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March 7, 1936

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The Führer—II: Where Hitler Got His Ideas

Janet Flanner

Young Hitler was rejected from art school and disliked in the army, Janet Flanner wrote, in 1936. A fateful pamphlet circulated just after the First World War inspired him in another direction.