Talk:Adolf Hitler

Fracturing of the subject

I am currently removing MANY articles about history written by Howard C. Berkowitz, who was not a historian and whose body of contributions about WWII history cannot, unfortunately, be considered objective. I will likely revert his edits on this article. HCB also created many side articles, where he could spout his views without anyone being the wiser, such as:

• Hitler and his youth [r]: Ancestry, boyhood and adolescence of Adolf Hitler ^[e]
• Hitler in Vienna [r]: Adolf Hitler's formative years, between 1907 and 1913, in Vienna, Austria ^[e]
• Hitler as soldier [r]: Adolf Hitler's military service in World War I, and his postwar work for the Army that led him to the predecessors of the Nazi Party ^[e]
• Political beginnings of Hitler [r]: Adolf Hitler's 1919 entry into politics, his developing the Nazi Party and taking into government, and his negotiations before becoming Weimar Chancellor ^[e]
• Hitler and his personal life [r]: Adult friendships, possible sexuality and spirituality of Adolf Hitler ^[e]
• Hitler as military leader [r]: Background for, and direct decisions of, Adolf Hitler in military matters, 1938-1945 ^[e]
• Hitler as soldier [r]: Adolf Hitler's military service in World War I, and his postwar work for the Army that led him to the predecessors of the Nazi Party ^[e]
• Schutzstaffel [r]: A Nazi German organization, the "SS". technically part of the National Socialist German Workers' Party but in many respects a "state within a state", its functions intermingled with government offices in a manner characteristic of Adolf Hitler's desire to keep final control. While it is best known for its security and genocidal operations, it also had major economic and regular military roles, a far growth from its original role as Hitler's personal bodyguard ^[e]

I maintain that any pertinent info about the above topics should appear in either the Hitler article or the Nazi party article, and these subtopics be deleted. When I get time. While some people may consider Hitler fascinating, I believe that history need only detail what he did, without trying to psychoanalyze him as if knowing his motivations will somehow alleviate what he did. Pat Palmer (talk) 10:17, 11 July 2024 (CDT)

And here are yet more to be merged, or at least renamed and changed:

• Commissar Order
• Commando Order
• Night of the Long Knives