Salvador Dalí on Adolf Hitler
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Some of the more unusual works of Salvador Dalí were The Enigma of Hitler[1] (1937), Metamorphosis of the Face of Hitler into a Moonlit Landscape[2] (1958) and Hitler Masturbating[3] (1973), depicting just that in the center of a desolate landscape.
The Enigma of Hitler
The 1937 painting The Enigma of Hitler contributed to Dalí's expulsion from the Surrealist movement. Since the early 1930s Hitler had fascinated Dalí, mainly because of the shape of his back. In 1934, he had to be stopped from painting a swastika armband on the figure of a wet nurse (the nurse is seen in this painting at the edge of the sea). The Surrealists saw Dalí's obsession with Hitler as evidence of his dubious moral and political beliefs, however, Dalí had long stated that he was apolitical, viewing wars and dictators alike as inevitable parts of human nature. His most often-quoted phrase on Hitler is "Hitler turned me on in the highest", noted in The Unspeakable Confessions of Salvador Dalí.
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