It was Schacht, the facade of starched respectability, who in the early days provided the window dressing, the bait for the hesitant, and whose wizardry later made it possible for Hitler to finance the colossal rearmament program and to do it secretly.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Schacht provided respectability and financial wizardry to help Hitler rearm secretly.
- In plain terms
- He gave Hitler financial power and respectability for rearmament.
- What can you take from it?
- Technical skills can enable harmful political goals.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who enables power?
- Is technical work neutral?
Another view
The facade of respectability might have been more complex.
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