"If Hitler's extremely pronounced destructiveness was perceived neither by the German people nor by most foreign statesmen and politicians, the reason was, on the one hand, the repression of his destructiveness by rationalization of every kind, which imputed noble intentions and sacred duties to those orders for annihilation, and, on the other, the dazzling performance he gave as a perfect liar and brilliant actor. This deceitfulness and disloyalty, both in the human and in the political arena, was one of his particularly repugnant character traits. As exemplified in the 'night of the long knives,' he spared not even his closest friends and most faithful followers when his own personal advantage was at stake. His dishonest and hypocritical behavior also applied to the Catholic Church. At the same time as he was signing a concordat with it, he was already planning a 'final solution' for the Church at a later time: A moment will come when I will settle accounts with them without any long beating about the bush....Every century that continues to burden itself with this cul- tural disgrace will no longer be understood in the future. As the belief in witches had to be eliminated, this relic too must be eliminated." Work Cited: Neumayr, Anton. "Dictators: In the Mirror of Medicine," Bloomington, Ill 1995 Medi-Ed Press. P. 284
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