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I don;t know about the "supernatural" legs they give the Nazi movement and some of it's experiments (although it's been exploited in comics and video games), but there is something eerie about the whole Nazi party, the progression and it's iconography such as the Swastika, Iron Cross, and such forth.
It originally formed in such a way that it could garner support and appear as a hero of the people before abusing it's power and going about it's "real" agenda. Originally the Nazi party stood for positive values, strength, solidarity and unity - and hard work, it was a study in the ultimate patriotism and faith in state (no you dont have to be American to be patriotic).
Gone unchecked, the Nazi party gained enough momentum to no longer need the approvol which once gave it legs. Strangly enough, it would appear to be "possessed" by evil at the rate in which it seemingly seperated it's appearence from anything even remotely human or just.
It's a great study, especially as a designer/artist to have a look at old Nazi era artwork.
Heres a link
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/c…
At the time, many of Germany's artists were passionate about how they portrayed the movement. The artist himself was enlisted in the army, his weapon, communication of pride / country and hatred of the enemy or the non Arian (Jews in particular).
But you also have to understand how blind these people were at the time. To them this was doing the right thing. Dragging a Jew through the mud, or glorifing the Arian plight for superiority can be seen in similar fasion to how Muslims and are represented in a poor manner in American popular art/culture.
I'm pretty sure this thread was meant to poke fun at the fact (and Hitler hanging out with dino's in the underground is a bit farfetched). But the somewhat mystical possession or spiritual hijacking of a country and a people was real, and very scary - it literally turned a nation into a weapon and turned it against the world and itself. It's important to be aware of this possibility and not to let it happen again.