[gleeaikin]

If his grandfather was a Rothschild, that would help explain where the genius (insane though it was) came from. Would also help explain the hatred/self hatred.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Would also explain the early funding (before he gained power) and his alliance with the Krupps and other industrialists. The Nazis were not the only such FreiKorps, yet somehow they climbed to the top of the hill, versus many other larger and better situated groups.