More on Arnold’s fascination with…

More on Arnold’s fascination with Nazism


Exclusive from the NY Times,



Mr. Butler wrote in his book proposal that in the 1970’s, he considered Mr. Schwarzenegger a “flagrant, outspoken admirer of Hitler.”


In the proposal, Mr. Butler also said he had seen Mr. Schwarzenegger playing “Nazi marching songs from long-playing records in his collection at home” and said that the actor “frequently clicked his heels and pretended to be an S.S. officer.”


A Jewish friend of Eastern European ancestry told me the following quite possibly tasteless, certainly not true in all cases but definitely seems to apply here, joke


Q. What’s the difference between a German and an Austrian?


A. A German used to be a Nazi, an Austrian still is.