Which religion did HITLER followed and why he hated Jews (read details plz)?

Alas once more we enter into the realm of speculation over the religious influences of a mental case.

Read Hitler’s book.

Hitler was born Roman Catholic, attended mass occasionally in his early childhood, but rarely after the age of 9.

Hitler was not bound by religious convictions, contentions, dogma etc. In his desire to prove the purity of true Germans his naturally discovered German history predated Christian history so I do not believe that he died with any religious convictions.

During his rise to power Hitler had a desire to make Nazism the state religion, along the same line of thought the Stalin and Lenin had about Communism, however the Protestant and Catholic churches were to well establish.

The Swastika, not only does one find the Swastika in Hindu religion but also in Aryan and Native American. I have found the symbol on a number of Native American art works that dates back to the early 1700's. (Nez Peirce, Spokane, Colville, Chewelah tribes.)

I believe that Hitler took the symbol from the German Crusaders version of the "Broken Cross". A symbol of rebirth, to return the Holy city to the Holy See. When the cross was knocked off the church steeple by the Muslim, as it fell the arms of the cross were broken. The broken cross was picked up to be returned to the steeple by the Crusaders.

I have read numerous accounts about Hitler and have even spoken to a few people who knew him personally. I do not think Hitler had a plan other than the big picture. He was not systematic, but sporadic. He was above all determined, ruthless, and resolute. Rarely did he go into details about anything, he let others do the details, and he had the general idea. Example his desire for building the new city of Berlin he planned on building. His plan called for more marble than what was available in the world. His plans were not feasible. Why should his political designs be considered with any more regard than his architectural plans?

When one begins to find reson in the things Hitler did then it becomes time to reserve some couch time with a shrink.

Hitler was born into Roman Catholicism but did not follow any religion other than the Cult of Personality of which there was but one God and that God was Hitler.

People keep misunderstanding the use of the Swastika. YES there is use of a similar sign in India/Eastern Countries BUT HITLER did not care about that. The 'crooked cross' was a common device / sign in Gothic German Architetcture and its use can be documented back to at least the year 1000 by Common/Christian Reckoning. There are solid valid arguments that the symbol was first brought to Europe during the Arab/Muslim/Turkish invasions into Eastern Europe. It has also been argued that Christian Crusaders on their trek to Jerusalem brought the symnbol back to Europe.

SO WHAT !!!!! The bottom line is that it was symbol that many Germans thought was 'cool' and so it was incorporated into designs in stone, upon flags, on paper and Hitler was enamoured of the 'crooken cross' since he was a boy and thus adapted it for his use.

Thid does not make Hitler a Hindu Mystic or connect Hitler in any way with India despite movies featuring Brad Pitt.

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Yes, the Swastik (Swastika in German) is evident in Hindu religion, but many others also! It was big in several Amerindian religions also. Some Boy Scout troops had the Swastika as their council patch because they were from areas that the Amerindians use that symbol. They changed it at the beginning of WWII.

The History Channel did a program on this which showed that several occultic religions were rising in Germany in the early 20th centrury and makes the connection between them, Hitler, and Nazism.

A member of Hamas can't sneeze without some other member of Hamas or Hezbollah or something blaming it on the Jews. I remember joking with someone about that, and saying that I bet the only big world problem they can't blame on the Jews is the Tsunami of 2004. Then, I googled it. Sure enough, some antisemites blame the tsunami on the Jews. I kid you not. So it's no surprise they blame the crisis on Jews.

he was influence by occults teachings of that age. it was as i understand it mix of some norse neo-paganism, and hermetic practise, also he was influenced by romantism era ideas of national rebirth (return to nature, 'true values' and true religion). he believed that purity of race will give that nation long lost godly powers. i think that national purity was just good excuse for killing Jews, real reason was their money.

really good documentary on that topic is bbc's (i think its bbc's )'occult reich'

he was catholic. and he blamed the jews for germanys loss of ww1 because of corruption which was true but not all of them were jewish just most . read the original mein kampf . it tells how he really felt , its like reading what he was thinking.

The Nazis banned the practice of any religion because it threatened their power.

It was his own religion. He was such an ****** the religions that were available were not good enough for him.

Roots of Hitler's and the Nazis' Hatred of Jews

1. Many of the 'theories' about Hitler's hatred of the Jews, especially those claiming to be based on a single experience early in his life, are no more than fanciful guesswork.

2. The reasons given by Hitler in his autobiography, 'Mein Kampf', are not trustworthy. The book is propaganda, and a long rant by a man with a huge chip on his shoulder.

3. In the last 15 years or so historians have increasingly distinguished between how he acquired the ordinary antisemitism of his background and time (Roman Catholic Upper Austria around 1890-1910) and the obsessive hatred that later became one of his hallmarks.

4. It appears that, contrary to what he says in 'Mein Kampf', Hitler's extreme antisemitism only arose towards the end of World War 1 or even later, possibly only when he found that it was the easiest way of producing wild cheering in the beer halls of Munich. (See Volume 1 of Ian Kershaw's two volume biography, Hubris, Penguin Books 1998).

5. There had been anti-Jewish prejudice of varying degrees of intensity in many parts of Europe and elsewhere for a long time. A distinctive feature of Hitler's antisemitism was that it was formulated as conspiracy theory. For many, especially in Bavaria, this went hand in hand with the 'stab-in-the-back' theory, that is, with the view that Germany had not been defeated on the battlefield but had been brought down by liberal, socialist and communist subversives on the home front. Potentially, this link made antisemitism particularly explosive.

6. In much of Europe it was assumed that Jews were communists. On many hardline right wing circles there was talk about a supposed 'Judeo-Bolshevist conspiracy'. This was potentially highly inflammatory, especially if taken at face value. Despite his ranting against Jewish businessmen Hitler himself saw the Jews as the 'biological carriers' of Bolshevism.

7. In Bavaria but not in other parts of Germany a number of Marxists of Jewish origin had been prominent in the upheavals of 1918-1919. Most, like Ernst Toller for example, were dreamy idealists, utopians. They were not conspirators or traitors or anything of that sort. However, their origins were shamelessly exploited for propaganda purposes.

8. Many hardline German Nationalists (not only the Nazis) called the new German republic as a 'Jewish republic' (though almost none of its leaders were Jews). There was a widespread tendency (not only in Germany) to equate the Jews with subversion, treason - you name it. In many of his speeches Hitler used the words Jews and Bolshevists almost interchangeably.

Against this background there are also many contributing factors and possible theories. Here are some points to consider:

* Jealousy. Some Jews were successful and held influential positions in Austria and Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. At the same time, the world was suffering in the Great Depression. For various reasons, including war reparations for World War I, Germany was being hit the hardest by the worldwide economic depression. Successful Jews were envied and blamed for "taking German jobs."

* During World War I, Communism was on the rise. Lenin's revolution had forced Russia out of the war. The German Army at times faced near mutiny among their own troops. This contributed to Germany being forced to sue for peace. Since some socialist/communist leaders were Jewish this was exploited as another reason for Germans to hate Jews. Hitler often spoke of Bolshevik (communist) Jewry. There is still a strong association in people's minds between Jews and leftists.

* Hitler and other Germans absorbed some of their parents' racism. Anti-Semitism has a long history.

* Some Germans held to the belief that "Jewish bankers" were responsible for the Treaty of Versailles.

* Jews became a scapegoat for all of Germany's economic problems. (According to this racist sentiment, "international Jewish financiers like the Rothschilds, Oppenheimers, Bilderbergs, etc., plunged the world into a war for their business profit.")

* Hitler and many Nazis were influenced by the notoious anti-Semitic book called "Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion."

* Some claim that Hitler's father was half-Jewish and he was deeply ashamed of this. Hitler's grandmother on his father's side was said to have been a maid in the home of a Jewish family in Graz. When she left she was pregnant with his father. However, nobody has been able to give the street where the house was, and at the relevant time Jews were not allowed to live in Graz.

* Hitler lived in Vienna from 1907 to 1913 and those were the most difficult years of his life. Hitler was trying to become an artist or to make himself a name in field of arts. He was twice rejected from the Vienna Academy of Fine Art. The second rejection by the Academy was one of the most traumatic experience of his life [or so he said]; all his dreams were shattered. He claimed that the professors that rejected him were Jewish ... [However, according to Ian Kershaw's biography, Hitler was very lazy and made absolutely no attempt to prepare for the admission process].

* The Nazis had a vision of an Aryan German race that did not include Jews and many other groups of people.

* Here is an example of Hitler's anti-Semitic racism from a speech given in Munich in July 1922: "His is no master people; he is an exploiter: the Jews are a people of robbers. He has never founded any civilization, though he has destroyed civilizations by the hundred...everything he has stolen. Foreign people, foreign workmen build him his temples, it is foreigners who create and work for him, it is foreigners who shed their blood for him."

* Some say Hitler and the Nazis were simply opportunistic demagogues. Inciting hatred of the Jews was the means to an end. The Nazis used hatred of the Jews to unify the German people and create a new German empire. Nothing unites a people more than when they believe they are constantly under attack and fighting a common enemy. The Jews were convenient enemies. After propagating this idea of Jews being the scum of the earth so passionately, Hitler and the Nazis may have deluded themselves into believing it more deeply.

* The Christian religions blamed the death of Christ on the Jews. One can see in the Bible the statement that the Jews demanded the death of Jesus, and said, "let it be upon our heads and that of our children." This became an excuse to abuse the Jews for more than a thousand years. It was not until the 1960's (I think) that the Catholic Church stated that the Jews were NOT to blame for the death of Jesus.

* In the 1930s there was a lot of anti-Jewish feeling and resentment in the Western world. Many Jews who wanted to escape the persecution in Germany were refused entry into the US and other European countries and also many countries further afield.

* Antisemitism has been rife throughout European history, largely because they were a distinct, easily identifiable group, who refused to integrate. (Those who really wanted to integrate converted.) Of course now we see pluralism as a virtue, and a variety of ethnicities and religions as a positive thing. However, if you want to set yourself up as the totalitarian dictator of a NATION then you have to establish a clear identity for that nation and stick to it; variety is an anathema.

* Another key element of a dictatorship is fear, and a visible scapegoat experiencing the wrath of the state is a good way to keep people from stepping out of line.

* Hitler stated: "The war is to be a war of annihilation". His henchman Heinrich Himmler declared: "All Poles will disappear from the world. . . . It is essential that the great German people should consider it as a major task to destroy all Poles."

* He didn't just hate the Jews. He found that to be the best way to take over the world.

* The Jews did absolutely nothing to deserve the treatment they got, so as the Africans and the Indians the Jews were just picked for hatred and unjust things but again they did absolutely nothing!

* The trouble was that since the 1870s the Jews had been the object of a fresh wave of demonization and conspiracy theories. On the whole this wasn't taken too seriously in Germany, but in Austria anti-Jewish conspiracy theories were spread by extreme right-wing politicians and also by the Roman Catholic Church, which knew perfectly well that these theories were rubbish. Young Adolf was a server (altar-boy) and may have been influenced by this.

* Well, there were more "sub-humans", as Hitler called those poor people, than he could handle. He had to find ways to kill the masses without making it too obvious. That's when the real Holocaust started! He built concentration camps, where he could kill many thousands of people at a time.

* Hitler blamed the German defeat in WWI on the Jews, and he hated them. When he took power he started rounding them up. He did the same when he started taking over other countries. He used the Jews, Poles, gays, gypsies, Russians and mentally challenged people as slave labor and then started to annihilate them in gas chambers. His reason - hatred. He classed the above mentioned people as sub human and basically in his Nazi world there was no place for the "sub human", only the Aryan (blonde hair blue eyed Germans)

* To understand the Holocaust you have to understand the Darwinian biology of the time. There was a growing sense, particularly since Ernst Haeckel, that there were those in society who were 'biologically' inferior and that for