Question:
What did Adolf Hitler do all day mostly ? (when being "dictator")?
2011-01-14 05:36:12 UTC
how much of the time he spent in his leisure? and what he did for leisure?

also, was he only really able to do this for 6 years? or was he like this also during WWII?

how much involvement in decisions over industry, war industry, economy, and war strategy did he really have? and why he thought he was that influential? (was he just along for the ride?) why so and who was driviing if so?
Eight answers:
blinkenlights7
2011-01-14 13:38:53 UTC
Hitler's work schedule is described by Albert Speer in his book, "Inside the Third Reich".



Typically he rose very late in the morning. His mornings and early afternoon was occupied by signing orders and making oral decisions on matters brought to his attention by his adjutant, Martin Bormann. If a subordinate had a crucial need to see him, they might wait in his sitting room waiting for him.



During the afternoons he would do activities such as military reviews. Later in the war afternoons were filled with war briefings.



Dinner would be late. Typically he invited a group of close associates to have dinner with. In the evenings they would often watch newsreels or movies with his friends in a private theater.



After his friends were dismissed around 10 pm Hitler would work on his own very late into the night, usually until 2am or 3am in the morning. He would use this time to study matters he considered important such as tank armor, military developments, aircraft technology, etc. Hitler became extremely well informed about Germany's military technology and the progress of the war through this study. In his bedroom he had huge stacks of military reports and specifications which he read constantly.



For leisure Hitler would walk his dog and watch movies. He like to do light hiking as well.



Hitler micromanaged the war and had a huge impact on its progress and direction. He was actively involved making critical decisions on every level, both economic and militarily. In some cases he even directed small troop and armor movements. Hitler would often interrogate soldiers to whom he was presenting commendations in order to discover the ground level details of the war.



Naturally, many of the professionals who oversaw Germany's organizations resented Hitler's close involvement with their domains, but noone doubted that he took a very active role making decisions and determining Germany's fate.
spiffer1
2011-01-14 13:38:03 UTC
He actually slept a lot.

He spent most of his waking hours watching (usually two per day) films directed by Goebbels.

Occasionally he would give a speech which was basically the same one as always.

After making himself Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Germany and when there was a crisis (from the German standpoint) in the Battle of the Bulge a lot of critical time was lost because Hitler was asleep and no one dared to awaken him. This led to personnel and materiel not getting to the Front when needed.
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2016-11-10 00:05:00 UTC
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2011-01-15 12:01:06 UTC
He liked dictating stuff to his secretary. Speeches, military orders, lunch orders, etc. Hence the term, dictator.
2011-01-14 05:50:09 UTC
he went for long walks for inspirational ideas regarding Germany , had dinner served to him 3 times a day with snacks in between and played with Eva Braun after watching a film .
Master
2011-01-14 09:41:31 UTC
He liked to paint.... In 2010 a painting by Adolf Hitler himself was sold for LOADS of money.... I don't remember it exactly... But it had a couple of cats / kittens on it.... SO I'm guessing he liked cats. The painting wasn't evil or anything and actually painted pretty good.... I was shocked when i saw it and i was like.... Hitler would paint this!



But seriously.... He's a really good painter!
2011-01-14 07:35:16 UTC
Pretty much what every average man does these days. He was not as evil as you might think, his ideas were simply ahead of their time. One day we will look back and wonder how stupid we were to mess with the Fuhrer's plans.
TiffyKatt
2011-01-14 05:38:20 UTC
He liked long walks by the beach, puppies and decoupage.


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