- Good evening, my name is Alma Padro
and I am here with my fellow classmates
John Ostil, Melanie
Mitchell, and Eul Hee Lee.
We would like to thank everyone here,
especially the Holocaust survivors.
Tonight we will be presenting to you
a PowerPoint presentation and
evidence we have collected
based on the psychology of Adolf Hitler,
how his mind can tell us
why he did what he did.
Let's refer to one of
Adolf Hitler's recordings
during a speech.
(Hitler speaking in foreign language)
(crowd cheering)
Dr. Walter Langer and Dr. Fritz Redlich
know more about the mental
workings of Adolf Hitler
better than anyone else.
Exploring Hitler's childhood experiences
can give us a better idea
about his psychological development.
Adolf Hitler, born on April 20, 1889
in Braunau, Austria, was the
son of Alois and Clara Hitler.
He was the fourth child of six siblings.
Adolf lived a very
miserable life as a child.
Although he had a loving mother,
Adolf sustained a lot of abuse,
both mentally and
physically, from his father.
According to an article in
the Jewish Virtual Library,
evidence that Adolf's father
managed to manipulate his son
and abuse him using disgruntled verbiage,
as well as physical abuse.
Adolf Hitler's dream to become an artist
soon would be dismissed by his father,
who rejected his dreams.
Yet his father wanted Adolf
to be involved with politics.
At the age of 11,
Adolf Hitler went through
another transition,
which caused him a lot of
anger and disappointment.
This was the death of a
younger brother named Edmund.
He then became extremely solemn
and often was seen
upset, angry, and alone.
Furthermore, Adolf Hitler's
adolescent years were disturbing
at home and in school.
An article in the Jewish
Virtual Library explains
that Adolf Hitler was not a
savvy student in high school
and a very poor test taker.
This was a very angry
period of time in his life.
Adolf Hitler faced the
loss of his father in 1903.
He was 13 years of age.
By not having his father
around any longer,
he thought things would
lighten up for him.
He was so angry with his father
that he did not even shed a tear,
but instead was happy his father had died.
At this time, Adolf still had dreams
of joining an art school
and plans to do this
would quickly unravel.
In 1905, at the age of
almost 16 years old,
Adolf drops out of high school
for poor testing grades.
In turn, Adolf Hitler
persuades his mother Clara
to allow him to join art school
and she did encourage just that.
Moreover, Adolf Hitler
faced yet other transitions
during his adulthood.
This can explain how his mind
was psychologically affected.
Based on an article from the
United States Holocaust Museum,
Hitler Comes to Power,
in 1907 Adolf Hitler attempts
to attend art school,
Vienna Academy Fine Arts,
but was immediately rejected
due to insufficient testing results.
In 1908, at the age of 18 years old,
Adolf Hitler faces yet another loss.
This was the loss of
his mother Clara Hitler,
who died of breast cancer.
This death took another toll on him.
In turn, this event forced
Adolf into the ghettos.
It was in the ghettos
where Adolf Hitler began
to act upon the hate he had for the Jews.
Adolf Hitler joins the
Bavarian Army in World War I.
However, was discharged
from the Army with honors,
based on two injuries
sustained during war.
One of these injuries occurred in 1916
where he was wounded
by a grenade splinter.
In 1918, he was injured by
a sustained gas chemical,
which went into his eyes and
temporarily made him blind.
These incidents were the
reasons for his discharge
from the Army on February 1920
with honors and two Iron
Crosses for bravery.
He was 31 years old.
Adolf Hitler continues to stay
within the political parties.
In 1923, he is led to try
and take over the Bavarian government.
Because of this act, he was taken to jail,
where he was sentenced to five years,
later receiving clemency
for good behavior.
While he spent his time serving in jail,
Adolf Hitler wrote a book,
Mein Kampf, my struggle.
This book tells us about
the ludicrous behavior
Adolf had towards the Jews.
He also writes about the
rejection his father posed
for his dreams to want
to become an artist.
Adolf presents tremendous anger
and a plan upon his release from jail.
Finally, let's look into the
twisted mind of Adolf Hitler
and how studies show reasons
for his horrendous acts of killing.
Dr. Fritz Redlich is
know for examine records
on the psychology
belonging to Adolf Hitler
out of Yale University and
the University of California.
He proves to us all that
Adolf Hitler suffered
from extreme paranoia, which
means he had a disorder
characterized by delusions and distrust.
As well as delusions,
which is an erroneous
perception of reality,
Adolf was a true psychopath,
which means he had an
anti-social personality disorder
associated with aggressiveness
and criminal behavior,
which in turn he created
and made realistic.
He was a schizophrenic,
which in turn is a person that
has withdrawals from reality,
illogical patterns associated
with emotional behavior,
and intellectual disturbances.
Dr. Redlich writes could be viewed
as symptoms of mental disorder,
but most of the personality
functioned more than adequately.
Hitler, he added, knew what he was doing,
and he chose to do it
with pride and enthusiasm.
On the other hand,
psychoanalyst Dr. Walter Langer,
who has also studied
the mind of Adolf Hitler
out of Harvard University,
tells us that he suffered from neurosis,
which is an emotional disorder,
symptomatic depression
associated with anxiety,
as well as tendencies of schizophrenia,
known for illogical
patterns and disturbances,
as well as paranoia, known for delusions.
In conclusion, nothing will
ever tell us anything different
other than this man
committed actual genocide
by destroying the lives
of many Jewish families.
The many psychological disorders
that Adolf Hitler has
proven to really have
affected many people throughout
the Jewish community.
This act of madness should
never be seen again.
- Four point billion odd
numbers and still counting.
So I ask this question:
can you fathom something that's never been
or imagine something so
complex and so far-fetched
even Martin couldn't dream it?
This deluded-down toxic fairytale myth,
see, only a few catch a
whiff of my deceitfulness.
See, I've been swift,
moving through the decades.
I embark on landscapes,
making tongues translate
peace in the form of war.
Any speech or jargon I can manipulate.
Desecrate a nation in a matter of minutes
and let the blood trickle down
on these gutter-bound kids.
See, I've breathed through gas chambers
and watched the remained as drops.
I've seen pyramids rise
on the backs of slaves.
Any ounce of jealousy or
hate sparks and ignites me
from Cain and Abel to Moses and Egypt
from drumbeats to
heartbeats to feet fleeting,
running from your yesterdays,
praying that they become
the worst of your tomorrows.
I bellowed out a mean and vicious cry.
Only Hitler and a few have heard it.
But unlike them, I don't discriminate.
You're all subjects to my destruction
so you ask: what is genocide?
Simple.
It's humanity's deepest
and most inner thoughts
all painted in the blood of millions
and still counting.
