey. Love the videos. I know I'm late to the party but interesting fact about Hitler's signature : the last one Leah looked at was dated from the day before he killed himself. It gives even more meaning to it, I think.

About Hiltler (Swiss kiddo here so I might be of on some things. Also I feel like the writing system changes slightly every couple of years… don’t ask me why. I don’t mean anything drastic but like slight changes? The way I was taught to write is significant different to how my gran was tought (mom didn’t learn writing in Switzerland) and the new curriculum teachers (again) a vastly different style of solely block letters that are easily connectable.) Strokes instead of dots: we where actually taught to do them that way, but instead of going vertically, they’re supposed to go horizontally. Wasn’t Voldemort actually inspired by Hitler? Same alphabet sweetie… And I am going to judge you for that one! Again I was taught to write with a forward slant just as strong as his. Hock on most capital letters could again be a taught thing. His full name is Adolf Hitler… notice how the f in his signature barely is in the middle zone and crashes really low in to the lower zone. Like the stroke crossing the f (still taught the same way and supposed to be at the bottom or top of the mod zone) is like a solid centimetre under the baseline. A opens at the top increasingly, the D and L stay in the middle zone and are barely legible. Though the whole time that weird f stays the same while all the other letters disappear… the A somehow morphs almost in to a capital L or a weird C? ALSO… please look at Kim jong-un…there are rumours about his health deteriorating drastically in the last couple of years. If you’re interested in more I recommend checking out “ Voice of North Korea by Yeonmi Park” she’s a defector and made a couple of videos on the subject. PS: If you’re uncomfortable with talk about $exslavory avoid any video that includes “pleasure squad” in the title…

Love the video! I got a question, if forward slanted handwriting means someone who doesn't understand boundaries or pushes others, and if backward slanted handwriting means holding back and hiding your emotions, what would handwriting with constantly changing slants mean? Asking 'cause I often notice my handwriting is often uneven and the slant changes a lot.

I was really surprised by Stalin’s handwriting-neat and methodical and almost with a kind of innocence? (…it only added to my surprise that my doodles and Russian cursive look similar to his 😨)

I see that you put Ceaușescu (the Romanian communist dictator) pictures on your video, it would be really interesting and nice if you did Ceaușescu's handwriting too(along with other not so known dictators). There are some samples on the internet but i recommend you to write "Ceausescu scris" because it doesn't show in english.

ive wondered about signatures and baselines, often the paper is held by someone else instead of it being flat on the table, but the definite downward curve is much more telling

I’ve been wondering about this for a while but could art styles have anything to do with graphology? As an artist I’m always looking at peoples art styles and sometimes it feels like they match the person who drew the picture

So Adolph's signature got worse gradually just like his life did. I blamed it all on his shrinking mustache. He was just mad cuz his upper lip was cold 🤣

You should do Jack The Ripper Einstein and Leonardo Da Vinci!!!

hey idk if you believe in astrology but if you do could you look into the signs and their handwriting? (i think you'd have to focus on moon signs cos they're our emotions and the sun sign is just our ego) if u don't that's fine i just think that'd be a cool video idea. also the history and graphology nerd in me got so excited when u posted this! i love it thank u for feeding us

i know graphology doesn't have a proven scientific basis but i do believe that it has indeed some fundamentals. We are all aware of how our own writing changes throughout the years or depending on the emotional state we're going through, it manifests itself in the way we approach the paper. Since I think most of the traits have been generalized by empirical evidence the risk is highlighting some features that are not really there, however just like you said it's more about finding a general picture among the different traits and finding which one comes out more frequently: i've analyzed a couple of handwriting from my friends because you got me into it and i have to say that it is indeed true, one or two traits will come out pretty frequently. It's really really fascinating

Love your video :) Adolf had Parkinson symptoms as early as in 1934 this surely had an impact on his handwriting.

The progression of Hitler's signature is fascinating. In addition to mental stress he was dealing with a lot of health problems and dryg addiction in later years. Theres also speculation that he may have had Parkinsons. No surprise this all had a profound effect on his handwriting. It was interesting to see the underlying suicidal aspect. I wouldnt have thought that of Hitler. He always seemed so arrogant.

Alarmed by how much stalin’s handwriting reminded me of my own

I've trained as a teacher of English as a second language. Stalin's signature using the Roman alphabet looks to me as though it was specifically learned according to the cursive writing of the time. Probably the only thing that really shows his personality is the excessive underlining. Thank you for a fascinating video.

As an American taking German in a Canadian high school in the late 1950s, I can tell you there were some distinct differences in the old German alphabet. Our text book was in old German script that we had to learn to read and write. Probably the same as in Stalin/ Hitler time. Not sure when Germany switched to printing in Romanized alphabet. Can still recite that alphabet, it’s stuck in my head. Interesting analysis.

I love how Leah is tearing litteral dictators apart. I would like to know the dates.

Stalin’s English signature looks neat identical to my everyday handwriting 😅

Awesome video Leah!! Just one question : does a tick towards the right usually mean anger? I have a similar tick which is a bit curved . Just wondering if this is a consistent letter trait. :D

As a German I can only say, no we don’t use a different alphabet than the English one but some letters a differently pronounced than in english and we have ö,ä and ü added with also an additional sharp ß added to the alphabet, looking at how hitter’s handwriting was in the pictures of this video, he seems to me to have a straight forward messy- but professional handwriting but all people that I know of that are alive still, don’t have any kind of similar handwriting so I guess it’s not that common around where I live but possibilities are still high since I don’t know everyone lol Don’t get me wrong, I just don’t know anyone that has the same type of handwriting as in sharpness.

Hitler would have written in a script called Sütterlin, which was very common in Germany until WWII (and people who learned it in school would have kept it later; my great-aunt still used it in the 1960s). It's unreadable for people who don't know it and who don't understand German; I can read it, but it takes some deciphering. The letter that looks like an "f" is an "s", and the "i dots" are not i dots, but they are bars that were put above the letter "u" to distinguish it from the letter "n", which would have looked exactly the same without that bar (some Germans who use the usual Latin alphabet still put that bar above the "u", despite it's no longer necessary). Basically, all low case "small" letters like a, e, i, o, u, m, n, were all just like angular waves with only very small details to tell them apart. Even closed letters like a or o were written "open" (for instance, the o wasn't a circle, but an angular wave, too, with a tiny loop on the right hand side). It's already hard to decipher with people who have good handwritings, but Hitler's handwriting was really bad, which makes it even harder. Check out the Wikipedia article if you're interested: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BCtterlin

Cyrillic (which is the script used for Russian) handwriting is a little different, but it pretty much keeps the basic strokes that the Latin script has. I would like to see you analise a Greek handwriting. Greek has no officially recognised handwritten form of letters (only printed style), so most Greeks invent their own handwritten forms of the letters.

By the early 1940s, Hitler was a full-blown addict who was administered various forms of amphetamine throughout the typical day and morphine in the evening. In April 1940, he issued a “stimulant decree” and forms of amphetamine (e.g., Pervertin, Benzedrine, etc) were standard issue to war fighters and leadership alike. He was also a trained artist who was interested in occult grimoire sigils; his signature creates an arc and sometimes a pyramid shape w sharp activation lines, like the logo of his SS . Both facts should be considered in graphological interpretations as they are significant confounds.

Yayyyyy :)) this is a very interesting topic :3

Im early??? I love your vids!!!!

you add the subtitle is really good , thanks

Could you analyze Sal Kahn's handwriting? (the guy from Kahn Academy) I think it would be very interesting and you literally have the whole Kahn Academy website as a sample.

great video Leah :D thank you so much! I have a question, what does it mean when the loop of the y goes backwards? I'm pretty sure it's sexual confusion, but I need some clarification. if you need examples, Oscar Wilde and Tony Blair both show it :) thanks!!

Could you do a Matthew gray gubler handwriting analysis? He’s the actor that plays Spencer Reid in criminal minds btw if you don’t know who he is

Not sure if you've done it yet but you should analyze Jack the Rippers handwriting. Love your videos btw :)

What would it mean if someones signiture doesn't have their name/has something as well as their name (like a small symbol)?

I’m going to be using this, as well as some cross-references of course, for a presentation. It’s really interesting

Have you done a program on Churchill, Roosevelt and de Gaulle? It would be interesting to compare to these guys. Of course, Tojo and Hirohito wrote in a totally different script and a totally different culture so analyzing them may not be possible.

Your videos are awesome! This analysis really match the history I read in the textbook, haha! I started to watch since the analysis Taylor Swift's handwriting, I think I become smarter after watching your videos, they are so interesting!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Hi, can editing Leah please let the extra slides and information be there for a second longer? It was gone way too fast for me to read it and some things were even hard to catch with going back and turning down the speed. Thank you!

I wonder, is there a difference in handwriting between what constitutes "not understanding boundaries" and what constitutes "not caring about boundaries"? I think Hitler was probably more along the lines not caring, than not understanding. Just a guess though.

Maybe it was already mentioned, but the last signature of Hitler was one day before his death.

hi leah! i love your videos, you're the reason i got into graphology, thank you very much for this :) but i also have a question. do you perhaps know anything about the letter a that is written not with a normal loop but as if it was typed? i've been looking for information about it for a while but can't seem to find anything. i've seen a few people write like that and i'm really curious about it

I think it would be interesting if you could look at Jonathon Larson’s handwriting with the different musicals with rent and tick tick boom

Everyone say thank you Leah for the amazing video!

i look forward to ur videos every week!!

Hitler's last signature is from the day before he committed suicide.

Hiii could u maybe do amy Winehouse bc i think how her writing changes over time should be pretty interesting:))

German does not have a different alphabet, but the cursive handwriting he grew up with, “Kurrent”, is quite a bit different from other Latin scripts

Kinda wanted that to be twice as long. Not gonna lie! 🤣

Politicians in eneral should have interesting handwriting. :)

you should add trudeau he's practically a dictator at this point

The music was kinda messing with me but I loved this video it was amazing!

anyone else notices a swastika in 1937 Hitler signature?

Side note, I love that glass with all the suns

when you got Musolinni T, I, stalin underlining (not that often or heavy but still), and hitlers sloppiness also that crashing indicating sucididalness, that fit 'bout 3-4 years ago

omg, Leah, can you analyse handwriting in the series "Breaking Bad"

this has the same exact scientific basis as astrology

Can you please do Freddie Mercury? Recently googled his handwriting and had my own attempt at decoding the traits within it and would like to see your analysis

the stalin one says "I order you now to go with me to cinema to watch film Volga-Volga"

Did u just drop Gkae?? Impressive… interesting vid you got my sub

Hello mi Amiga. I can't find your post with this layout. Wanted to say it's cool if you don't pop out a vid on a Monday. Your content is great, it's worth the wait. I'm sure any of these guy's would say the same. I had a direct question to ask. I seen a clip where the words got bigger throughout the full sentence. The first letter in each word was slightly bigger than the others as well. Was hoping to get your opinion on this. Can't stop analyzing everything I see now, all thanks to you Leah. Thank you, happy holidays btw.

Someone should analyze trumps signature. I had it on my desk in a work situation about 30 years ago and it frightened me so much I thought I saw the mark of the beast. I literally jumped back like I just saw a frightening ghost or something. Premonition?

Hitler at the end of his life was suffering from Parkinson disease, hence irregular signature. Mussolini was an agressive man in gis yourh, he carried a knife, and he was involved in duels.

This was amazing,loved it.Can you do today’s presidents’ handwriting ,especially dictatorial leaders(Putin,Macron,Erdogan)?

It would be really interesting if you could analyze One Direction's handwriting.

Stalin was Georgian, not Russian. From what I heard about Stalin from my relatives who lived under his rule that checks out. Full of himself and very intense.

3:44 title translation “Order “ so I’m guessing this was underlined because it was some sort of order or a request

“ Hitler was using a diff alphabet than the Latin alphabet my bad” I think that is slightly misleading. The German writing was still in the Latin alphabet, but in a different typeface family. Printed in Fraktur, and handwritten in Sütterlin.

Should do bibis handwriting analysis am guessing be very much stay in control at all costs

I don't know what to say about the handwriting of historical figures. It's extremely easy to cheat when you know a lot of things about certain people.

Don't forget that handwriting analysis is a study of strokes. still good that you looked at the so called norm though.

This reminds me of that time my sister use a picture of Hitler or Hitlers' painting as her phone background. I know that at the time it was a popular meme in Vietnam to ironically worship Hitler but it's still an interesting story to tell. Also his paintings sucks lol /j

You should do billy the kid

My dad is Austrian, and I had to say that the forward slant is how everyone back then wrote in austria and Germany. Btw, muricans... they don t even know that German is based on the Latin alphabet and ps, I have a document with Hitler s signature which looks a (bit) different, but it s normal I gues...

Next do all politicians in the world

As a jew it made me realize that our holocause wasn't fully his fault, his mental health was 100% fucked and no one in his area was smart enough to see and fix that. He was so out of his mind that he made people kill so many other people for the confidence he never had and just when he started losing this confidence society gave him he committed suicide. His story is kinda sad if I'm not comparing it to my family's story (basically, everyone in my family got killed except for 4 members :) )

when im tryna misinform my signature i squibble-squabble to emphasize i dont endorse what im signing 🙉 thats probably what most people do