This article presents the actual note page from which Hitler uses the Bible as the

monumental history of mankind for which we can give thanks to Werner Maser for
bringing it first to publication in his book, "Hitler's Letters and Notes."

Hitler wrote these private notes while in his 30s and they predate his political career.
Although Hitler wrote his first political antisemitic letter to Adolf Gemlich on September
16, 1919, these notes show the Biblical influence on the young Hitler in regards to his
views on race laws at around the same time. Hitler's 1919 letter without his notes to
provide context has led many scholars to incorrectly conclude that Hitler's antisemitism
started from a purely secular mind-set. The Biblical references, especially in regards to
the race laws mentioned in these notes, clearly shows that Hitler had a religious reason
for his Jewish hatred and his views on race laws which later turned into the Nuremberg
laws.

Remarkably Maser (and all other historians) never explains Hitler's view on race laws in
regards to these notes and how they parallel the Nuremberg laws, nor do they explain
such items included within the outline such as "Lord Disraeli," and "Eternal course of
History," all of which bears some importance if we wish to understand the foundational
beliefs of Hitler. For this reason, I've presented the entire outline from that note page with
its English translation so that readers can study it themselves.

The outline comes from Werner Maser's book, "Hitler's Letters and Notes," translated by
Arnold Pomerans, (Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974):

This outline comes from one of Hitler's notebook pages,

written in his own script.

Unfortunately I could not get a good enough scan to read his

German script, but I present it here so you can see how he
structured his outline.

[From page 282 of Maser's book]

(The text below shows the English translation)

The following shows the English translation of Hitler's outline with roughly the same
structure as above. [This translation appears on page 283 of Maser's book.]
1. Introduction 1. The Bible [3 illegible lines {ed.}]
2. The Aryan
3. His Works
4. The Jew
5. His Work
1. The Bible -- Monumental History of Mankind-- 2. Viewpoints--
Idealism-- Materialism
Nothing without cause-- History is made by men-- 2 human types--
Workers and drones-- Builders and destroyers-----Children of God and
Men
confused and muddled-- (Lord Disraeli) Basic Race Law--

1st consequence. Purification of the Bible-- what of its spirit remains?

2nd consequence. Critical examination of the remainder-

. . . . . . . . . greater clarification
First people's history (based on) the race law--
Eternal course of History--
Nature's course from half-knowledge via instinct to clear
understanding of its laws

[three lines crossed out]

I Unconscious [crossed out]
Consequences
Blind following of nature ------ Conscious [crossed out] obedience to its
laws
Half knowledge equivalent to human
Stupidity but also weakness or cruelty
arrogance--
Arrogance------'Man is Lord of Nature'
'He subdues Nature'
He is free
Weakness of the half-baked
Nature is quite unbending, which means: Victory of the
stronger whose strength or will gives him a greater claim to victory

Privilege through strength the basis of all Nature

The prerequisite of the world's existence.

the man of genius in tune with nature does not try to test this law
which also informs his own ideas about the world
but performs all his actions in accordance with it.

The 'educated man', i.e., the man who as been spoon-fed with
knowledge substitutes the idea of humanity and hence
becomes 'cruel' in the end.

Nature is never cruel

Cruelty is-- delight in
pointless suffering
Useless during the struggle--

Racial purity the highest law.

Miscegenation with inferior types means lowering the level of the whole [last word illegible]

Interestingly, Hitler's introduction immediately starts with the Bible and then follows with
The Aryan, His Works (presumably the Aryan works), The Jew, and His Work
(presumably the Jew's work).

Then comes the 1st item of his outline, The Bible-- Monumental History of Mankind,
with the "Children of God and Men", "Basic Race law," "First people's history (based on)
the race law" and "Eternal course of History," all under the subset of The Bible--
Monumental History of Mankind. This bears importance because it shows Hitler here
connecting his racial thoughts directly with the Bible which he apparently thought of as
not only the actual history of mankind but a Monumental one at that. He sees humans as
two types, "Children of God and Men." There's no question that Hitler thought of Aryans
as separate and superior to Jews, as he so often expressed. The obvious interpretation
here means that The Aryans represented the children of God (the Builders) and the Jews
as the children of Men (destroyers).

Then we have the curious mention of "confused and muddled- (Lord Disraeli) Basic Race
Law." Who did Hitler refer to as Lord Disraeli? Undoubtedly he means Benjamin Disraeli
(1804-1881), First Earl of Beaconsfield , member of the House of Commons who later
became prime minister and who authored several books. Disraeli's parents were Jewish
but he himself converted to Christianity.

I think if would appear odd that Hitler would have mentioned Disraeli at all if at some
level he did not agree with him. He did not write that Disraeli was wrong but only
"confused and muddled." To understand why he might have mentioned him here requires
an understanding of Disraeli.

Like Hitler, Disraeli thought of the Jews as a race. He thought that Jews could be found at
the head of every secret society and that they accumulated wealth in spite of cultural
pressures against it. Disraeli thought of his religion as "true Christianity" and wished that
the Jews would convert. (for example, see Disraeli's 1852 book, on the Political
Biography of Lord George Bentick). But at the same time, Disraeli also supported
Judiasm and fought against anti-Semitism. Disraeli's father had anonymously written a
book titled "The Genus of Judiasm" that glorified Judaism. It should come to no surprise
that Disraeli would follow some of his father's footsteps.

Moreover Disraeli thought of Jesus as a Jew as he stated clearly: "...there is one fact
which none can contest. Christians may continue to persecute Jews and Jews still persist
in disbelieving Christians, but who can deny that Jesus of Nazareth, the Incarnate Son of
the Most High God, is the eternal glory of the Jewish race?"
In a 1942 speech, Hitler reinforces Disraeli's (and Hitler's) belief about the race
"problem":

The British Jew, Lord Disraeli, once said that the race problem is the key to the history of the world. We N
Socialists have become great in this knowledge. By devoting our attention to the existence of the race pro
found the solution for many problems which would have otherwise have seemed incomprehensible . . .

--Hitler in an address to the Reichstag, 6 April 1942 (source: www.adolfhitler.ws)

Hitler in his notes, probably refers to Disraeli as "confused and muddled" against his own
beliefs. Hitler also thought of Jews as a race rather than a religious group but he certainly
did not think of Jesus as a Jew. Hitler believed in an Aryan Jesus as he expressed several
times later in his life. To understand this particular German kind of reasoning, the idea of
a mischling prevented Jesus from the Jewish fate. According to Hitler's mischling theory,
Jesus, fathered from a non-Jew God, and who never married, excused Jesus from
Jewishness (when you deal with beliefs in the supernatural you can justify anything. The
mischling theory has just as much validity as the most liberal minded Christian
interpretation, which gives just one reason why beliefs, especially religious beliefs can
prove so dangerous).

As for purification of the Bible and its remaining spirit, one can only guess what Hitler
means here. Perhaps he means purification of the Bible from Jewish origins.

Then comes an amazing and revealing statement: "First people's history (based on) the
race law--".

Here we have Hitler connecting race law based on the First people's history, which of
course, falls under the heading of the outline as The Bible-- Monumental History of
Mankind!

To understand how the Bible refers to race law, as the Nazis saw it, requires reading of
the Nuremberg laws and Biblical references to the Old Testament that can lead to such
beliefs. The Nazi, Julius Streicher, explained during his trial that the race laws got based
on Old Testament laws:

"I have written such articles again and again; and in my articles I have repeatedly
emphasized the fact that the Jews should serve as an example to every race, for
they created the racial law for themselves-- the law of Moses, which says, "If you
come into a foreign land you shall not take unto yourself foreign women." And
that, Gentlemen, is of tremendous importance in judging the Nuremberg Laws..
These laws of the Jews were taken as a model for these laws. When after
centuries, the Jewish lawgiver Ezra demonstrated that notwithstanding many Jews
had married non-Jewish women, these marriages were dissolved. That was the
beginning of Jewry which, because it introduced these racial laws, has survived
throughout the centuries, while all other races and civilizations have perished."
 --Julius Streicher (Trial of The Major War Criminals Before the International
Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 1945, Vol. 12)

(The Nuremberg race laws outlawed Jews from marrying Aryan Germans, just as the
Bible outlawed against marrying outside one's group.)

Although Julius Streicher influenced the race laws, Hitler's outline clearly shows that he
predates all other Nazis in this regard.

Hitler's mention of "Eternal course of History" shows his view of a religious concept
(eternity) connecting to the course of History as a development from "half-knowledge via
instinct" to a "clear understanding of its laws." Since "laws" falls under the heading of
The Bible-- Monumental History of Mankind, what other laws could he mean here except
from the laws he sees deriving from the Bible?

When Hitler writes "Man is Lord of Nature," and "Privilege through strength the basis of
all Nature," he explains this clearly in Mein Kampf when he wrote against modern
pacifists: "Man's role is to overcome Nature" [Vol. 1, Ch. 11]

Hitler concludes with "Racial purity" as the "highest law" which, of course Hitler
attempted to enforce after he won his political fight for power. He sees miscegenation
(the interbreeding of races) with "inferior" types as lowering the level as a whole. We
now know that Hitler viewed any other people than "the children of God" as inferior
which, in his mind, would include Jews, blacks, gypsies, homosexuals, and atheists.

Also revealing from Hitler's notes (not shown here) comes his last will and testament
"My Testament" (presented in Maser's book) where he tells what should happen upon his
death. In it he orders that his letters of "a personal and private nature either to be
destroyed or to be handed over to my sister Paula..." This shows that he did not intend his
private writings for the general public or for propaganda purposes. These notes represent
the actual and private thoughts of Hitler.

Many have attempted to dismiss Hitler's speeches or public announcements where he

mentions religion, as a ploy to gain political support. But this hypothesis never gets met
with evidence, and they leave us only with their opinions and beliefs. Hitler's private
notes tell us otherwise because they agree with his later public pronouncements and give
them an authentic mirror to his thoughts presented in his private notes.

Of course Hitler wrote many other notes and letters, but this particular outline based on
the Bible represents, perhaps, the most revealing of his private thoughts in regards to his
religious beliefs at a time before he came into power.

I do not aim here to present a thorough look at these notes, but only to highlight a few
important aspects. It might bear some importance for future scholars to examine Hitler's
private letters and notes in depth to shed more light as to why Hitler acted as he did. But
clearly his private notes show the influence of the Bible on his racial views against the
Jews.