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-146- . not tell tifl *i*y# T O be sum, ha hineelf naastimes of faro .explanation^ for his conduct but It la obvious that these are either built on fliaoy rational foundations or el*e they serve tc push the problem further back into his past* On this level «e ore in exactly th* Bane poflitiori in which n find ourselves when a n*uroti* patient first CQBHB for belp. In the easa of an individual neurotic patient, h *e can aflk for a great deal more first-hand information which •*• gradually sn&bl«a us to trace tba development of. his • attitudes or behflTiotfal pfitterne to earlier experiences or inflUBBCfta in his llfo history and the effects of theaa on • later behavior. In moat cases the patient will have forgottan theea aurlisr experiencefl but neveirtheleea he s t i l l uses thom as premises in his present conduct. As aoott AB we are able to understand the praises underlying hi» conduct, then hie s irrational behavior beowneff comprehenaibla to ufi. The sam* finding %ould probably hold in Hitler's ease except that here wa do not have the opportunity of obtaining '• ( the additional flrat-himd information which would enable ufl to * * • - i • . \ trace the history of his views add behavioral patterns to their • • * early origins in order to discover the preniaee on which hi • - s • • • ifl operating* Hitler^ &arly l i f e , when hia fuiid&jnental attitudes were undoubtadly fonsed, is a cJLosaly guarded • particularly as far as ha himself 1& concerned. Tie hao beoa extreael/ careful and hafl told UB exceedingly l i t t l e about this pariod of his life and even thfrt Is open to. serious REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES