| JWeinCom said: I didn't say that Hitler was probably a pagan. I said there was limited evidence to suggest he may have been a pagan. In many cases there are pieces of evidence on two sides of an argument. It is possible that Hitler was also influenced by both pagan ideas and christianity.
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It's entirely plausible that the Paganism was simply a method Hitler devised to entice/control the population. Much of the sybolism was derived from nordic mythology (the symbols for the SS is from Runes, isn't it?). Sure, there are examples of other symbolism taken from far reaching belief sets, but there was a ton of nordic in there.
It wouldn't really surprise me if they realized they could draw in more people by adopting ancient nordic beliefs and twisting it with other things, just enough so that the citizens of the area recognize and be more accepting of it.
