Comments on: Hitler's teeth and other gory regime-change artifacts

Hitler's teeth and other gory regime-change artifacts

jessamyn — Wed, 11 Dec 2002 18:38:34 -0800

How did they die, and why is it important? The Death of the Father is an exhibit tracing the deaths of some modern political villains [Stalin, Ceausescu, Tito, etc.] and exploring the political importance of death-as-closure in the ending of tyrannical regimes. A bit pomo at times, but you get to see Hitler's teeth! Just one of the many fascinating sites from the Cornell Institute for Digital Collections.

By: oissubke

oissubke — Wed, 11 Dec 2002 19:22:34 -0800

A bit pomo at times, but you get to see Hitler's teeth! But what about...Hitler's Moustache!?

By: dhoyt

dhoyt — Wed, 11 Dec 2002 20:00:22 -0800

Excellent, thanks Jessamyn.

By: RJ Reynolds

RJ Reynolds — Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:32:06 -0800

Gosh, but what about all those women dictators? Oh... right. This is a very odd little exhibition. I like it, but they run into trouble sometimes: "The Soviet habit of preserving fathers persists as Boris Yeltsin repeatedly rises from his sick bed to reassert his authority, appear at parties, and dance." Hmm.

By: couch

couch — Thu, 12 Dec 2002 02:06:14 -0800

Tito a political villain? OK he had a Stalinist period, which is never good, but on the whole, he could hardly be described as a villain.