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•• •ho have studied the naterip.l that Hitler la an hysteric border- log on schizophrenia and not a paranoiac as i£ so frequently sup- • posed. Tfci.6 Means that he i a not insane in the coknttOAl^ nccspted / » » • • ' * • aenae of the term, but neurotic* He has not lost complete contact / • ' \ : " " • , " ' . . ; -\ * .with the world about hid and is s t i l l atriving to make some kind " . • ' - . " • : ' ' " • • • - " • • ' of psychological adjustment which-will (five him n feeling of secur- j * _ - m ity in hie soeinl group* It also n&anB ttot the e ia e definite moral component in his charnctet no (natter how deeply it may be buried or how seriously i t hac boon distorted* r . / " . i p P With this diagnosis astcbliahed,' ire are in JI position to niflke ft Duaber of ettrHiis«3 concerning the couseioufi uental profiftsae.fl whiph opdiaarllj tnke pldea in Hitler^ mind* These form the of thft "Pitier™ he consciously knowa and iBiist liTtt wjttlw It . - - '•• y irt all protobility P*t a happy "Hitlar" but onfi harra^sed by . . . . • . • • . fears, amdetles^ doubta, aiegiviiLgfl, untertaintieflt condemnations, feelings of lonaliness and of guilt* From our experience with other hysterics we are pbobabljr on firm ground when we suppose that Hitler*a nind la like a "battle-royal1* »oet of ths^tijM with nany conflicting and contrVictory forces vnd iouuleee pulling hits thio wwy aaA that* Such a state of confusion ia not easy to bacr. Hlfl »r« absorbed in wrestling with hiaself inatofid of fltriTing for cationfl in the external world which he wants and needs* HB sees the nee nib i l i ties all around him but he can rarely ouster enough energy to nuke the effort to go flfter thea, fearfl, doubts and Implications ob* struct hio thiiikin^ and acting and he becomes lndeciaive and wind& up doing nothing but wishing. Vicarious gratifications through fonto si* a • REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES