Terrifying: How Adolf Hitler's Speeches Captivated Millions of Germans
Minister for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda Josef Goebbels agreed that Hitler turned politics into a grand play. Even the Führer called himself "the greatest actor in Europe," enjoying contact with movie stars while plunging the world into a melodrama of madness. Through years of political propaganda, theatrical trappings, and charismatic speaking, this vagrant beer hall agitator became what biographer Alan Bullock called "the greatest demagogue in history." During his rise to power, Hiter warned that the German people "must not be allowed to find out who I am. They must not know where I came from and who my family is."
