
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit creator JRR Tolkien
Evil Genius with Russell Kane
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What's So Special About Tolkien?
In 1938, a Berlin publisher was interested in publishing a German edition of The Hobbit. They wanted to check Tolkien was definitely Aryan and definitely not Jewish. He responded by saying: 'I regret that I am not clear as to what you intend by Arish' This is one of the best things we've ever discovered on evil genius. Not a legend but an anti-Nazi who had a burning grudge against Hitler.
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