Hadn’t Heard A Peep In The Media About This, Have You?

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Heartlander · 80-89, M

I'm reminded that Time's 1938 person of the year was Adolph Hitler.

Was it because Time was hustling Adolph in hope of becoming the official propaganda agent for the German Nazi Party?

dancingtongue · 80-89, M

@Heartlander Let's see: that year Hitler annexed Austria, essentially had his dictatorship ratified by the last Parliamentary elections to be held under him, initiated the pogroms against Jews, and fleeced Czechoslovakia out of Neville Chamberlain. And the runner-up's impact on world news was. . . .

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@dancingtongue Yep, also Kristallnacht, and just a few months before the SS St Louis sailed from Hamburg to Cuba and the US, where Roosevelt turned it away.

Apparently not many champions of freedom around in 1938 to pick from, so they went for the devil.

dancingtongue · 80-89, M

@Heartlander Unfortunately, true. But then Person of the Year shouldn't be mistaken for the Nobel Peace Prize -- it goes to the person most impacting the news for the year (bad or good), not the desired outcome.

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@dancingtongue Good point. In Greta's case it looks more like an attempt by the tail to wag a dog :)