ABSTRACT
The specific sources of Hitler's worldview are difficult to enumerate or identify in most cases. His theories of evolution, racism, eugenics, and euthanasia were not idiosyncratic, pseudoscientific, or radical aberrations of a counterculture. Among Hitler's associates, Alfred Rosenberg exercised as much influence as anyone in shaping the direction of the party's ideology. He soon gained a reputation as the official trustee of Nazi ideology, nurturing young Hitler in the faith along with Eckart, introducing him to Chamberlain and the Wagner Circle, and accepting the leadership role of the party while Hitler served time in prison. The church reacted strongly against Rosenberg when his Myth was first published and became even more incensed when he was made ideological instructor of the Nazis and his book a part of school curricula. It was not just Hitler but many segments of the culture that moved toward Nazism in varying degrees of commitment, and eventually merged together to become his follower.
