"Within the Nazi Party, the beginnings of a……" — Ian Kershaw
"Within the Nazi Party, the beginnings of a personality cult around Hitler go back to the year before the [Munich] putsch... Outside these small groups of fanatical Bavarian Nazis, Hitler's image and reputation at this time - so far as the wider German public took any notice of him at all - was little more than that of a vulgar demagogue, capable of drumming up passionate opposition to the government among the Munich mob, but of little else."
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7 Quotes by Ian Kershaw
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The road to Auschwitz was built by hate, but paved with indifference.
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