# Did Gandhi express admiration for Hitler early in WW2? Tags: history, quotes, world-war-ii, mahatma-gandhi - Score: 16 - Views: 5195 - Answers: 1 - Answered: yes - Asked by: matt_black (57245 rep) - Asked: 2013-09-18 - Edited: 2015-05-01 - Site: skeptics ## Question Early in his extremely readable and widely admired history of the Battle of Britain (The Most Dangerous Enemy), Stephen Bungay puts Britain's situation after the defeat of France in context by describing the reaction to Germany's success around the world. At one point he writes the following: Gandhi wrote in an Indian newspaper that Germans of the future would ‘honour Hitler as a genius, as a brave man, a matchless organiser and much more.’ Did Gandhi say this and is it, in context, an accurate statement of his views on Hitler at the time? ## Answers ### Answer by DJClayworth (score: 54 [ACCEPTED]) The quote is from a paper called "How to Combat Hitlerism", which tells you something. Here's the full quote: I doubt if the Germans of future generations will entertain unadulterated pride in the deeds for which Hitlerism will be deemed responsible. They will honour Herr Hitler as genius, as a brave man, a matc