Pure Evil: Hitler Shows Why Countries Should Not Listen to Demagogues Leaders like Hitler charm and use the masses for their own ends, often bringing national ruin and costing many lives lost. Key Point: Hitler practied his speeches and learned how to perfect his ability to sway people who would listen. Here is how he rose to power and brought his terrible designs crashing down, taking millions with him. When Nazi architect Albert Speer surrendered in 1945, he made a strange remark: “So now the end has come. That’s good. It was all only a kind of opera anyway.” This first appeared earlier and is being reposted due to reader interest.