Hitler's team worked with media to normalize his image, too

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Adam Khan ‏@Khanoisseur Nov 12 San Francisco, CA
Hitler's team worked with global media to normalize him–meticulously reworking his image from an oddball with few family ties to a statesman






Adam Khan ‏@Khanoisseur Nov 12 San Francisco, CA
12 days before he invaded Poland, starting WW2, 6 yrs after Dachau concentration camp opened:

NYT puff piece about Hitler's mountain chalet

Adam Khan ‏@Khanoisseur Nov 12 San Francisco, CA
1932, NYT: If Nazis are allowed to govern they'll become more moderate because they'll find it impossible to keep their campaign promises




Adam Khan ‏@Khanoisseur Nov 11 San Francisco, CA
1931, American newspaper: Sure, Nazis may seem like wild men, but in office they'd probably be much more practical




Adam Khan ‏@Khanoisseur Nov 11 San Francisco, CA
1922, New York Times:
Hitler's anti-Semitism was not real but a bait to catch and arouse his followers




David Krae📎 ‏@dkrae Nov 11



Kevin Roose ‏@kevinroose 4h4 hours ago
Literal Nazi: "I am a literal Nazi."
Media: "This alt-right reactionary is stirring up nationalist fervor."

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2. thanks for this, very important. And we know Trump read Hitler

it was by his bed, one of his wives divulged.

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3. What would Hitler have done if twitter and the internet existed back then??

I doubt he would have been tweeting at 3:00am in the morning, but one really never knows.

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6. !

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7. Another excellent OP, bigtree!

I follow Adam Khan on Twitter and he posts informative tweets every day.