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himself, had provided an excellent background for a propaganda buUrii~up» Fron the oar lie at days of hie political career he had steadfastly refused to divulge anything about his personal life, petit or present* To his Most itmediste associates he was, in realityt a nan of mystery* There was DO clearing away of unpleasant incidentP to be done before the building-up process c&uld begin. In fact, the wore secrecy he naintaitied about his peraon&l life the sore curious his followers i bacace. This waa, indeed, fertile ground on which to build a • nyth or legend* The Nazi propaganda, machine dsvoted all its efforts to • tha task of portraying Hitler as some thing extra-humm. i he did vaa written up in euch a way that It portrayed hlo character* If he does not eat neat, drink alcoholic beverages, or snake, it is not due to the fact that he h&P some kind of Inhibition or does i t because be believe* it will improve hia health. Such things are not wortl^ of the Fuehrer. He abstains fron these he is following the example of the great German, Richard or bec&uaa he has discovered that it increases his and endurance to such a degree that he can give nuch n&re of hiaSalT to tho creation of the dew German Reich* Such abatineDce elao Indicates, accutlln^ to the propa- ganda, that the Fuehrer is a person with tremendous will-power and salf-^iisoipl±nB, Hitler himself fostera thia concoptiou, according to Banfatanglf who, ihfln pomeoQe asked him how h» to giva up these ttii.-igs* repliedi flIt is a »att#r at REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES