2007-03-26 09:49:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Well, Cobalt is right to point out Man of the Year doesn't necessarily mean you're a saint. It means you're having a strong influence on the world.
However, you also have to put things in perspective. In 1938, World War II had not yet started and the world knew nothing of Hitler's final solution. Although he was a controversial figure, his name was not yet synonymous with evil.
A lot of the people in the business classes openly admired him for his recovery plan for Germany and thought that the Nazis had the right idea about cracking down on unions and such. He was also responsible for the first highway systems in the world. And antisemitism was not just a German disease, unfortunately. A lot of people, even in America, thought he had the right idea about the influence of Jews in society as well.
2007-03-26 10:02:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not an award. In fact the cover art showed him sitting at some device (an organ?) as hanged people were suspended around him. Very negative imagery. By 1938, with almost no fighting or even interference (just diplomatic protest) he had taken over Austria and most if not oall of Czechoslovakia, and was breaking treaties all over the place. A bit like Saddam Hussein, eh?
2007-03-26 10:00:28 · answer #2 · answered by dBalcer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From our standpoint in time, definite that's. In 1938 it is going to have been an identical. with the help of this time it grew to become into particularly sparkling that the Nazis have been a bad organization. The 'night of the long Knives' while Hitler purged the 'brown shirts' from his very own celebration occurred in 1934. The infamous "Krystal Nacht" while the dept shops and homes owned with the help of Jewish human beings had their residing house windows smashed occurred in November 1938, purely to call a pair of examples. My grandfather constantly stated that the consumer-friendly feeling in Britain grew to become into that there grew to become into going to be yet another war while Hitler seized potential in 1933. no longer all of what Hitler grew to become into approximately grew to become into properly consumer-friendly to maximum people who have been in line with possibility no longer as properly reported as they might have been. To many he grew to become into considered as somebody who had pulled Germany out of the hyper inflation years and restored the rustic to a pair form of prosperity and order. i assume that lots of the electorate for that reason (if there have been a vote for this call) may well be American. in line with possibility the upward thrust of Hitler did no longer look as menacing to them being so a techniques away, than it did to maximum in Europe.
2016-10-20 12:10:54 · answer #3 · answered by graviett 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There were a lot of people in the US who admired Hitler and what he had achieved to turn Germany around after the depression.
The same people looked the other way when they learned of the atrocities he was committing, refusing to believe the truth.
At the same time "that was happening in Europe and was none of our business"
2007-03-26 11:08:39 · answer #4 · answered by Murray H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the German economic miracle, where they told the banks to stick it where the sun doesn't shine.
2014-12-17 06:35:58 · answer #5 · answered by Tony 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was chosen because he is very well known to almost everyone in the world. I can tell you know about him and I am sure many other do. No one ever said that it has to be positive.
2007-03-26 09:54:35 · answer #6 · answered by :) 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
'Man of the Year' just means you've made significant achievements or had a significant impact on the world. No one ever said it had to be positive.
2007-03-26 09:53:11 · answer #7 · answered by Cobalt 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋