Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the violence which overwhelmed the country initially. I think diplomats around the world... felt like something like that simply would not be tolerated by the people of Germany
Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
You always feel when you look it straight in the eye that you could have put more into it, could have let yourself go and dug harder.