  Not so, John Wilkes Booth made the final decision to assassinate Lincoln after hearing a speech made by the President on April 11, 1865 wherein Lincoln proclaimed his intention of granting suffrage to the Negro.    Perhaps all of you National Socialism haters should high tail it for the Hitler thread then because last time I checked the poll 65% regard him as a hero.     Was Hitler even a National Socialist?? I think he came to power and tried turning National Socialism into National Capitalism... He wasn't true NS at all, he betrayed true NS. This is one main reason why many NS party members and some of his own officers wanted him removed from power and even wanted him dead. Guys like Ernst Rohm, the Strasser Bros., and Claus Stauffenberg, subject of the new Valkyrie movie.