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-19B- i died at that ti*e* We tan. only sundae that thie event served to reawaken his earlier conflicte and disrupt bia psychological equilibrium* In Hitler's case we nay suppose that thia event Affected him in at leant two important waya, First, i t munt have reawakened fears of his own death whicht id turn, strengthened etill further the conviction that he was the "chosen one1 and under divin* pro- tection* Second, i t would seem that be connected the death of his brother with hie own thinking and wishing on the subject* Unquestionably* he bated this intruder and frequently thought of how nice i t would be If he were removed from the scene. Uncon- eciouely, if not consciously, be must have felt that the brother1 a death was the reault of his own thinking on the subject* accentuated his fealloga of guilt on the one hand, while i t Atrengthened still further hia belief in special powers of Divine origin on the other* To think about theeo thing* was alnoat eynoncnoua with having then cone true. ID order to avoid further guilt feelings be had to put a curb on his thinking processes* The result of this inhibition on thinking was that Hitler the good student TOE transformed into Hitler the poor student* Not only did he have to repeat the school year during which th« brother died, but ever after his academic performance was udiacra, to say the least* Rhen we examine biff later report cards, wa find that he dose well only in such subjects RB drawing and. g7vpa&tlca, which require no thinkings In a l l REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES