Posted: 3/20/2015
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Recently watched this documentary Hitler's Riches. It provides hard to come by evidence about the income and wealth of Hitler during his lifetime. It also suggests that Adolf Hitler systematically built his fortune. I was not aware of this until I watched this documentary.
This documentary also extensively covers his last will written just hours before he committed suicide.
Mein Kampf Was A Bestseller
His book was translated and sold in multiple languages and it was given away to every German couple at the wedding.
His images and photographs of him (Hitler also had a personal photographer) were sold like merchandise.
Epilogue
I have yet to think about what the import of this documentary is or why the Smithsonian Channel thought it was relevant to release this documentary at this time for what purpose.
Perhaps, I leave it with a question: Was Hitler besides, his monstrous ideology and belligerence, just a business savvy person or was he also full of avarice. I tend to agree with latter.
Is Russia’s Putin a possible parallel to Hitler in this respect! Putin is also reported to have amassed riches (see e.g. this PBS Frontline video).
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