The Hitler Virus : The Insidious Legacy of Adolph Hitler

More than a half-century after Adolf Hitler committed suicide in a Berlin bunker, the dictator’s legacy and influence lives on, precisely as he predicted before putting the gun to his head. In the spring of 1945, as it became increasingly clear that the Nazi cause was lost, Hitler dictated his final political testament to his secretary: “Out of my personal commitment the seed will grow again one day, one way or another, for a radiant rebirth of the National Socialist movement in a truly united nation.” The next day, Hitler ended the Nazi regime by committing suicide. Respected author and publisher Peter Wyden, who himself escaped the Nazis, has returned to Germany many times over the years and, to his dismay, he has found evidence that Hitler’s last testament was startlingly accurate. Though the Nazi cause had been exposed and vilified worldwide, it is still clandestinely cherished by many. In the process of documenting manifestations of Hitler’s far-reaching influence, which he termed the “Hitler virus,” Wyden discovered that its carriers were not merely to be found among the older generation but an alarming number of outbreaks of the virus are among the young adults, who find in Hitler a moral and spiritual guide, aided and abetted by a new breed of right-wing academics who make the rewriting of history their mission and a new generation of politicians whose agendas are frighteningly close to those of young Hitler. In these often chilling pages, Wyden recounts the results of his research and points out that the Hitler virus is, indeed, still a cause for concern worldwide. "In the spring of 1945, as the Russians moved inexorably toward Berlin and it became clear that the Nazi cause was lost, Adolf Hitler summoned his secretary and dictated his final political testament. "Out of my personal commitment," he said, "the seed will grow again one day, one way or another, for a radiant rebirth of the National Socialist movement in a truly united nation." The next day, Hitler put a gun to his head and ended - at least officially - the Nazi regime.". "Peter Wyden, who had himself escaped the Nazis, returned to Germany many times after World War II - first as a soldier with the U.S. Army's Information Control Division, which was given the task of "reeducating" the Germans, and later as a tourist and researcher. To his dismay, he repeatedly found evidence during his visits that Hitler's testament was not simply the last illusion of an insane dictator but a startlingly accurate prophecy. Though the Nazi cause had been exposed and vilified worldwide, it was and is still clandestinely cherished by many.". "In the process of documenting manifestations of Hitler's far-reaching influence, which he termed the "Hitler virus," Wyden discovered that its carriers were not merely to be found among the older generation - Nazis who had escaped justice, sometimes with the aid of the CIA and even the Vatican; the reverent tourists who regularly visit Hitler's hideout at Berchtesgaden; nostalgic men and women who still secretly celebrate the Fuhrer's birthday. Wyden also found an alarming number of outbreaks of the virus among the young adults who are finding in Hitler a moral and spiritual guide, aided and abetted by a new breed of right-wing academics who make the rewriting of history their mission and a new generation of politicians whose agenda and approach are frighteningly close to those of the young Hitler."--BOOK JACKET. More than a half-century after Adolf Hitler committed suicide in a Berlin bunker, the dictator's legacy lives on in this chilling history. More than a half-century after Adolf Hitler committed suicide in a Berlin bunker, the dictator?s legacy and influence lives on, precisely as he predicted before putting the gun to his head. In the spring of 1945, as it became increasingly clear that the Nazi cause was lost, Hitler dictated his final political testament to his secretary:?Out of my personal commitment the seed will grow again one day, one way or another, for a radiant rebirth of the National Socialist movement in a truly united nation.? The next day, Hitler ended the Nazi regime by committing suicide. Respected author and publisher Peter Wyden, who himself escaped the Nazis, has returned to Germany many times over the years and, to his dismay, he has found evidence that Hitler?s last testament was startlingly accurate. Though the Nazi cause had been exposed and vilified worldwide, it is still clandestinely cherished by many. In the process of documenting manifestations of Hitler?s far-reaching influence, which he termed the?Hitler virus,? Wyden discovered that its carriers were not merely to be found among the older generation but an alarming number of outbreaks of the virus are among the young adults, who find in Hitler a moral and spiritual guide, aided and abetted by a new breed of right-wing academics who make the rewriting of history their mission and a new generation of politicians whose agendas are frighteningly close to those of young Hitler. In these often chilling pages, Wyden recounts the results of his research and points out that the Hitler virus is, indeed, still a cause for concern worldwide The End that Never was -- When the Past Becomes the Present -- The Journey Begins -- "The Blood of Germans Is a Special Fluid" -- Hot Ticket: Up the Fuhrer's Mountain -- A Day to Remember Hitler -- From my Case History Files -- Reeducation: The Vaccine That Didn't Take -- Bob and Jack Launch the Hitler Revival -- U.S. Intelligence and the Clergy Help Nazi Leaders to Escape -- Adenauer Was No Democrat -- "Hitler Today"--The Historians' Angry Debate -- The Hitler Wave -- Remembering Hitler as a Success Story -- How the Old Guard Keeps the Legend Alive -- Multiple Lives: Old Nazis Masked and Unmasked -- How the Nazi Dust Vanished Under the Rug -- Cashing in on the "Hitler Wave" -- The Holocaust as Soap Opera -- What the Great Heimat Series Hushed Up -- Spreading Evil -- Selling Denial -- Why the "Hitler Diaries" Were Believed -- Virus Carriers -- Intellectualizing the New Right Wing -- Diagnosis -- Taking Hitler's Measure: The Biographers Speak -- Why the Legend Lives: Contemporary Authorities Testify -- The Nazi Propaganda Factory in Nebraska -- The Hitler Souvenir Hunters -- The Fuhrer Still Lives Even Where He Almost Died -- The Proof Is in the Polls -- A Very Opinionated Pollster: The Two Faces of Elisabeth Noelle Neumann -- The Haider Phenomenon -- Prognosis Postivie: the Generation Factor -- Sins of the Fathers -- Dear Father, Damned Father -- New Hope for Dachau -- The "Nasty Girl" Triumphs. More than a half-century after Adolf Hitler committed suicide in a Berlin bunker, the dictator's legacy lives on in this chilling history.More than a half-century after Adolf Hitler committed suicide in a Berlin bunker, the dictator's legacy and influence lives on, precisely as he predicted before putting the gun to his head. In the spring of 1945, as it became increasingly clear that the Nazi cause was lost, Hitler dictated his final political testament to his secretary: "Out of my personal commitment the seed will grow again one day, one way or another, for a radiant rebirth of the National Socialist movement in a truly united nation." The next day, Hitler ended the Nazi regime by committing suicide. Respected author and publisher Peter Wyden, who himself escaped the Nazis, has returned to Germany many times over the years and, to his dismay, he has found evidence that Hitler's last testament was startlingly accurate.Though the Nazi cause had been exposed and vilified... Documenting manifestations of Hitler's far-reaching influence, which the author termed the Hitler virus, this title states that its carriers were not merely to be found among the older generation but an alarming number of outbreaks of the virus are among the young adults.