Adolf Hitler's Great Communication Skills

A great communicator is someone who inspires people to do something as a nation. One can never be a good leader without having great communication skills. I consider Hitler to be one among them as he was one of the most influential villains the world has ever seen. Hitler is said to have given more than 5000 speeches and it took him two years to perfect his craft and become the master of oratory. He created the persona the world would later distinguish as the Führer.

Born and raised in a middle class family, young Hitler was scared of his father and loved his mother dearly. He lost both his parents at a very young age and lived off his father’s pension. He desired to be an artist but got rejected twice from an arts academy and later, he volunteered for the German army once the war was declared. Following the war, he joined the Nazi party and became the leader in 1921 where he gave his speeches for thousands of people during the meetings held (Wilmoth, 2013). He learned to become a captivating speaker, building on his natural skills.

Hitler took acting lessons and practiced different facial expressions, body languages, gestures which was designed to extract particular responses from his audiences. He would rehearse them in front of a mirror and he is also known to have a private photographer to document his postures so that he could later review them. He wished to observe his own gestures and actions through the eyes of others while he practiced his nonverbal communication (Philip, 2014). He put countless hours into practicing his delivery and he was said to have a mesmerizing voice. He was completely devoted to his cause and persuaded people he would lead Germany to greatness.

Hitler was known to write his own speeches and edit them up to five times. "He simply did not want to rely on anyone to write his speeches, for Adolf Hitler, public speaking was so important that he would never trust anyone to write his speeches for him" (Loebes, Business Insider, 2015). He was in absolute command of his material and was very passionate about the subject he spoke. He was a daring and original speaker and of Hitler, it has been said “It wasn’t as though he were using words, it was as though the emotions came direct