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The only significant influence is the background of European state-church anti-semitism. As a consequence, he imbibed the general anti-Jewish attitudes of much of Europe. That's where it ends.

At least someone here can express a rational opinion. The matter of what Hitler thought in private is not nearly as important as what he said to the public in order to gain and hold power.

I can recall seeing pictures of him surrounded by religious leaders and symbols. I don't recall seeing him surrounded by biology teachers.

The question is not whether he was hypocrite. The question is why nominal Christians responded to his bigotry.

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Dr. Julius Hallervorden

A respected neuro-pathologist and head of the Histopathology Department of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Brain Research in Berlin, Hallervorden received hundreds of human brains extracted from “euthanasia” victims. Many were children killed at the Brandenburg-Görden clinic where, at least on one occasion, Hallervorden himself removed their brains. He later described these specimens to a colleague as “wonderful material . . . feebleminded, malformations, and early infantile disease.”

[POSTWAR CAREER] After the war Hallervorden held a neurological research position at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin. At the Brain Research Institute in Frankfurt, Hallervorden’s specimens, including brains from the “euthanasia” program, were used for research purposes until 1990, when they were buried in a Munich cemetery.