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October 25, 2010

By: Kevin L. from Chalmette, LA
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Posted By: Kevin Loria
On: 4/6/2008 1:57:21 PM

Adolph Hitler was a failed artist before his rise to power, and then later tried to suppress the avant garde in Germany. Was this jealousy brought on by his personal failure or was it the typical threat that all creative expression presents to any totalitarian leader, the danger of free-thinking and self-expression?



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