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recommended a mystic religion as appropriate to the
enhancement and expansion of Germany, rather than to
feel and rejoice in such a religion himself.
Rosenberg rejected both individualism and univer-
salism in all fields. He felt both were hostile to the
racial national unit. Individualism and universalism,
he believed, were straight lines racing off to infinity.
What he demanded of his fellow Germans was not loyalty
to humane ends but servile support of inhumane policies
(2, pp. 65, 84, 115).
Rosenberg was called cold, reserved, and haughty,
traits considered characteristic of Baltic Germans. His
mode of life and dress were extremely simple. He seemed
to lack the intense personal ambition and dynamic drive of
other Nazi chiefs, yet he was tenacious in defending his
unalterable convictions. And he did have Hitler's ear.
It was Rosenberg who persuaded Hitler to attack Norway
and it was he who set up "Task Force Rosenberg," that
looted enough goods and artistic treasures from occupied
territories to fill 27,000 railroad cars (6, p. 81).
Otto Dietrich's Power
Another man who ranked high as for getting an agree-
able hearing at all times from Hitler was Otto Dietrich,
the Reich press chief. He was born in 1897 in the
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McConal, Billy Jon. How Hitler Controlled the Press, thesis, May 1982; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504092/m1/41/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .