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Hitler was certainly undone by his flaws. I'm not sure most dramaturges would say he was a tragic figure, though. More of a pure evil one. There was never anyth

• Nomentatus 4y ago
  Reading biographies of him and his table talk, Hitler's a very bent character but not without small virtues and a (very bent) love of virtue. Vegetarian, non-smoker, brave and unselfish in war and crazy for the arts (without especially good taste.) His life course could have gone differently but his profound lack of empathy didn't make a good outcome likely. He was a detail-man, and arguably on the spectrum. Had he set his sights on being an engineer, like my rather vicious but not unuseful father; he'd probably have been a very ordinary engineer who's kids kinda hated him rather than a paragon of evil. There are a lot of taxpayers around with similar potential - for mediority or viciousness. Plus, he was the expression of much German opinion that wanted revenge for WWI, not a one-off.