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* Perhaps the over-riding good deed that Hitler provided to the German people, before 1939, was a psychological growth in national confidence & a sense of community, which had been destroyed by the Versailles Treaty, Germany’s pariah status viz a viz the West, & the devastating inflation of the Twenties, where so much of the German middle classes saw their hard work of past years reduced to billions of marks being pushed to market in a wheelbarrow. | * Perhaps the over-riding good deed that Hitler provided to the German people, before 1939, was a psychological growth in national confidence & a sense of community, which had been destroyed by the Versailles Treaty, Germany’s pariah status viz a viz the West, & the devastating inflation of the Twenties, where so much of the German middle classes saw their hard work of past years reduced to billions of marks being pushed to market in a wheelbarrow. | ||
* He was mentioned as being a painter in the ''Only Fools and Horses'' episode. Uncle Albert says that he used to be a painter but Raquel asks how long he has been French to which Rodney asks "And who in their right minds would call a hotel 'The Hotel Hitler?'". | * He was mentioned as being a painter in the ''Only Fools and Horses'' episode. Uncle Albert says that he used to be a painter but Raquel asks how long he has been French to which Rodney asks "And who in their right minds would call a hotel 'The Hotel Hitler?'". | ||
* As one of the most, if not the most evil villains in the history of human mankind, he has influenced numerous fictional villains, such as [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Emperor_Palpatine_(Star_Wars) Emperor Palpatine] from ''Star Wars'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Mrs._Tweedy?so=search Melisha Tweedy] from Aardman's ''Chicken Run'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Scar_(Disney)?so=search Scar] from Disney's ''The Lion King'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Judge_Claude_Frollo Judge Claude Frollo] from Disney's ''The Hunchback Of Notre Dame'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Darkseid_(DC)?so=search Darkseid] from DC Comics, [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Madame_Margaret?so=search Madame Margaret] from Cartoon Network's | * As one of the most, if not the most evil villains in the history of human mankind, he has influenced numerous fictional villains, such as [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Emperor_Palpatine_(Star_Wars) Emperor Palpatine] from ''Star Wars'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Mrs._Tweedy?so=search Melisha Tweedy] from Aardman's ''Chicken Run'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Scar_(Disney)?so=search Scar] from Disney's ''The Lion King'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Judge_Claude_Frollo Judge Claude Frollo] from Disney's ''The Hunchback Of Notre Dame'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Darkseid_(DC)?so=search Darkseid] from DC Comics, [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Madame_Margaret?so=search Madame Margaret] from Cartoon Network's Codename: Kids Next Door, [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/General_Mandible?so=search General Mandible] from Dreamworks' ''Antz'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Lord_Farquaad?so=search Lord Farquaad] from Dreamworks' ''Shrek'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Lord_Voldemort?so=search Lord Voldemort] from ''Harry Potter'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Zanu?so=search Zanu] from Joe Camp's ''Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince'', Assef from ''The Kite Runner'', ''[https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Dr._Boycott Dr. Boycott] from Richard Adams' The Plague Dogs'', [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Bowser_(Mario)?so=search Bowser] from the ''Super Mario'' series, [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/King_K._Rool?so=search King K. Rool] from the ''Donkey Kong'' series, [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Ganondorf_(The_Legend_of_Zelda?so=search Ganondorf] from ''The Legend of Zelda'' series, [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/King_Dedede_(Kirby)?so=search King Dedede] (in his early appearances) from the ''Kirby'' series, [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Giovanni_(Pok%C3%A9mon)?so=search Giovanni] from the ''Pokémon'' series and [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Dr._Ivo_%22Eggman%22_Robotnik?so=search Dr. Eggman] from Sega's ''Sonic the Hegehog'' series. | ||
** Assef even owned a biography of Hitler. | ** Assef even owned a biography of Hitler. | ||
* In addition to fictional villains, Hitler has also inspired numerous real life villains, such as [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]], who idolized Hitler and committed the Columbine High School massacre on his birthday, also [[David Duke]], [[Francisco Franco]], [[Pol Pot]], [[Xi Jinping]], [[Richard Spencer]], [[Osama bin Laden]], [[Augusto Pinochet]],and [[Emperor Hirohito]]. | * In addition to fictional villains, Hitler has also inspired numerous real life villains, such as [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]], who idolized Hitler and committed the Columbine High School massacre on his birthday, also [[David Duke]], [[Francisco Franco]], [[Pol Pot]], [[Xi Jinping]], [[Richard Spencer]], [[Osama bin Laden]], [[Augusto Pinochet]],and [[Emperor Hirohito]]. | ||
* In the Downfall Parodies, Hitler is referred to as the "'''real Hitler'''" by the Downfall Hitler (played by Bruno Ganz). | * In the Downfall Parodies, Hitler is referred to as the "'''real Hitler'''" by the Downfall Hitler (played by Bruno Ganz). | ||
*Hitler referred to Eastern Europe as the "Wild East" and explicitly called Slavic people "redskins", based on the idea of ''Lebensraum'', a nod to the | *Hitler referred to Eastern Europe as the "Wild East" and explicitly called Slavic people "redskins", based on the idea of ''Lebensraum'', a nod to the U.S. colonial ideology of Manifest Destiny. In fact, there are many books that detail how Hitler's ideologies were inspired by the [[Amerindian Genocide]], the [[Jim Crow laws|Jim Crow]] policies directed towards African-Americans in the Southern United States, and the South African concentration camp system during the Boer Wars. In addition, Hitler praised the [[colonialism]] of the British Empire and tried to convince the UK to join the Axis Powers in the 1930s, to which they declined. | ||
**In 1928, Hitler | **In 1928, Hitler remarked that he approved how white settlers in the United States "gunned down the millions of redskins to a few hundred thousand". In his ''Mein Kampf'' autobiography, Hitler admired the United States for excluding certain races from naturalization. | ||
*In 1939 and 1940, Hitler received two letters from Mahatma Gandhi trying to convince him to prevent World War II and condemning him for his invasions of Poland, Denmark, and Czechoslovakia. | *In 1939 and 1940, Hitler received two letters from Mahatma Gandhi trying to convince him to prevent World War II and condemning him for his invasions of Poland, Denmark, and Czechoslovakia. | ||
* The surname ''Hitler'' is probably a spelling variation of the name ''Hiedler'', meaning one who resides by a ''Heidi'' - in Bavarian dialects a term for a subterranean fountain or river. | * The surname ''Hitler'' is probably a spelling variation of the name ''Hiedler'', meaning one who resides by a ''Heidi'' - in Bavarian dialects a term for a subterranean fountain or river. |