Certain people start the Ideology. Without Hitler, no Nazis. Without Mohamed, no Islam. Without John Smith, no Mormonism.
Some people carry it on, like 0bama and Marxism, so he as figurehead isn't important.
“Certain people start the Ideology. Without Hitler, no Nazis.”
Historians speculate how Nazi Germany might have been prevented from taking hold.
After the fact, the assassination of Hitler would have helped.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/assassination_attempts.html
But, I wonder if education or religious revival might have prevented the popular acceptance of Hitler and his nationalist appeals?
Was there an anti Hitler movement?
Gert Wildler is making progress in the Netherlands with his campaign to educate people on the anti-liberty threat that Islam poses. http://www.geertwilders.nl/