Who is the most misunderstood historical figure?

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Hitler, in today’s world, is always associated with a negative shade and has an evil image attached to his name. His act of killing people and starting a war cannot be justified, but his good actions are mostly unknown to people in today’s world.
We know that history is always written by winners. He has done a lot of crimes, but people who wrote history have magnified his crimes where there are many other bad dictators who had taken more lives than Hitler did.
Let us look at some of the positives of this man:
  • He empowered the innovation and advancement of technology in Nazi Germany.
  • He improved the infrastructure, transport system and connectivity in Germany. During his reign, the Autobahn was created.
  • The lives of German workers drastically improved during Hitler’s reign.
  • He uplifted the country of Germany which was economically down after the first world war and the treaty of Versailles.
  • He gathered momentum and trust among German people in a very short time and he kept up their trust in him.
  • Hitler encouraged Sports and made sure that his country did not lag behind other countries when it comes to sports. Nazi Germany hosted the 1936 Olympic games and here is the medals table:
He is misunderstood because he is regarded as the evilest man in history when there are other people who butchered more people than him and are being celebrated in the modern world. His positives are not being talked about in today’s world.
Ever heard of Mao?
He killed more than 78 million and he is in currency notes today.
Ever heard of Stalin?
He killed more than 23 million and has his statues across Soviet Union.
Ever heard of Genghis Khan?
He is estimated to have killed around 40 million. He is celebrated as a hero in Central Asia and is in Mongolian currency notes.

Yet if someone says Evilest man on Earth, it is associated with Hitler. Again this is not about supporting Hitler. He has done a lot of inhumane crimes.
But I’ll leave it to you to judge whether he is the evilest man to have ever walked on the Earth.

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