What methods did Hitler use to control the Germans?

I know this is not a very straight answer, but if your really interested you can search Answers.com for Henry Murray. He is the psychologist who did the psych-eval of Hitler in 1943. There is the full report made available in pdf format that is basically photocopies of the original doc. it has all the answers your looking for and then some. I am sorry I don't know how to add the link here for you. Good luck. ==new answer== Hitler knew that people lose their identity in a crowd and used this to sway opinions. If you will observe you'll see the same concept being use effectively today by many. We are thinkers by nature. Give this up and what do you have?