Came across an unexpected YouTube video last night, one that
actually helped me understand the eventual prominence of Adolph Hitler in
Germany. In part, a story of tech. He developed a harsh stacatto speaking style
to use the microphones of the era. He was also something of a performance
artist, having attended Opera and Theater performances and worked with
a photographer to deliver his speeches as drama. That mustache: as a young
man he was fashion-conscious and tried for a look that had distance from the
19th century...
Asked Bing/Chat about the rumour that Hitler might have had a Jewish grandfather.
Alois' mother did work as a maid in a Jewish family but she eventually married
someone from the community, so there is no hard evidence. Interestingly, more recent
genetic analysis of Hitler's surviving relatives shows they were not actually Nordic but
more likely, of North African descent, an area with many Jewish people.
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