[Originally published as “A Sweaty Hitler Is a Sincere Hitler, and Sincerity Is Profoundly Persuasive,” Aug. 6, 2021]
In 1937, Irmgard Keun published a short novel, After Midnight, which tells the story of two young women in 1930s Frankfurt who find themselves caught up in a parade and rally starring Adolf Hitler. The rally touches off a series of events in which the characters struggle to make sense of their lives, beliefs, and experiences in the darkening shadow of the Nazis’ cultural juggernaut. Read the rest at: https://historyofyesterday.com/a-sweaty-hitler-is-a-sexy-hitler/
Hitler's Rhetoric 