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-2X2- for him "the symbol of incest* and he suddenly left it to sank refuge with hio Ideal mother, Germany. But his pre-war days In Uunich were not different frou these he left behind la Vienna, His life was s t i l l one of e/xtreae pa&aivity and although wo fcnow l i t t l e about tie* m can Bwmipe that bis dayfl were Tilled with Inner troubles* ^a; firflt World War- Under these c Ire LIES tanoefl, we can under stand why he thanked God for the first World flax* For aim it represented cm opportunity of giving up his individual wax against him self in exchange for a national war in which he would h&Tie the help of others. It also represented to him, on an unconscious level, an opportunity of redeeming hid nother And assuming a nuisciiline role for himselT. JSven at that tine we may he had inklings that he would be tho Gr*at RadaeBBfir. It not only hi& Bather he HAS goiiifi to redaeu, tmt also himself* Hla adTent in the German Army was really his flrot step in attempting to redeem himself AS a social human being. Mo longer was he to be tha underdog for he ias Joining fareas i with those who were determined to conquer and become great• Activity . replaced Ms earlier paaaivily to a large degree. Dirt, filth, and poverty wore loft behind and he could mingla with the chosen people on an equal footing. But Tor hi* this was Dot enough. Aa we have pointed out in an earlier section, he waa not content to be as clean as the REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES