It was in Vienna that Hitler first became exposed to
racist rhetoric.
[47] Populists such as mayor
Karl Lueger exploited the climate of virulent
anti-Semitism and occasionally espoused German nationalist notions for political effect. German nationalism had a particularly widespread following in the
Mariahilf district, where Hitler lived.
[48] Georg Ritter von Schönerer became a major influence on Hitler.
[49] He also developed an admiration for
Martin Luther.
[50] Hitler read local newspapers such as
Deutsches Volksblatt [de] that fanned prejudice and played on Christian fears of being swamped by an influx of Eastern European Jews.
[51] He read newspapers and pamphlets that published the thoughts of philosophers and theoreticians such as
Houston Stewart Chamberlain,
Charles Darwin,
Friedrich Nietzsche,
Gustave Le Bon and
Arthur Schopenhauer.
[52]
The origin and development of Hitler's anti-Semitism remains a matter of debate.
[53] His friend,
August Kubizek, claimed that Hitler was a "confirmed anti-Semite" before he left Linz.
[54] However, historian Brigitte Hamann describes Kubizek's claim as "problematical".
[55] While Hitler states in
Mein Kampf that he first became an anti-Semite in Vienna,
[56] Reinhold Hanisch, who helped him sell his paintings, disagrees. Hitler had dealings with Jews while living in Vienna.
[57][58][59] Historian
Richard J. Evans states that "historians now generally agree that his notorious, murderous anti-Semitism emerged well after Germany's defeat [in World War I], as a product of the paranoid
"stab-in-the-back" explanation for the catastrophe".
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