Uniting Europe After WWII
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Did Hitler's Book Kaleiagie Give Metraction?
Kooten Hukalege was out selling Hitler up till 1930. He's quite contrary to the Nazi position of having a racial state. The mixing of races was a positive thing in his eyes, not a negative thing. His book came out about a fortnight before the beer hall putch. Did it give me traction? Yes, plenty of traction. How's that for coincidence of events? Hitler fails the beer hallPutch. A fortnight after KootenHukalege has a colossal publishing success in Vienna. It sells 25,000 copies before the end of the year and 5000 the following year. And it outsells Hitler between 23, 24, I think, 25
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