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i * degradation whenever any affectionate components enter Into the picture. It now bec^aigs clear that the only way La rtiich Hitler can control these copraphzmie tendencies or milder manifestations is to iaolate hineelf from any relationships in vhlch n m feelings of Affection or love might .assort thonsfrlTeti. Aa soon as 3uch faalitige are arouaod, he feela compelled to degrade hlwself in the eyes of the loved object and eat their dirt figuratively, if not literally. These tendencies disgust hie just a a much as they disgust ufl, but under these circuiiatcnces they get out of control arid lie despises himself end condemns himself for hi a weaJuioas* Before cofloideriag fi«*ther the effects of thie struggle on his manife&t behavior, we niu&t pause for a motaeot to pick up another thread* femininity » • We notice that in all of thaee activities Hitler playe tha passive role* His behavior is masochistic in the extreme iuaamuch aa he derives sexual pleasure from punishment iafHcted on hi* own body. Thpre is eVury reaaon to suppose that during his early jesTB, inflteed of identifying himselT iflth hia father as noat toyfl do, he identified himself with hla bother, This was perhaps easier for him than for moet boyfi since, as wa bans aeen, there in a large feminine component in hi* phyaical makeup. His Bother, too, mst have been an extremely masochistic in- dirlduAl or abe ne«r rould hav« entered into this nor would she have endured the brutal treatment from her1 REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES