Adolf Hitler, the self-proclaimed "savior" of the German people. He was an insecure, egotistical man, who ominously controlled the German people. Hitler thought that he could change things with force, which soon got him into trouble, and landed him in jail. During his time in jail, Hitler had turned over direction of the Nazi party to Alfred Rosenberg. Rosenberg edited the party's newspaper, the Völkischer Beobacter (Popular Observer), but had no administrative ability. As a result, Hitler easily resumed complete control of the party upon his release in December 1924. In the years from 1925 to 1930; Hitler built up a network of local party organizations over most of Germany, and reorganized the SA. At the same time he organized the SS, to protect him, supervise and control the party, and perform police tasks. Hitler's mass of followers began to grow, and soon those who didn't follow him soon became the minority.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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Santi di Tito’s famous portrait of Niccolò Mach...Hitler gained political power soon after and his reign of terror began, ending with the deaths of over 6 million Jews that were persecuted by the Nazis, because they were supposedly the problem in Germany.
Hitler indiscriminately followed some of Machiavelli's principles as described in "The Prince". Whereas he embraced Machiavelli's ideas concerning human nature, and separation of politics and morality, he ignored Machiavelli's concept of military power, which led to his ultimate downfall. As described in Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince", to be a successful ruler, you must incorporate the principles or guidelines he sets in this pamphlet, three of the most important being, his concepts of human nature, his ideas about separation of politics and morality, and the reality of military power
In chapters XV, XVI, XVII Machiavelli devotes a long time describing aspects of human nature that a prince must understand. Machiavelli says it...