Because Adolf Hitler has come to epitomize evil, it takes an "act of stupendous historical imagination" to perceive him as a man, as A.N. Wilson asserts in his provocative biography. From today's perspective, Hitler's words and deeds, as far back as "Mein Kampf" (1925-26), seem to lead inevitably to the concentration camps and the murder of millions. We see him, to use Mr. Wilson's phrase, as a kind of "Demon King" of history.
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