Raise your hand if you knew that in May 1937 the New York Times did a gauzy profile of Hitler, painting him as a “Bohemian” with an “artistic temperament”? 🙋🏼♂️ 
/2 Here he is lauded as “a great improvisator” who loves to talk with “many kinds of people”
/3 “Where Hitler Dreams” and eats his honey and cheese. He’s practically an “unaffected private gentleman.”
/4 Here’s the sexy shot of Hitler in his shorts and stockings where he says he doesn’t dream of becoming rich but prays modestly that “my people will build a house here for me.” I bet most readers took it literally when he meant it figuratively.
/5 I love that some “methodical people” are supposedly whispering that Hitler isn’t dedicated enough to “concentrated work” 👆🏼
/6 Just to be clear, the essay is the feature of the @nytimes Magazine on May 30, 1937. Here’s a link though you need a subscription. timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1…
/7 🤭
/8 “the Fuehrer is always on duty, even when on vacation” 😌
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