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Hitler credits the determining factor of the entire rest of his future life to Leopold in his book ''[[Mein Kampf]]''.
Hitler credits the determining factor of the entire rest of his future life to Leopold in his book ''[[Mein Kampf]]''.


Dr. Poetsch has been a member of the underground Nazi S.S. in Austria, which had been outlawed during Austria's independence. [The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer, Page 14]
Dr. Poetsch has been a member of the underground Nazi S.S. in Austria, which had been outlawed during Austria's independence.<ref>The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer, Page 14</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Leopold Poetsch (or Pötsch) (18 November 1853 – 16 October 1942) was an Austrian history teacher. He was a high school teacher of Adolf Hitler and Adolf Eichmann. He influenced the future leader's later views, specifically German nationalism.

He also took some distance from his former pupil, among other things since considering Hitler had become an enemy of Austria. (Eleonore Kandl: Hitlers Österreichbild. Dissertation Wien 1963, S. 38. Zitiert nach Klösch, S. 40. = citation in German wiki for this

Hitler credits the determining factor of the entire rest of his future life to Leopold in his book Mein Kampf.

Dr. Poetsch has been a member of the underground Nazi S.S. in Austria, which had been outlawed during Austria's independence.[1]

References

  • Shirer, William L. Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany. Simon & Schuster, 1990. ISBN 0-671-72868-7
  • Pool, James Hitler and his secret partners: Contributions, Loot and Rewards, 1933–1945. Pocket Books, 1997. ISBN 0-671-76082-3
  • Hamann, Brigitte Hitler's Vienna: A Dictator's Apprenticeship. Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-19-514053-2
  • Hitler, Adolf Mein Kampf. Indialog Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2002. ISBN 81-87981-29-6
  • Mein Kampf, page 18, 3rd to last line
  • Mein Kampf, page 15
  1. ^ The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer, Page 14