Great piece by the estimable Ron Rosenbaum on the latest crackpot Hitler theory: he was gay! That rather unconvincing theory (at least unconvincing to me — the incest charges stick a little more in my mind) is being advanced in a new book. (Out just in time for Christmas! My shopping just go much, much easier.)
Aside #1: Have all the good ideas for Hitler book covers been taken? Compare this one from 1998 to this one from 2001.
Aside #2: Rosenbaum’s own book Explaining Hitler — which is a look at how different historians have brought their own biases and perspectives to explaining why Hitler was such a bastard — is quite good.
Aside #3: How does the this new theory correlate with the much more widespread Hitler-had-one-testicle theory? (A guy I know likes to refer to bad or evil things as “one-ball,” in homage to said theory.)
Aside #4: The best headline award goes to whoever decided to put “Queer as Volk?” on top of Slate’s story.
