Inside Hitler’s Head

By: Brandon Bruno & Oveen Markowski


Prognosis
This is a term used to define the likely course of a
disease or ailment within a living body.
● On January 16, 1945, that living body was Berlin,
the capital of Nazi Germany.
● Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany, was hold up in
refurbished air-raid shelter amidst one of the last
great sieges performed by the Allied Powers in
World War II.
● Many believed this climax to the war would finally
give ample reason for Germany’s sociopathic leader
to concede defeat. Many were convinced a victory
at such a juncture would give Hitler no other option
but to admit surrender.
● This was the prognosis for disease that was Adolf
Hitler’s reign over Nazi Germany. However, Hitler
would not abide by such prognostication in the
slightest.

Prognosis
This is a term used to define the likely course of a
disease or ailment within a living body.
● In his grave, twisted mind, Hitler truly thought that
exhausting every last means of destruction was
more preferable than resignation from war.
● Even amidst his final moments of solace, Hitler
wholeheartedly saw the act of suicide as a more
fruitful deed than owning up to his crimes.
● In any type of retrospect, the reality of these
rationales make Adolf Hitler’s psyche almost seem
akin to that of villain from a monday night cartoon.
● Questions are raised: Why did he do what he did?
Was he mentally stable? Is all of it really real?
● Only by taking a step back in time and examining
the psychology of the leader of Nazi Germany, it
seems, can one begin to understand what really
went on inside of Hitler’s head.
Hitler’s Suicide
● The historical accounts surrounding Hitler's suicide more or less are in reference to what
occurred within his air-raid bunker beforehand.
● From what historians do know, Hitler was told the bunker was being overtaken and that soldiers
would be down in a matter of minutes.
● The actual detail of his suicide, however, remains rather a gray area amongst historians given
how no living witnesses from that time and place are alive today.
● According to documented history, in the fashion of Adolf Hitler, cyanide pills were first tested
on his dogs to ensure their effectiveness before be administered to himself and his wife.
● Whether he simply didn't want to be captured or had information he did not wish to be
uncovered is unknown. Whatever the reason, Hitler and his wife each took a cyanide pill and
shot themselves in the head. Adolf Hitler, Der Fuhrer of Nazi Germany, was finally dead.
Diagnosis
● Understanding the mental stability of an individual is imperative to understanding who they are as a person. So, it is of no surprise that many
have called into question the state of Hitler’s mental stability given the insane and inhumane actions he performed throughout his lifetime.
The diagnosis of just one mental illness could, in fact, be an entire window into the reasons why he did what he did and, possibly, a factor in
what pushed him to commit suicide.
● In more modern years, several professionals have looked into the mind of Adolf Hitler as best they could. Unable to diagnose a physical
body, several mental illnesses were theorized that he could have suffered from based upon the similar behavioral patterns of those suffering
from said conditions today:
● Hysteria occurs in people when there is an ungovernable amount of emotional expression pent up within them. Examples of hysteria can
range from extreme anger or sadness to severe depression. Hysteria comes in uncontrollable bursts and can change the way a person acts or
thinks at any given moment. This could explain a lot of the rash decisions Hitler made in his life and what many of his violent tendencies
were rooted in.
● Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder in which an individual suffers from long-term abnormal behavior
expressed through explicit feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a lack of understanding of others' feelings. This
could explain Hitler’s inflated ego and need to put his whims before the wellbeing of others. Specifically, his desire to create a “master race”
could be a direct result of narcissism.
● Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that causes abnormal social behavior and failure to understand what is real. Common symptoms include
false beliefs, confused thinking, hearing voices that others do not hear, reduced social engagement and reduced emotional expression. Hitler
was known for hearing voices in his head at times.
Theories
● There are many theories that have arisen over time which challenge our traditional understanding of Hitler’s death.
● One such theory accounts that Hitler and his wife did not actually die down in their air-raid bunker. Instead, this theory
strongly supports the idea that they did in fact escape from it.
● Established by the Soviet Union, this theory went as far as having skull fragments found in Hitler’s bunker, of which
did not match his own, provided as DNA evidence for its claims.
● While many were convinced the theory was a concoction of the Soviet Union to either scare the United States at the
time or deceive President Truman that Hitler was still alive, ultimately the theory was revealed to be a hoax by Hugh
Trevor-Roper.
● Trevor-Roper, who had found jaw pieces and teeth from the bunker which did match Hitler’s own, took these bone
fragments to Hitler’s personal dentist where he was further validated in his findings. This allowed the public to come
to the final conclusion that Hitler and his wife were in fact dead.
● Although theories like the aforementioned are often convoluted and proven false in more than one way, they often help
us put what is widely accepted as fact under a heavier lense. By contradicting traditionalist history, these theories open
the door to many valid questions: How much do we really know? Is what is told in the history books really what
happened? What is really real?

Aftermath
This is a term used to define the consequences or
aftereffects of a significant or unpleasant event.
● On January 16, 1945, Adolf Hitler committed
suicide by shooting himself in the head and taking
cyanide, leaving the country he had led for the past
12 years in shear chaos. This was the aftermath of
the disease that was Adolf Hitler’s reign over Nazi
●
Germany.
Officially, he would not be declared dead by a
German court until eleven years later in 1956.
● Suicide or surrender, though Hitler’s eventual death
was predetermined no matter which course of
action he had chosen, there remains one underlying
truth of the desolation he had left in his wake: It
will never be forgotten.
 ● While many point to mental illness as the catalyst
of Hitler’s actions, no one can fully say such a thing
was at fault for every one of them.
● Deep down, he must have known what his atrocities
would ensure he attained.

Aftermath ● Even in death, Adolf Hitler must have truly known

what the oral accounts passed through generations,
the documentation in history books, and the
remnants of his rule would ensure he maintained.
This is a term used to define the consequences or
● Each of these things would funnel into the one thing
aftereffects of a significant or unpleasant event.
historians can never erase; a black eye on human
history; a scar on the human race.
● It’s something many of sound mind have met
failure in finding: Immortality.
Bibliography
● http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theories_about_Adolf_Hitler%27s_death
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteria
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathography_of_Adolf_Hitler
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder
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