20 Mind-Blowing Facts About Adolf Hitler
18. The Great Reformer Martin Luther Was One Of His Influences
As a quite angry individual, Hitler blamed Germany's woes on many things - and one of those he termed "Catholic Germanophobia". This led him to become inspired by Martin Luther - the great leader of the Protestant Reformation of the 16th Century - due to the former friar's dismissal of the Catholic Church.
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Despite having been brought up as a Catholic as a child, Hitler despised Christianity - and particularly the papacy - yet he found inspiration from Luther.