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Budi

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15. Inside the cover of thr Bible was probably his bedside bible, Mein Kampf

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2020, 01:18 PM

Jun 2020

Wouldn't doubt it one bit.

Hitler was enamored by American racism beginning with the annhialation of Native Americans & the acceptable excuse for Jim Crow laws.

This is an interedting & quite lengthy read. The point being American racism was seen by Hitler as productive.

*From the Ner Yorker article
How American Racism Influenced Hitler
Scholars are mapping the international precursors of Nazism.
Alex RossApril 23, 2018

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/30/how-american-racism-influenced-hitler/amp

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