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-15S-- they are i* thnmeelvefl lnAd«qu&t«* Unless a fairly Solid foundation already exists In the mind of the chili thea* ne*er become flesh and blood people inasmuch e.e tie relationship La one-aided and Iaa1t& reciprocation. Tins pass i s also true of the political figureo with liiich Hitler sought to Identify hlitBAlf during the Tirana period. For a Una Schoanerer And Lueger became his heroes and although they were iDStrunmtal in • forming acne of hifl political belief* and channeling hie faeliflgl, they « * • s t i l l too far reaOTod froo hja to play the r&ls of peruuant guidQA and tuodala* During bifl career In the &TMJ VB bare an excallant • m extuiple of Hitler rfi villingnea^ to subiait to tb« lesderBhip of fit rang males who were frilling to guide bid and protect hla* Throughout hi& arm; life there Is not a shred cf evidence to _ shop that Hitler was aurthin^ but the model soldier as far aft aubmiesiveneea and abedien&s are concerned^ FVom A pflychologicsl point of vlaw hie l i f e in the army TTSP a kind of substitute for the hone Ufa he hod aliraye wanted but cauld oeTer find, and h« fulfiiaed his duties willlngiy and faithfully, fta lii»4 i t i Ho well that after he waa wDund*4r in 1316, hft wrote to bid connandlrig oftic«r and requsftted that he be called back to front • duty before hia leave had expired, After the close of the war he stayed in the txmj and contlnufld to be a<?all« to hi* officers. He waft Tilling to do anything they ft eked, even to the point of spying on his own v REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES