German Experts Reveal Why Germans Followed Hitler & How They Felt About It 

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If you fail at everything, you can always becom a politician.

"He was a lousy student, and he didn't study" *nervously sweats*

"With no other career open to him, he decides to become a politician." That should tell you the problem with the world. We're led by people who have to have no requirements for the job other than having the charisma to influnce people.

The period between ww1 and ww2 was just an extended ceasefire. In a nutshell - If it wasn’t Hitler it would’ve been somebody else. Historians say WW2 was Germany’s destiny, because of the stringent Treaty of Versailles and its harsh conditions imposed on German people. Germany had to break loose.

Just imagine, if only he'd knew how to mix the oils paints better.

*"He was an ugly hostile child."* Damn, the narrator took no prisoners 💀.

“...he was also deprived of love.” This is not true at all. By every first-hand account, Hitler’s mother showered him with love. Hitler even says in “Mein Kampf” that he respected his father, but loved his mother.

3:50 "With no other career open to him, he becomes a politician". Most politicians ever.

"He would wake up at noon, he was lazy" *starts sweating profusely

“With no other career open to him, he decides to start an onlyfans”

Judging by the crowds and enthusiasm….Seems they liked and agreed with his societal and political goals.

Question: Why did the germans followed hitler. Answer: When the whole world is against you, your only choice is to fight.

This is not all, most Germans worked for very low wages. There was economic impacts on Germany from world war one. There was restrictions that took away the peoples pride of there country. The land was taken away from the Country. The population as a whole was angry. This period was much more complicated.

“With no other career open to him, he became a politician”

"Mein Kampf" does not mean "My Struggle", rather "My fight/battle"...

It's chilling to see how close we are to this today. Thanks, David.

"Ugly hostile child" *Proceeds to show a picture of Hitler who looks way better than what I looked like at that age*

“With no other career open to him, he decides to become a politician.” Some things never change.

It's not hard to comprehend or imagine after watching American politics for the past 5 years.

"Mein Führer, the allies are invading the Normandy! We can still stop them, but we need orders now!" "Just ten more minutes."

This made his father angry who punished him severely

This video omits another factor, the Great Depression and the massive inflation. The German population was struggling badly with unemployment. Hitler restored everything. Any people would have seen such a leader as a saviour. Why the leaders preceding him didn't do that?

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Many years ago I used to work with a man who grew up in Germany - I asked him the same question. He said, " Hitler promised us bread and a job".

Who calls a kid “ugly”?

It’s a common misconception that all Germans followed and liked Hitler. My Oma and Opa were living in Berlin. My Opa was a cabinet maker and my Omas family owned a large farm outside of Rhinow. They belonged to the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. He was never asked to change it. Even as an member of the Wehrmacht he was permitted. He knew when they attacked Russia on that June day it was a bad idea. He often said “Sure we may have been able to take Moscow but we can never hold all that land.” He was drafted and did his duty for Germany, not Hitler.

Its kinda freaky how history seems to be repeating itself 80 years later! I'll leave it at that......

‘’A child who is not accepted by the village will tear it down to feel its warmth”

I love that statement, 'With no other avenue available to him, he became a politician.' So true, so true.

People underestimate how far charisma can take you.

Hitler was dealing with trauma from his past and was likely suffering from depression or possibly PTSD from his childhood. He did not have coping mechanisms for rejection and failure- he simply internalized it and this turned to hate. These characteristics exist in a lot of people throughout our society.

Just imagine what would have happened if Hitler woke up 1hr early everyday.

My great grandpa put it that way:“ you too would go to war for the man who saved your children from starvation, against the people who wants them staved“.

Great video footage 👍

" With no other options open to him , he became a career politician " lol , that says it all. The world be alot better off with more technicians , artists , cooks , alligator wrestlers anything other than politicians. There's nothing more useless than a politician generally speaking.

*"The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth"* -African proverb

“Monsters aren’t born, they’re created”

He gave them someone to blame for their shortcomings in life.

Hitler managed to leave as the most hated man in the world, ending up ruining that mustache for everyone else after he died.

He was actually a good painter. Too bad he didn't stick to that.

"He was ugly, lazy, deprived and was a lousy student" Ayy maa i wanna be a politician

I think we've reached a stage where some, if not many, WW 1 & 2 historians now treat both wars as the same conflict interspaced by a few years of 'peace'; a view I took many years ago.

STOP referring to any child as ugly. Children are usually a reflection of their private life. Children reflect their personal treatment and mistreatment. Accept them, body and soul. Help them to become the person they were meant to be.

If you're unemployed without any skills to speak of you can always become a *politician.* 3:49

I used to ask the same question. After living in America for the last 10 years I know the answer. People are empty heads waiting for somebody to tell them what to think. Figuring things out is difficult. Believing as you're told is easy. Mix in some acrimony and you get a fleet of robots ready to follow anybody for any reason. I've seen it.

I have a client who is 88 yrs old. She is originally from Germany & has a type of dwarfism. She told me when she was 6 Hitler came to the hospital she was at. She said he parents were scared to death he wld have her killed. So much history soon to be lost with a whole generation dying.

Dear David, Once again You have given us something to ponder. Thank You. Paul 🇺🇸

It would have been nice if this video were actually about why Germans followed Hitler, as it claims.

Let’s say you have no job, no money. Not anything. Then a guy who says he’ll make Germany better. Will you believe him? Many ppl did

Imagine buying a painting of the same person that some years later would become a dictator conquering almost all of Europe

Sounds awfully familiar...

He couldn't draw people, but he could draw a crowd.

My Grade 12 teacher said it best. The German people were beyond poor, beyond hungry, and beyond willing to cling onto hope from just about any source.

with the gift of gab/charisma u can rule the world and NOT have any other real skills.

Hitler was a lazy person who would sleep until afternoon. So, he was just like most of us who don't understand why people have to get up early when you still have 24 hrs a day.

"Hatred is the most accessible and comprehensive of all the unifying agents. Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a god, but never without a belief in a devil.” Eric Hoffer

Paint yourself as the victim. Dehumanize your enemy. Hmmm...

The cautionary note I take from it is to never, ever vote for something you don't believe in, regardless of your personal safety, as cowardice is no solution to a potentially larger problem.

I am struck by the image at 2:36...one of Hitler's drawings, and how very much it resembles one of the sets in Saving Private Ryan. Art imitates art, imitates life.

This is kinda inaccurate in bunch of ways, he didn’t “come across a small and insignificant party” he was spying on it in the name of the army, cause it wasn’t small and it was dangerous, but he ended up joining the party

“He was abused by his father who punished him severely”

Never thought i needed a video so much until i received it

That was a good video explaning it

Tried to overthrow the government and only got nine months and eventually became ruler over the same country. WTF ?!

While in Germany many years ago my roommates grandfather told me a story about how he became a German soldier in WWII. The SS knocked on the grandfathers door and informed him that he just enlisted in the army. Grandfathers reply was that he cannot join the army because he had to stay to support and protect his family. The SS officer stuck his pistol in grandfathers face and said either join the army or die right here. Without blinking his wife stated "honey I think you just joined the army" He replied yes dear I think I just joined the army. I had trouble following him when he told the story of leaving the army. It involved an officer running him through with a sword and throwing him in the ditch to die. This is what saved his live I was told because everyone else who went to Russia never returned. He showed me the scars of the stabbing.

Imagine buying a painting off Hitler back then and having it now. Amazing

He simply told people what they wanted to hear.

I though his paintings were pretty good

"he was deprived of comfort, and deprived of love" He lived in a society.

For the same reason (very) ordinary people followed The Orangeman.

Anyone know the song around 1:00?

"Hitler decides that the best way to reach his goals is to destroy the system from within it." Sound familiar?

Germany was being trampled on after WW1, reparations were impossible to live with, it was persecution of the highest order especially by the French. It was only a matter of time before something had to give and Hitler was that something, a ray of hope in a mire of reparation debt, inflation and desperation. Hitler began putting Germans back to work and rebuilding the country and it's economy giving German people hope for a brighter future with the goal of building up every aspect of the country. In the beginning the benefits were widespread so why would anyone not follow such a progressive party which had given back their dignity and purpose?. The deeper ideology probably wasn't paid much or any attention by the majority of citizens just happy to have their lives restored.

Fascinating...that this man was of so little character from the beginning. He acted as an "opportunist."

Wow I didn’t know that it was the media that made him famous. You Learn something new everyday

I used wonder at this as well...and then 2020 came along.

I like that they felt the need to say he was an ugly child, lmao

I'm German American, even my grandparents were born in the US and I can tell you we haven't gone away. We love to make rules so we can follow them. The symbol of the Germans isn't the swastika, it's the wristwatch. Germans run on time. We did it before, there's no reason we wouldn't do it again, except the influence of material on the internet. Germans in the US live long lives due to rigid scheduling, food, work, bedtime, exercise, laundry day. In my family if you die before you're ninety everyone says you were a quitter. I wouldn't set foot in Germany.

There are lots of other people who grew up on families with no love. ..they don't turn into a psychopathic lunatics !

Funny how when the media loves someone and they come from hard scrabble background and overcome obstacles they are celebrated for this. But if the person is a bad guy, their hard scrabble life is evidence that they were always despicable, even from birth.

My great Grandfather who has since passed away lived in Hamburg Germany. And he supported Hitler until the war started. In his words he said “ he did great things for Germany like tried to ban smoking and other things that were unhealthy, then he just snapped and started killing people” and now he cane to America after the Americans and British invaded Hamburg. He then came and lived in the United States up until January 2020. Shortly after his birthday in January he passed away... I miss him so much❤️❤️😭 he was 103 I miss you opa pa Thank you for all the nice words❤️ Update: he passed away from covid 19, if we closed the border... he might still be with us.❤️

0:24 - Not all Germans followed Hitler. Many went into exile, as Thomas Mann and his whole family did. In the UK, for instance, Thomas Mann wrote letters addressed to the German people, and read them on BBC radio stations. They later were published under the name "Listen, Germany!".

0:14 wasn’t expecting to see Del Boy in this video

Fascinating. History should be preserved, its so important

He gave them work, order, and food. easy no mystery.

Art school rejected him? I'd say he was great at art, seeing how he painted the land with blood

Pretty successful guy for being “lazy and ugly.” The Germans loved him and we can’t stop talking about him… what a guy

Why did the French follow Napoleon ?

3:20 This guy has no idea what he's talking about. Hitler had received 9 medals the Iron Cross First Class, Iron Cross Second Class, Wound Badge, Honor Cross 1914-1918, Bavarian Cross of Military Merit, Third Class with Swords, Bavarian Medal of Military Service, Third Class, Regimental Diploma (Regiment "List"). And was ranked gefreiter

Where is he when we REALLY NEED him-?

Does this description reminds you of Individual 1?

"With no other options open to him, he became a politician." That about sums up a LOT of the world's problems...🤔

If you could somehow experience another person's life from beginning to end, you would not hate anyone.

To think he actually rose to power without facebook and twit helping. Amazing.

His paintings were good, everything he drew was learned by his means. He didn't meet school requirements cuz school wanted students who didn't need teaching and didn't want to improve his gift. If you only had 28 spots to fill and 100 applicants being overlooked was inevitable plus how was he going to pay his schooling. He wasnt an ugly child fact is he looked very promising but as an adult he developed a stern look due to his army background. His features weren't ideal to symmetry as what constitutes a well balanced face but if anything many people weren't up to the beauty standards we hold today. Why did the germans followed him? He was the inner voice people needed to confirm their already existing beliefs. The people wanted unity and he offered socialism to all for a better Germany. When capitalist saw a nation rise with that spirit, a spirit which is not good for personal business they had to stop it.

Can't see why art school ever failed him. His paintings and art look pretty good to me.

Crazy how many parallels were seeing these days

America is experiencing this 65 years later.

Could it be that maybe, just maybe, he preached what the masses actually wanted to hear?