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AB he writes about theaa experience^ in HEIN on* gets the impression that it was a tei-rifie struggle against overwheLidnc odds* From irtiat we no* know of Adolpfa Hitler i t would MAD Hire likely that this existence yielded hi* consid- erable gratification in spite of Its hardships. It ie perfectly clear from *hat Hinlflch nitea that with a vary snail amount of effort he coultf hay* and* a fair living and iaproTWl his con- dition bj painting wftter-colm-fl. He refuaad to asks this effort • and preferrvd to live iik the filth and poverty nhich surroundod hiau There mist heve b*en Boms thing in thin that he liked, consciously or unconsciously. Whan we exaolne H&rdHcli'a book carefuny, we find tha a n e w . Hitler's life in Vienna was one of extreme passivity in which aetivily w*s held it the lowest level consistent with surriTal, He fleenad to enjoy taing dirty and OTBH filthy in his appearance and personal cleanliness* Thia can jaaan only ona thing, from a psychological point of view, nanaly^ that hla perrereion was in the procoee , of maturation and was finding gratificntlon in a more or less symbolic fom. Bis attitude during this period could b« sun- Hiarl&ed IIL the. following termst "1 enjoy nothing aora than to lie around while too world defecated on •w." And he probably delighted in being corered with dirt, wfalcli nm* tangible proof of tho fact. Even in these days he lived in REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES