Eva Braun, a.k.a. Hitler’s Girlfriend, donned blackface and drag in this recently released 1937 photograph. Racism, on top of xenophobia? Or is this a much more fascinating tribute to the 1927 Al Jolson movie “The Jazz Singer,” which was about, among other things, maintaining Jewish tradition. Hmmmm.
Hey, History…hey.
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David Dang says:
Mar 12, 2011
photoshop! jk