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1. (d) <strong>Hitler</strong> has aJweys been an advocate<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hierarchical p~inciple: government by <strong>the</strong><br />
fittest, rigorously trained and proved in action.<br />
The ideal <strong>of</strong> Communism, on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r hand, calls for<br />
a wide distribution <strong>of</strong> power among those untrained<br />
to rule.<br />
1. (e) <strong>Hitler</strong>'s sentiments have been <strong>with</strong><br />
militarism from earliest youth. The materialism <strong>of</strong><br />
Co~munism<br />
never appealed to him.<br />
1. (f) Lacking sympathy for <strong>the</strong> underdog,<br />
<strong>the</strong> humanitarian aspect <strong>of</strong> Communism did not attract<br />
him. <strong>Hitler</strong> hes always been a bully.<br />
2. Determinants <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hitler</strong>ts Anti-Semitism. -<br />
2. (a) The influence <strong>of</strong> wide-spread Anti<br />
Semitic sentiments (represented especially by such<br />
men as Lueger and Feder), traditional in Germany.<br />
2. (b) <strong>Hitler</strong>'s personal frustrations<br />
required a scapegoat as focus for his repressed aggression.<br />
The Jew is <strong>the</strong> classic scapegoat because he<br />
does not fight back <strong>with</strong> fists and weapons.<br />
2. (c) The Jew was an object upon whom<br />
<strong>Hitler</strong> could suitably project his own inferior self<br />
(his sensitiveness, weakness, timidity, masochistic<br />
s exuel i t y) •