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‘ jung trovbie and his passiona ambition to become a great histo-(#”Y- take | flocked to his support, his feminine Careful diet|supporters were women of the up- was his deliberately chosen method.;per class. But he coule be very Ho led a zimple Jife even after he [charming to women when he chose Cehbat Neith., S .ed Tobacco Nor Drank Liquor Adolf Hitler was an ascetic, & At the age of 16 he suffered from ric figure impelled him te good care of himself. NING MPS RSTRNT, ERS Mat, 6 a ee AD Ain oid + RAIN 8 bel oe? Si - a] ; a. 3 spellbinder political purposes. His only passion was politics. Women of the people did not celibate and & vegetarian ~ heirally to him until efter he had| neither amoked nor drank. OT achieved a large degree of promi- ™ hie early youth he waz an eccentric. nence. He never became a hero to te hig valet because he did not have Long before housemaids Key had attained to the dizzy heights ofjand, after achieving power, even Fuehrer and Chancellor. A. | tesgaden. . 1980... Hitler meets the 107 intare :atars. . . ag an excuse for interven- crisis ‘ended in the Munich f Sept, 80, 1938, by which ny obtained the Budeten and German regions of Czecho- ial he igi TE rting to @ speech made by tn Berlin after he had gone him at Berchtesgaden, the hat led to the Munich pact, Minister Neville Chamber- told me privately, and last he repeated publicly, that ; the Sudeten German question tied, that is the end of Ger- s territorial claims in Eu- s tkan aix months after these wers apoken, Hitler marched =7* f aps into Czechoslovakia and “ert; od the entire country to a == } oan protectorate. vee ) Tan, 26, 1984, Hitler concluded Se~- = year non-aggression treaty wns Poland. Under that pact war baowtely excluded as a means ving any questions that might w . | DdDetween the two countries ia both nations pledged them- = to maintain the atatus quo tween the two. ; April 28, 1939, following en ‘ss foreshadowing the action, raent a note to Poland a>ro- e the treaty and making de- s that led on Sept. 1, 1939, to uareh.of German troops into d and the unleashing of the 1d World War. : the time of the abrogation of reaty with Poland Hitler also med Great Britain that the \ treaty he had concluded with am June 13, 1935, limiting the ian nevy to per cent of the oh, Was null and void, The ty vided for no such uni- al action. Hitler’s sudden in- n of Russia in June, 1941, in {ion of his another breach of faith, one cost him dearly, ° ~ He hadliearned the art of kisuing their three residences: the official resi-|hands in the salon manner. He was dence in the Chancellor's Palace {not without humor but of a rather iin Berlin, a modest apartment in}heavy aort, 7 Munich and hia chalet near Berch- Although he had acquired con- siderable poise, he was violent in ; In Berlin he maintained only five | argument. yrgervants, carefully chosen from] Hitler made what may be called 3}! among old party comrades. One of !his social debut in the earlier days mez: these, Brigadier Schreck, was hisjof his career in the drawing room we chauffeur. The others included histof Frau Katherine Hanfstaengl in chef, picked for the post because he|Munich, but his greatest woman knew how to cook Hitler's favorite | friend was Frau Victoria von Dirk- vegetarian dishes and could be re-{sen, widow of a millionaire who Med upon to guard against poison-|puiit the Berlin subway. She spent decisions. ing; hia major-domo and aide-de-la jarge portion of her hushand’s! camp. The Fuehrer Itked to drive fast fn an open automobile and was an fortune in helping to finance Hit- jer's propaganda. A)though in Jater years she fell out with the party, aviation enthusiast. When driving |he continued to regard her as a he preferred to sit in front with the |ravorite and for a long time regu-jhe became dangerous, even for his ; chauffeur. Had 2 Passion for Neatness His favorite costume consisted of black trousers, khaki coat and neat tie. His only decoration was the Iron Cross he won in the First ‘orld War. He distiked jewelry but | iad s passion for being neat. Hitler never went shopping and had all the things he wanted to purchase sent to him at the Chan- cellery. He suffered from insomnia, and for this reason had no regular hours for going to bed or rising. Luncheon waa always promptly at 2 P. M., however. Ho entertained modesti.’, the guests usually being party officials and leaders from the provinces. He did not expect his guests to eat his vegetarian food, however, and served their favorite meat and fish dishes. Hitler dis- liked festive banquets but enjoyed eating out frequently, particulariy when in Munich, where he had sev- era) haunts. He loved onion soup, prepared according to hia own recive. When in Nuremberg, attending the spectacular Nazi party con- ,Breases, he stayed in a modest ee eee ee er ee a leschewed personal extrava ‘political'y unwise, Bance as He was fond of filma and liked apartment at the Deutscher Hof, 4: second-rate hostelry. He shrewdly | Inrty took tea with her at her Ser- lin home every fortnight. The New ¥). st and Enlightenment, for a boycott on French dress models, Hitler detested evening clothes and wore full dress only on rare visits to the opera, Though merciless to political op- ponents, he was kind to animals, A militarist, he was sickened by the sight of blood. A Wagnerian mystic, he Joved spectacles of heroics and death, He was simple, Spartan and vain to the point of megalomania. While he took good eare of h's loya! tieutenants he had no real loyalty to anyone, and in: his party he knew how to thwart opposition by sett:ng friends apainst one another. Hig enemies he suppressed ruthlessly. While endowed with vast energy, he was a procrastinator in minor jmatters and was given to hasty decisiona on important things. He talked with great rapidity. An ine terviewer usually found that it was himself who wag belng interviewed, While pretending to listen to ad- vice, Hitler always made hia own He reed little, although he pose * ‘sessed a library of 6,000 volumes, His outbursts of furious energy would ve preceded by long periods of indel- nce. When roused to anger * close cssociates. He brooked no contradiction. His neurasthenia free . As & youth Hitler developec a[quently drove him to tears and 3 passion for Wagnerian music. Munich, where he lald the tions of his movement, founds- Fray Winifred Wagner, widow of} Siegfried Wagner, the eumposor's son. Frau Wagner became an en- thusiastic Hitlerite and this, to- gether with Hitler's devotion to Wagner, made them fast friends. At one tims there were reports that they would marry, but these were denied. Perhaps because of these reports Hitler drew away from her. To Frau Wagner, however, he owed much of his early financial aid. She was not wealthy, but because of her social position she was able to raise considerable sums for the Nazi movement when Hitler most needed money. Another woman who had his fa- vor was Leni Riefenstah), a former movie actress, whom he entrusted with the task of editing the propa- ganda film “The Triumph of Will," he met{Sic not only as an Jn} hysterics. Hitler was truly devoted to mu- art but as atoni¢ « for his nerves. Hi: favorites were: Schubert, Beethcven and Wagner, ; One of the many disappointe. ments of his youth was his rejece © tion ty the Vienna Academy when, he ap) lied for adinittance to study yart and erchitectnra. He found sate 'isfaction for this rebuff as leader of the Nazi party when he supere vised the plans for the Brown House in Munich, party headquare ters. He also interfered muc the designing of new museums Government buildings. To show his rppreciation of things beautiful he liked to make gifts of expensively bound books and objects of art, i When the Chancelior’s Palace in’ Berlin was being redecorated for him he auperintended the work in ;sever2l modernistic rooms and paid ‘special attention to the installation of Nordic mythological tapestries the photographing of the 19°55) gepicting Wotan creating the world, Olympic Games in Berlin and va- rious Nazi meetings and spectacles. Engiish Women Wis Friends There were also two English wo- men who were his friends, the daughters of Lord Redcsdale—the Hon, Diana Freeman-Mitford, a ta give private showings of favor-jsupporter of Sir Oswald Mosiey’s ‘te acreen productions before guests at the Chancellery after dinner. He enjoyed looking’ at newsreels of himself and entertained hia guests also with some foretgn films. On such occasion he would seat hir- Biackshirtg in England, and the Hon, Unity Freeman-Mitford. The latter was Hitler's favorite and they often lunched together in Bunich. Frau Viorica Uravleac, & mem- Mimich His Favorite City His Munich flat, which he re- aa ne nm nt in a in -~ decorated in 1635 in Als favorite baroque tiue, white and gold, was in an unfashionable section of the ‘Prinzregentenstrasse, To this flat he would retire when he wanted privacy. Munich was his favorite eity, not only because of its archi- tectural beauty but because it war there that his carcer was launched The apartment was run by a@ half sister, Frau Angelia Raubal, whe until her marriage to 8 Professo self on the floor in the dark and'ber of the Berlin Opera, also en-,Martin Hammizch, also supervise anne i appeared to be having s good time. Although he became the idol of| many millions he had no talent fo- few women friends. His feminine associates, too, were chosen for wife of the Minis? tan ° Hy + oyed Hitler's friendship. Hitler Wked well-dressed women Ininched by Frau Joseph Guebbeis, ec of Propaganda {Haus Wachenfelc, Hitler's moun ltain retreat at Berchtesgaden, ove fund admired French styles. On onc'looking a magnificent vista in th pact with Stalin,|real friendship or intimacy. He hac|orcasion he scotched a movement jBavarian Alps, at a point fror whict the Fuebrer could lool across into his nntive Austria. 405