There were a lot of connected ideas around across the world in the thirties, some of which we now look back on and think were good, some we think of as cranky and some of which are terrifying. They crossed national boundaries: it is sometimes unnerving to see how ideas which are clearly now seen as linked to Hitler, or Stalin, had adherents close to home. Hitler would not have got into power if he had put himself forward as a raving madman bent on destruction. He put himself forward as a caring leader, father to his people, and a concern for the health of his people would have been part of it. It needed to be based in something factual to be effective. There was an article in the magazine "HIstory Now" about some of the techniques he used to assume power.

Scarey stuff.

Penny