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* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: One of his teachers described Adolf as "having unlimited talent" but he was too much of a dreamer. |
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: One of his teachers described Adolf as "having unlimited talent" but he was too much of a dreamer. |
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** His doctor from the late 1930s claimed he must have been an IQ "around 140 or better"<ref> on the standard IQ scale of the 1930s, Stanford-Binet</ref> and he had the reputation of a photographic memory, able to learn entire books<ref>if they aroused his interest</ref> by rote. |
** His doctor from the late 1930s claimed he must have been an IQ "around 140 or better"<ref> on the standard IQ scale of the 1930s, Stanford-Binet</ref> and he had the reputation of a photographic memory, able to learn entire books<ref>if they aroused his interest</ref> by rote. |
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* [[Bond Villain Stupidity]]: Mein Kampf arguably has leanings this way. "Hey everyone in the world, I intend to become a tyrannical dictator, destroy the lives of millions of people, and amass power for me, me, me." |
* [[Bond Villain Stupidity]]: ''Mein Kampf'' arguably has leanings this way. "Hey everyone in the world, I intend to become a tyrannical dictator, destroy the lives of millions of people, and amass power for me, me, me." |
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* [[Compelling Voice]]: He had a knack for whipping his supporters into a frenzy, which he allegedly learned from [[Irony|(Jewish)]] magician and clairvoyant [[wikipedia:Erik Jan Hanussen|Erik Jan Hanussen]]. |
* [[Compelling Voice]]: He had a knack for whipping his supporters into a frenzy, which he allegedly learned from [[Irony|(Jewish)]] magician and clairvoyant [[wikipedia:Erik Jan Hanussen|Erik Jan Hanussen]]. |
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* [[Broken Pedestal|Completely Smashed Pedestal]]: Most Germans were probably aware that their Jewish neighbors had not simply moved on to happy new lives in a faraway land of peace and prosperity, but even many who were glad to be rid of them were horrified when the full story of what had been going on in the camps came to light. That especially goes for the German local civilians who were forced by Allied soldiers to tour nearby death camps to see what their government had been doing. |
* [[Broken Pedestal|Completely Smashed Pedestal]]: Most Germans were probably aware that their Jewish neighbors had not simply moved on to happy new lives in a faraway land of peace and prosperity, but even many who were glad to be rid of them were horrified when the full story of what had been going on in the camps came to light. That especially goes for the German local civilians who were forced by Allied soldiers to tour nearby death camps to see what their government had been doing. |
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