Hitler
In 1945, an intelligence officer wrote a letter to his three-year-old son on Hitler’s personal stationery.
“The man who might have written on this card once controlled Europe,” he wrote in elegant cursive. “Today he is dead, his memory despised, his country in ruins.”
Last year, the letter became a permanent addition to the CIA’s private museum in Langley.
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Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice was the title Hitler originally wanted to give his book, Mein Kampf (My Struggle).
First published on this day in 1925, the book sold approximately 10 million copies by the end of the war. Hitler was said to have bought a Mercedes with the first sweep of royalties. And incurred a big tax debt, equivalent to about six million euros. It’s hard to think of the “success” of a book like this, now we know what it contributed to. How much impact do you think this book had on what eventuated in Europe? Do you think things would be different if had never been published?
And why are there always so many Hitler docos on telly anyway? It’s Monday. What else is on your mind? Share it here.
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sylvie says:
@Reggie the monster, You’re that Jesuit, Frank Brennan, aren’t you. Sino dubio. I thought you were The Badger. I’ve not been on stage - I’ve been laid up with a leg in plaster - ski-ing. So… off work! viewing blogs, watching brains engaging - commenter St Michael was the bright… Read more »
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Reggie says:
sylvie etc You do realise that obscenities are all in the mind? I never let a heavy swear word pass my lips until I was about 36. The impact of THAT first use, paralyzed a roomful of people. NOT from its meaning, but from the fact that it was I… Read more »
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