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Probably no other personality in history has brought about as much psychological speculation as Hitler’s. Rabbi Wein’s narrates the significant events in Hitler’s life: his obsessive anti-Semitism, his military service in World War I, and his growing political career. Though he spelled out his intentions quite plainly in Mein Kampf, the world’s leaders made the tragic miscalculation that they could control him, resulting in twelve years of unsurpassed carnage.

• the strange personality of Adolf Hitler
• the origins of his belief that he was "chosen for a mission"
• the Great Depression - how crushing poverty paved the way to the Holocaust
• the incredible, against-the-odds ascent to power