socialists and communists. This is also an example of why the Nazis continued to grow in popularity as they were able to attract Germans from the right who appreciated the militarism displayed, whilst also attracting those from the left - unemployed men exciting at the opportunity to do something worthwhile.
             Kurt Ludecke, who personally knew Hitler stated that "Only one thing was managed marvellously from the beginning - the propaganda, Hitler's personal hobby and perhaps his strongest point."
             Hitler revealed in his extremely cynical writings in Mein Kamph (My Sruggle - a book that was largely composed whilst in prison after the Beer Hall Putsch), that he had a brilliant grasp of the principles of propaganda, ahead of many of his contemporaries. Hitler was portrayed by his propagandists as a saviour, who could fight big business and the working class on behalf of the 'small man' who was being neg
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