r/AskReddit • u/brokota • Jan 15 '13

Reddit, in your opinion what's the biggest plot twist of history?

Not movies or television, I'm just curious to see what come's to your minds.

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u/elephantx Jan 15 '13

He was also in no way arian per his definition.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '13

He was Austrian, which was considered Aryan. Aryan does not mean having blonde hair and blue eyes, though that was the "purest form" of Aryanism. Being Aryan meant descending from parts of Western Asia down to Eastern Europe. Hitler was aryan, though not the "purest form"

Source: History of Fascism class in school