He thought he was some kind of destined hero or manifestation of Germany's rage at being cheated after WWI. I'm not defending what he did I'm using him as an example of how even the most vile people who've ever lived don't consider themselves evil or the villains.

I know you're memeing but imma sperg a bit here regardless

Disclosure: I used claude to find this summary and sources because i'm not going to put a massive effort into this besides skimming some sources. Hitler believing he wasnt good, right, and justified in his actions is kind of nuts if you know anything about him and his personality.

The wartime psychological profile (Langer Report, OSS, 1943): US intelligence commissioned a psychological analysis of Hitler during the war itself. It concluded that a survey of all the evidence forces the conclusion that Hitler believed himself destined to become an immortal figure, chosen by God to be the deliverer of Germany and founder of a new social order for the world — a conviction he firmly held, and that this conviction wasn't rooted in the truth of the ideas he promoted but in his own sense of personal greatness. This is a primary historical document, not modern speculation — it's held at the Jewish Virtual Library archive if you want to read the original analysis.

Self described aryan jesus i guess

He believed he was righteous and was working to redeem a disgraced Germany

Aber ich brauche sie nicht, um mir von ihnen meine geschichtiche Groesse bestaltigen zu lassen." (717)

And to Strasser, who once took the liberty of saying that we was afraid Hitler was mistaken, he said:

"I cannot be mistaken. What I do and say is historical." (378)

many other such personal statements could be given. Oechaner has summed up his attitude in this respect very well in the following words:

"He feels that no one in German history is equipped as he is to bring the Germans to the position of supremacy which all German statesman have felt they deserved but were unable to achieve." (669)