tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post4981428294143112608..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Manners and MonstersNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-68318604025160996832009-03-04T11:37:00.000+00:002009-03-04T11:37:00.000+00:00Impeccable table manners...and a 'deep serious int...Impeccable table manners...and a 'deep serious interest in music, painting, sculpture and architecture.' Hitler, as John Carey has put it is 'the most prominent instance of art-worship co-existing with disregard for the fate of humanity..." Where beauty...and table manners...matter more than people.NigelBealehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06094387597632333192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-11859376215150404482009-02-18T19:42:00.000+00:002009-02-18T19:42:00.000+00:00The cake-gobbling thing is in Joachim Fest's book ...The cake-gobbling thing is in Joachim Fest's book about the last days, i think it's called Inside the Bunker or something similar. Strangely childish, somehow, as if he were trying to go back to the boy he had been as everything was crumbling around him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-9971733631841461282009-02-18T15:08:00.000+00:002009-02-18T15:08:00.000+00:00Yes that is extraordinary isn't it - and his milit...Yes that is extraordinary isn't it - and his military incompetence seems to have been quite remarkable, with German successes often achieved despite his efforts. He must have had some amazingly capable people around him (alas).Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-55110593386520099372009-02-18T15:06:00.000+00:002009-02-18T15:06:00.000+00:00No wonder Onkel Adie munched cakes, he was from Li...No wonder Onkel Adie munched cakes, he was from Linz, as for the beer, he spend an an awfull amount of time in Munich's Marienplatz, what else would he drink, gin ?<BR/>The mother of an old German colleague of mine worked at the Berlin Opera, he was born within weeks of me in 1942, we often compared notes, having lived just off the Unter den Linden his story was more interesting than mine. Erich told me that he had asked her once, did you ever meet you know who ? she said not to speak with but he used to smile at her as he passed but she thought him "odd", she did however think Speer was "a perfect gentleman".<BR/>Hey Ho, crumpets anyone.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-58892803494759012942009-02-18T14:41:00.000+00:002009-02-18T14:41:00.000+00:00The other surprising (to me)thing about Hitler is ...The other surprising (to me)thing about Hitler is that he seems to have been unusually lazy, often lying in bed till noon and then taking his dog for long leisurely walks while others sweated over the implementation of his hideous schemes.It seems natural to imagine that anyone who did that much harm must have been a monster of energy, a demonic micromanager; creepier, somehow, to think of him as some vile slob who just let his wishes be known and then let others get on with it.jonathan lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986943428040953041noreply@blogger.com