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-167- "Sinee my Jieart had never beaten fdr an Austrian aon&rcby but only for -a Geruaa Reicn, I could only look upon tine hour of the ruin of this utate as tha beginning of the Halvation of the Gernan nation*" Hhsn we hftT& grasped the significance of this trans- ference of affect ire have made a long a tap in the direction bt understanding Hitler's actions. Unconsciously ho is not dealing with nations oovpoaed of millions of individuals but is tiylng to Bol7e his personal conflicts and ractify the injustices of bis childhood* Unable to enter into a "glve-and-tais" relationship with other human beings which might afford him an opportunity of resolving his conflicts in a realistic manner, he projects his personal problems on grant nations end than tries to eolw then on this unrealistic level. His microcoBp baa been inflated into a Bacrocosu We can now understand why Hitler fell on hie knees and thanked Gotf when the last war broke out. To hiu It did not nun siieply A T«tr, as eucbt but an opportunity of fighting for hl» ejinbolic mothefr,—of proving hie aanimod and of being atcflpted by her* It waft inevitable that he would seek enlistment In tb« German Army rather than ID the Austrian Army and It was also inevitable, under these circujoAtancefl, that ha would be a good and obadlant soldier« Unconsciously i t was as though he ware a little boy who was playing the part of & man while hla mother t stood by and watched bin. Her future welfare was hie great concern and In order %o prove his IOT* he ma willing, if need tie, to sacrifice his own life for her* REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES