The Third Act

The operatic Siegfried summoned by the neurotic Wagner from Valhalla appeared to young Adolf as if alive. He was far more real to the future Führer than any of the people surrounding him…

The blond beast crawled out of the pen of mad Nietzsche. As the philosopher himself wrote: “I can guess that you’d call my Superman— the devil.” This dyed-in-the-wool blond put on a black peaked cap and became an SS übermensch…

The bleak mists of Schopenhauer’s ravings about the will to die seeped into the most hidden corners of a sick soul.

The Führer, like no one else, was the product of Western culture—its final result. Since the age of the god-hating Titans of the Renaissance, Western culture had been rapidly moving away from Christianity. And here— it reached it. The “old lady” was met by a young artist from Linz. With truly Austrian politeness, he took her under his arm…

Hitlerism demands a spiritual and cultural evaluation. Without it you can’t answer many questions. What kind of power was given to Hitler? Why did he carry out a suicidal attack on the USSR? Could he have fled after the fall of the Reich? Are there heirs to the “mad Führer,” and what should one expect from them?

And finally, what force truly crushed the Nazis?