▁circumstances , ▁that ▁the ▁Naz is ▁arose ▁in ▁Germany . ▁ ▁Stern hell ▁compla ined ▁that ▁N ol te , ▁by ▁reducing ▁National ▁Social ism ▁to ▁the ▁ideas ▁of ▁Hitler , ▁ex on er ated ▁the ▁German ▁people . ▁In ▁particular , ▁Stern hell ▁expressed ▁concern ▁about ▁the ▁passage ▁where ▁N ol te ▁wrote : ▁" after ▁the ▁F ühr er ' s ▁death , ▁the ▁core ▁of ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Social ist ▁state ▁sn apped ▁back , ▁like ▁a ▁steel ▁spring ▁w ound ▁up ▁too ▁long , ▁to ▁its ▁original ▁position ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁body ▁of ▁well - mean ing ▁and ▁cult ured ▁Central ▁Europe ans " ▁Stern hell ▁argued ▁that ▁N ol te ' s ▁equ ating ▁of ▁Hitler ▁with ▁National ▁Social ism ▁meant ▁that ▁National ▁Social ism ▁entered ▁and ▁left ▁the ▁world ▁with ▁Hitler , ▁and ▁that ▁with ▁Hitler ’ s ▁death , ▁the ▁command ant ▁of ▁a ▁death ▁camp ▁returned ▁once ▁more ▁to ▁the ▁model ▁citiz en ▁he ▁was ▁before ▁falling ▁under ▁Hitler ’ s ▁spell . ▁Finally , ▁Stern hell ▁noted ▁that ▁if ▁National ▁Social ism ▁was ▁the ▁" p ract ical ▁and ▁violent ▁resistance ▁to ▁trans c end ence ", ▁and ▁if ▁" trans c end ence " ▁was ▁a ▁universal ▁process ▁affect ing ▁all ▁soci eties , ▁that ▁N ol te ▁had ▁totally ▁failed ▁to ▁answer ▁why ▁National ▁Social ism ▁was ▁only ▁a ▁German ▁phenomen on . ▁ ▁Other ▁histor ians ▁were ▁more ▁host ile ▁in ▁their ▁assess ment ▁of ▁The ▁Three ▁F aces