Hitler's paganism is described by Roy Shoeman. To quote:
The most blatant example of the Nazis’ perverse cooption of Christianity is the assigning of the role of Messiah to Hitler. In this blasphemy Hitler takes the place of Christ; the thousand year reign of the Third Reich is the Messianic Era on earth; the Aryan race takes the place of the Jews as the Chosen People; and blood purity takes the place of holiness as the essence of salvation. [Read More]
The psychology of how they drew people in was planned quite effectively. However, I have heard interviews with survivors of the various youth movements report that Hitler was quite mesmerizing when one looked into his eyes. So besides the psychology of the movement, the man himself had a way of drawing people in. Scary!
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