Hitler the Scientist: How Pseudo-Science and Anti-Semitism Shaped Hitler's Destiny

When Hitler came to power in 1933 he promised the German people a technocratic state where science, technology and education would grow and flourish.Unfortunately, any attempts to achieve such a goal were dependent on his educational background which was fundamentally flawed and severely distorted. Hitler’s schooling was a troubled time where he struggled with many subjects.In particular he found conflicting views between science and religion so difficult to understand it caused him to “run his head against the wall”.He was also heavily educated in subjects like myths, magic, pseudo-sciences and the occult which would become his versions of alternative science and alternative facts.These alternatives remained with him into adulthood where, as Fuhrer, his mentality and mindset towards science was highlighted when he announced: "A new age of magic interpretation of the world is coming, of interpretation in terms of the will and not the intelligence."Hitler’s ideology and rise to power al