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f -• perverse tendencies c«jurfld'iip%he'thought that night attack hin and force hitT*to^aftt dung and drink urin* (a practice which, it la alleg?^,'Id fairly comaonin Nasi concentration coups.) * Interestingly enough, this idea is incorporated la the colloquial expression "to eat the dirt of the victors** And in his weakaned and helplaas condition he would be unable to ward off ouch an attack* Such an hypothesis gains credence when we review the behavior of Nazi troops in the role of conquerors* Transformation of character« Although a thought of this kind would have certain pleasurable aspects to a •aaochistie person f it would also arouse ffl&r of consequences together with violent feelings of jpiilt and disgust. If the thought kept rflcurriiig at frequent intervals and refused to bft suppressed, we can easily taagine thflt it might drive an individual into auch depths of despair that death would appear a& the only solution. Hitler' e fear of diiath has already b»en reviewed and it ia possible that it was thio alternative which shocked him out of his fortaer self. Certain it is that in hie public utterances t as wall as In his actions, he attributes extraordinary powers to the fear of death. "I shall spread terror by the surprls* employment of my neasurse* The iupcrt*nt ,' thing la the sudden shock of an ,_ whelmiU£ fear «f iMz-^s*-: r BY REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES