The significance of Adolf Hitler's personality lies far beyond the boundaries of world politics and history. Hitler destroyed not only Germany, he put an end to old Europe with its conflicts, hereditary strife, with all its splendor and greatness. His whole life is a mystical sense of fate, an awareness of his highest role in the salvation of Germany, the German people. The vast majority of Germans looked at him as a messiah, believed in him and sincerely followed him. Thousands of books are dedicated to Hitler. At the same time, his image was colored by a myriad of fabrications, slander and lies. How this “possessed”, “main monster”, “criminal No. 1” managed to rise to the highest level of power, lead an entire people, create a powerful state remains one of the main issues of world history. Famous historian, writer Alexander Ushakov, author of the bestseller “Stalin. Beyond Good and Evil,” in a new book, gives his answers to how and why this happened.