Hitler 'developed messiah complex towards end of WWII'
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Germany's Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler developed a 'messiah complex' towards the end of World War II and also stepped up his so-called crusade against the Jews as defeat loomed, de-classified documents have revealed.
According to the documents, drawn up by UK intelligence in 1942, British analysts noticed signs of developing paranoia in Hitler's speech-making and a growing pre-occupation with what he called 'the Jewish poison'.
In fact, the documents, written in 1942 by Cambridge academic Joseph MacCurdy, said Hitler was turning increasingly to 'Jew-phobia' as defeat loomed, the BBC reported.
"Hitler is caught up in a web of religious delusions," MacCurdy said in the report where he also outlined how Hitler began to focus on the 'Jewish poison' as the tide of World War II turned against Germany.
MacCurdy added: "The Jews are the incarnation of evil, while he is the incarnation of the spirit of good. He is a god by whose sacrifice victory over evil may be achieved. He does not say this in so many words, but such a system of ideas would rationalise what he does say that is otherwise obscure."
In fact, MacCurdy's analysis of Hitler's mental state was uncovered by Scott Anthony, a Cambridge University researcher.
"MacCurdy recognised that, faced with external failure, the Nazi leader was focusing on a perceived 'enemy within' instead -- namely, the Jews. Given that we now know that the 'final solution' was commencing, this makes for poignant reading," Anthony said.
Hitler, who slaughtered six million Jews, committed suicide, along with his mistress Eva Braun, on 30 April, 1945, in order to avoid capture by Russia's Red Army.
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