The thing you realize about Hitler when you read more about history in all its serendipity and contingency is that you realize a Hitler could happen anywhere, nearly any time.

There was nothing truly special or unique per se about Germany.

America for instance is at least somewhat likely to become a theocratic fascist state in my lifetime, and the horrors it would then enact make The Handmaid’s Tale seem like a Babysitter’s Club book.