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-190- Ixiteresting to note that according to one of our most reliable infor&anta Hitler 01117- became * real vegetarian after the death of his niece, Geli. In clinical practice, one oltaOflt invariably finds compulsive vflgetarlanian totting in after tfas death of a loved object* tie mflj, therefore, regard Hitler's perversion ae a compromise bfltw»n psychotic tendencies to eat fftfrces And drink urine on the one hand, ami to live a normal socially Adjusted life on the other 1 The compromise is not, however, satisfactory to eithar side of his nature and the struggle bat-ween these tw& diverse tendencies continues to rage * We must not suppose that Hitler gratifies hifl frequently* Patienta of thi& tjpe rarelj do aud la Hitler's case it is highly probubl* that he h«^ hinself t& go tfcie for only with h±s niece, GelA* T|» of this pornerflion represents the loweBt daptha of Masochistic araUTlcatlanfl. In moat patients Buffering from this perversion the unconscious forces only ^ t out of control to this degree when a fairly etron£ love relatioaahip is. established and «exu«llty vakes decisive demands. In other cases where the love component is lo&a strong the Individual contents himself Witt leas degrading actlvitiea* This is brought out clearly in the case of tone yuelleir 1I10 confided to her director, Zeissler (&EL), who hod asked her ihat was troubling ner aftar an evening at tha ChanaeLlorr, "that tho eveolag before ahe REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES