The education of the Nazi elite, it turns out, is the education of super-racketeers and gangsters from among the biologically superior. The concept of ‘noblesse oblige' is transformed into its polar opposite;... (Dorothy Thompson)

The education of the Nazi elite, it turns out, is the education of super-racketeers and gangsters from among the biologically superior. The concept of ‘noblesse oblige' is transformed into its polar opposite;...

Dorothy Thompson

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