The boy, surrounded by evil and continually being abused by it, makes a revelation that if he were to join the Evil Ones and become full of hatred like they are, he can join the army of evil and not be hurt by it anymore. For four years he has been surrounded by so much evil and hatred that his mind is brainwashed by the evil. His prayers for indulgences and trying to follow God has failed him and he thinks the only way out of this abuse is to attract the Evil Ones and do anything for them. This is what causes him to stab Anulka with the stick and flee Makar's farm. Now, the boy has one goal: to join and become evil.
Another reason for this desire to join the dark side is the desire to be German and fair-haired with blue eyes. He is subconsciously realizing the Germans are evil, but instead of wanting to avoid this evil, he wants to join it. This is seemingly bizarre for the audience to read, but if you step into the boy's shoes, it doesn't seem so far-fetched. For four long, miserable years he has been put through a living hell and thinks that it would be far better to join the evil than to receive it any longer. He truly believes that being full of hatred for his own race will prove him valuable to the Evil Ones and he will no longer be ostracized and tortured.
I also believe this is analogous to how Hitler was able to supply an army of Germans to follow his vicious commands to eliminate the Jewish race. When each German sees what horror will happen to him if he fails to have hatred for the Jews, they automatically succumb to Hitler's commands, become brainwashed, and this thinking takes a domino effect on the Germans. This article describes the "democratization of evil" and how it is able to take limited resources and agents, multiply, and evolve into large amounts of evil being produced.
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