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Description of  ADOLF HITLER: Vagabond and soldier in the Great War 1904-1918

Adolf Hitler at times could not control the fury that lived within him. He called it the scarlet rage. He could be quietly in his rooms, walking with Gustl or watching a performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream... He could find himself in the best moment of the day, feeling happy, dreaming about his next career as an artist... He could be anywhere or doing anything, when suddenly a deep and irrational anger shot through him. He remembered an affront, real or imagined he remembered a person who had offended him, who had looked at him badly or who had tried to harm him. Then I stopped being happy, I stopped feeling complete and fulfilled. There was only anger, the thirst for revenge, the unreason, the folly. The world ceased to exist and a blood-scarlet drive clouded his vision. He knew that, dominated by that anger, he would be capable of committing any act, no matter how evil, even killing with his bare hands. That's why that feeling, that lack of control in a life as controlled as his, fascinated him. Read more