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
“I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion.”