I have heard speculation that Adolph Hitler got a lot of his philosophy From Louis Ferdinand Celines novel “Journey to the End of the Night.” My questions are
- Is this true?
- What did Celine think about it if so?
- Why was Hilter reading underground french literature?
any info would be great
Piffle. Celine was an anti-semite, but his main purpose in writing anti-semitic literature was to keep France out the coming war (as if they had a choice). “Journey to the End of Night” was published in 1932, by which time Hitler had things pretty well figured out (so to speak).
There’s a book titled “Celine – Man of Hate” that has a preface by Jacob Javitz. I’ve never read it, but I always got a laugh out of the title, and wondering whether Jacob Javitz is a Celine expert…