the vegetarian

really quickly- i'll read this link on hitler at a later time- but a couple things that popped out to me were:

Hitler was a VEGETARIAN? whatttt???
"He could not bear to eat meat, because it meant the death of a living creature. He refused to have so much as a rabbit or a trout sacrificed to provide his food. He would allow only eggs on his table, because egg laying meant that the hen had been spared rather than killed."
- how could hitler feel that eating meat was bad because it was the death of a living creature- are animals better than human beings? that blows my mind

"He believed deeply in God. He called God the Almighty, master of all that is known and unknown."
- that is strange to me as well because how could hitler believe that what he was doing was something that God would approve of.
maybe i just think hitler is too horrible for any sort of justification.

although, apparently hitler was a recluse ("throughout the years of his youth, Hitler lived the life of a virtual recluse. He greatest wish was to withdraw from the world. At heart a loner, he wandered about, ate meager meals, but devoured the books of three public libraries. He abstained from conversations and had few friends"), which i find strange, especially since he became Germany's father figure and the person in the limelight. what kind of recluse likes that much attention? He also had a love for music, art, philosophy, books, etc... so i guess hitler was cultured as well? and smart?

so if this guy was religious, vegetarian, smart, cultured, and a bit of a loner- what drove him and enabled him to gain so much power and do so many horribly violent things?