Helmut was explaining to me the series of events that brought Hitler to power in the early 30's ....
Helmut was saying that Hitler had a very uniting message. At that time 7.5 million people were unemployed (a large % of the population). This was very attractive to the masses. He promised to put most of them back to work building the Autobahn (which he did). Unfortunately, he did so with the unexpressed intent of using that highway to make war on the rest of Europe.... which he also did.
Once completed, his true colors emerged and he went to work doing the diabolical deeds of the Third Reich and all that evil shit......
The MFr built one helluva road, though........ the bastard.
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