It's interesting that this version is an edited version, and unclear when the changes occurred.
The full version[1] includes this:
> I should like to put it on record that I have never been able to dislike Hitler. Ever since he came to power—till then, like nearly everyone, I had been deceived into thinking that he did not matter—I have reflected that I would certainly kill him if I could get within reach of him, but that I could feel no personal animosity. The fact is that there is something deeply appealing about him.
In the linked version that is represented by "..." which is easy to miss