I think the point is: Hitler was a hypocrite.
I think the point is this: Hitler was a human being, capable of anything you or I might do. It was his humanity that fooled millions of Germans, so that his insanity might rein free. Those working closest too him, like his secretary Traudl Junge (spelling?) thought of him as a kind man.
I am not a defender, but I have read everything I could find on this man. I have visited his former home in Berchtesgarden. I know from my reading that WWI was a formative event in his life, and by all accounts he fought bravely. As a corporal, he was awarded the Iron Cross for gallantry - almost unknown for one of such low rank.
That he intervened on behalf of a trench mate would surprise no one.
No HItler was evil. Evil men do as they please