Erik Jan Hanussen — The Man Who Taught Hitler How to Speak.A good movie to watch is The Kings

Erik Jan Hanussen — The Man Who Taught Hitler How to Speak.A good movie to watch is The Kings Speech, the story of how a speech therapist named Lionel Logue helped King George VI, a man who was a lifelong stutterer, speak in public.  At the same time King George suffered from his speech impediments, Adolf Hitler had his own public speaking man who taught him how to speak in front of large crowds.Erik Jan Hanussen was an early 20th century magician, actor, occultist, astrologer, hypnotist, and supposed telepath/clairvoyant.  In the early days of the National Socialist Party, Erik Jan Hanussen was among Hitler’s inner circle, who would do astrology readings and fortunetelling for der Fuhrer.  However, Jan Hanussen had a more important skill than mere fortunetelling.  He was a showman and actor with years of experience in front of crowds.  In the early days of Hitler’s rise as leader of the Nazi Party, Hitler was actually a very shy man, not the bold, passionate, fiery leader that many know him as.  Jan Hanussen essentially taught Hitler to become an effective public speaker.  He taught Hitler how to use the intonation of his voice to woo crowds, he taught him how to use body language to enhance his speaking skills, and most importantly he taught Hitler how to be confident and charismatic while speaking.  Exercises included the mock presentation of speeches, acting lessons, and the practicing of dramatic poses (pictured above). In essence, Erik Jan Hanussen was Adolf Hitler’s Lionel Logue, he was the anti-Logue.By the 1930’s, Hitler was delivering fiery speeches to crowds that numbered in the tens of thousands.  In 1933, Hitler was made Chancellor of Germany, a position which he would use to become dictator of Germany very quickly.  Despite his success, Jan Hanussen’s position within the new Third Reich was precarious at best.  He often attracted jealousy and scorn from other party members, such as Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Goring.  Then, to enhance his image as a clairvoyant, Jan Hanussen released top secret party information to the public which he presented as predictions of the future.  People were amazed when he made the “prediction” that the Reichstag would be burned down.  Other party members were not so impressed.  The final straw came when it was revealed that Jan Hanussen was secretly a Jew named Hermann Steinschneider.On March 25th, 1933 Erik Jan Hanussen was ambushed by a group of SA men and murdered. -- source link

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