“The Hitler… as dictator of the Reich… has a new personality. He seems to be a disciple of Nietzsche’s Metaphysical divinity – power and the masses of people are to be used as pawns in the chessboard Power Politics.”

— Virgil John Tangborn

Mein Kampf review by Vigil Tangborn

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