n. He became a second god and took elements from his religious upbringing to form his own brutal religion. He created a great myth about himself that he believed in also. He came to power in a time of social misery offering hope, unity and vengeance, restoring national pride in a discouraged nation. This had a great uplifting psychological effect on the people and therefore no one contradicted him. People believed he was superior and through the amount of propaganda Germans were forced to accept, the Nazi anti-semitic views persuaded most Germans to ignore what was happening to their neighbours. The youth were brainwashed by this propaganda to become members of the SA (storm troopers) which appealed to the young as it offered wages and uniforms. I believe Germans had a bystander mentality that allowed such things to occur instead of uniting to resist. ...
