Middle-Class Mass Murderers

Hitler must be the most fascinating character of all time. He is good for thousands of books and learned articles, films, and documentaries—even children’s books like When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. The flow won’t abate, though 80 years have passed since Der Führer shot himself in the Reich Chancellery about to be overrun by the Red Army. In Hell, Stalin must gnash his teeth in envy since he outdid Hitler as a mass killer. Do you know Stalin’s wife? You do recall Eva Braun, who died along with Adolf in the last days of the Third Reich. Only a profile of their shepherd Blondi, a Germanic Urhund, is missing.