Why you should care about how Hitler decorated his homes – A historian explains the link between interior design, fascism and Propaganda. | Washington Post
Adolf Hitler is a man who is, quite rightly, infamous for many things. Tasteful decorating choices are not one of them.
However, on Aug. 20, 1939 – just 12 days before the start of World War II – the New York Times magazine wrote a lengthy profile of the Nazi leader’s life at his mountain estate. The article noted that the Bavarian home, known as Berghof, was furnished with “unobtrusive elegance” – with “unstained sanded wainscoting” and a “patternless carpet of hand-woven rugs.”…
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