SCOTS UNI PROF ON HITLER AS FAILED PAINTER ART OF DARKNESS
Daily Record|March 19, 2024
Nazi blamed Jews for struggle to sell work as young man
SALLY HIND
SCOTS UNI PROF ON HITLER AS FAILED PAINTER ART OF DARKNESS

A SCOTS historian has uncovered the hidden truth behind Hitler's time as a failed artist.

Professor Thomas Weber, of the University of Aberdeen, has revealed testimony which sheds new light on the psyche of the Nazi leader as he blamed Jewish people for his struggle selling artwork in Munich.

He met Michelle McKane, great granddaughter of Josef and Anna Popp from whom Hitler rented a room above their Munich tailor shop in 1913.

She shared conversations Hitler had with them to ensure family testimony survives.

This story is from the March 19, 2024 edition of Daily Record.

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