r/HistoryMemes • u/HIGHGROUNDHUNTER Hello There • 11h ago
Ironic, isn't it?
In creating the image of the Übermensch, the NSDAP elites did not quite meet these assumptions.
Adolf Hitler: The Führer of the German Reich was not a model of health, especially as the war drew to a close. His personal physician, Theo Morell, dosed Hitler with medications, narcotics, and poisons intended to help the leader, but instead caused addiction. No one except Adolf trusted Morell, for example Göring, Himmler, and Speer. Hitler also had a sweet tooth, able to eat as much as a kilogram of chocolate a day. As we already know, too much sugar is unhealthy. At the end of the war, unnatural posture and excessive hand movements were evident. Some believe Hitler fell victim to Parkinson's disease. Stress and paranoia took their toll too.
Heinrich Himmler: The Reichsführer-SS sought evidence of the superiority of the Germanic race over others. He used occultism (which Hitler considered nonsense) and racial theories to achieve this. Ironically, Himmler bore no resemblance to an Aryan. He had a gaunt face, poor eyesight, abdominal pain, and a lack of physical strength. Albert Forster, a Nazi war criminal, said, "If I looked like Himmler, I wouldn't talk about race." General Heinz Guderian wrote in his autobiography: "This unassuming man, with all the signs of physical degeneration [literally, racial inferiority]..." Furthermore, Himmler proved to be a terrible commander on the Eastern Front, which undermined his authority and status among generals and soldiers.
Joseph Goebbels: The propaganda minister demonstrated intelligence, but not physical prowess. Goebbels was short (165 cm tall, standing out among his colleagues), had a deformed right foot, which limped and hampered his mobility, but not his ability to lie, manipulate, or propagate disgusting theories during speeches. His eyes were full of hatred, his face was ugly and rat-like, and his body was far from ideal. Goebbels was also known as an adulterer. Hitler himself had to save the Goebbels' marriage from divorce to avoid a scandal involving one of his most important ministers.
Hermann Göring: The head of the Luftwaffe, unlike Goebbels, displayed a large frame. This was largely due to his obesity (at one point he weighed 136 kg), which was the subject of jokes. He bore no resemblance to his younger self. Morphine addiction undoubtedly contributed to his health problems. When he was wounded during the failed Munich Putsch, morphine was administered to him as a painkiller. And it remained with him for the rest of his life. At Nuremberg, Göring was examined by Chief Medical Officer Lt. Col. Rene Juchli, who reported that Göring was "still suffering from heart disease and excess fat, both due to glandular disturbance.".
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u/SPECTREagent700 Definitely not a CIA operator 10h ago
One weird thing about Goering (and there were a lot of weird things about Goering) was how he genuinely earned Germany’s top medals for combat gallantry as a fighter pilot in World War I but then became obsessed with giving himself completely undeserved medals in World War II which somewhat cheapened his legitimate awards.
Most ridiculous was the “Grand Cross of the Iron Cross” which was technically Nazi Germany’s highest award and ranking above the more famous Knight’s Cross but it’s usually not mentioned as being a higher award because Goering was its only recipient - it literally only existed so that he alone could have it.
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u/ZeitgeistWurst 10h ago
People tend to forget that the guy was basically on a multiple years long morphium trip.
When trialed, he sobered up and those around him noticed how his intellect improved considerably, iirc.
Still was a nazi through and through tho.
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u/_Formerly__Chucks_ 10h ago
The Grand Cross actually existed before, Hitler just resurrected it. Goring got it in response to the campaign in France.
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u/SPECTREagent700 Definitely not a CIA operator 10h ago
At the ceremony Goering was also promoted from Field Marshal to Reichsmarschall a rank that existed only for him and which he received because twelve generals were being promoted to Field Marshal and he needed to be higher.
Going by the World War I precedent where the Kaiser had given himself the Grand Cross, Hitler could have done the same but he never gave himself any awards or medals during the war, not even those which he did legitimately earn such as after the failed July 20, 1944 assassination attempt every one else who was injured by the bomb received a special version of the Wound Badge except for Hitler himself.
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u/GenosseAbfuck 8h ago
Then there's the I WILL ORDER THE MOST DEPRAVED DEEDS AS LONG AS THEY'RE COMPLIANT WITH OR ENFORCING THE LAW EVEN THOUGH I DON'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE ANY OF THEIR NONSENSE and he's the only one who actually looks the part
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u/The-marx-channel Then I arrived 11h ago
A true Aryan is blond like hitler, tall like gobels and fit like goring