Chapter 3 Prologue Backstabbing (2)

The tragedy of Hitler's blind witness, and the collapse of the power he unquestionably revered, opened the way for his own astonishing eventual rise to power.The world he knew was ruled by the nobility, the descendants of the ancient royal family; all the high posts, the diplomatic posts, and the eminent posts in the military were filled by men of ancient aristocratic blood, nobles of high education and education.The war changed all that.In the trenches, men of high birth and low birth fought side by side, and the vacancies that should have been filled by noble officers were gradually filled by ordinary men.

The power held by the royal families all over Europe is power in name only.Among the ordinary people who have no reputation, there are figures like Hitler who are about to forge real power.These characters were ordinary and even vulgar at the beginning, but they rode the ruthless waves of popular anti-war and came rolling forward.They are able to control the people because the people oppose a war that requires people to sacrifice for goals that no one can explain. When the train took him to the hospital in Baswalk, a small town in the province of Pomerania, his own pain and disappointment made all his lofty wishes be thrown into the sky.However, after several weeks of treatment, Hitler regained his sight.

The keratitis has disappeared, the swelling of the eyes has also subsided, and the severe pain in the eye sockets has also begun to ease. "Slowly, I can see the outline of the surrounding things clearly." As soon as the eyesight recovered, the depression disappeared. The director and psychiatrist Professor Edmund Foster also recovered from the trance that he specially treated.Knowing little about mustard gas, Dr. Foster concluded that Hitler's blindness was caused by hysteria.How Hitler's eyesight was restored is inexplicable; the fact that it has recovered just proves that the doctor's diagnosis was correct.In fact, Hitler had the usual symptoms of mild mustard gas poisoning: fever, swelling, moaning, depression, and healed within weeks.

The restoration of eyesight also gave Hitler hope and renewed his interest in current events.Berlin itself was effectively surrounded, and the new Chancellor urged the Kaiser to abdicate in order to sign a ceasefire.Hitler had heard reports of rebellions in Germany, but he dismissed the rumors as pure rumours. One morning in November, a group of "red sailors" flooded into his ward, trying to persuade the patient to join the revolution.This made him believe the rumors.Hitler already hated Bolshevism, and seeing that three of the sailors' leaders were Jewish youths, none of whom had ever been to the front, made him hate Bolshevism even more.

"Now, they are raising the red flag high in the country." The anger shocked him, and he had to stay in bed again. "I was bedridden and in great pain, but I couldn't really tell how I felt. When you think Germany is about to collapse, the thought of crying makes me sick." Soon, on November 9, a dignified old pastor Come visit him in the hospital.The pastor confirmed that the rebellion was confirmed.There was even a revolution in Munich. According to Hitler's memory, the patients gathered in the small hall at that time, "When the pastor mentioned that the Hohenzollern City Council no longer hangs the German crown and Germany has become a 'republic', everyone seemed to be trembling with anger." When the old pastor praised Hohenzollern's contribution, he "could not help weeping softly. In this small hall, everyone's heart was so sad that no one could hold back their tears." The pastor went on to say that the war must end immediately, All was lost, and the people had to bow down and beg for mercy at the feet of the victorious "Allies".In Hitler's view, revolution was intolerable. "I couldn't sit still, not even for a minute. It all happened again before my eyes. I staggered my way back to the dormitory, threw myself on the bed, and put my head under the blanket and pillow."

It was the first time he, Hitler, had wept since standing over the grave of his mother, who died a painful death from cancer, in the Austrian village of Leonding 11 years ago.He had endured the fear of blindness and the pain of losing so many of his comrades in "numb silence". "Now, I can't control myself. Now I can see how my personal suffering is nothing compared to the misfortune of my motherland." In this extreme disappointment, he made up his mind. "I've been torn between going into politics and continuing to be an architect. Now I'm not going to waver. That night, I made up my mind that if I could get my eyesight back, I'd go into politics."

There was no medical explanation for Hitler's second-degree blindness; Dr. Foster was more convinced of his initial diagnosis that his patient was a "psychotic with hysterical symptoms."Hitler himself, however, firmly believed that he was permanently blind. On November 11, Germany surrendered at the Compiorn Forest.The humiliation of surrender caused him great pain.Life seemed unbearable.However, that night, or the next night, as he lay quietly in his cot in despair, a "supernatural apparition" (probably brought on purpose by Dr. Dr. Foster's hypnotism. A book titled novel believes this. The novel is about Hitler and Forster. The author is Ernst Weiss, a friend of Foster. He originally He was a doctor, and later changed his career to writing novels. There is such a plot in the novel: In 1918, a soldier named "A.H" came to the Baswalk Army Hospital and declared that he had been injured by poison gas. A psychiatrist , the narrator of the story, diagnosed him as hysterical. The doctor also used hypnotism to induce hallucinations.) and rescued him from his pain.Like Joan of Arc, he heard voices calling to him to save Germany.Suddenly, "a miracle happened" - the shadow that hung over Hitler disappeared.He has seen again!As he had promised, he solemnly swore that he would "become a statesman and devote his life to carrying out his orders."

That night, in Baswalker's deserted hospital ward, one of the most brutal forces of the 20th century was born.Politics went to Hitler, not Hitler to politics.