The traumas of his treatment on the parallel bars at the hands of Herr Haggenmüller at the Wilhelm Gymnasium must have approached very close to the surface of his mind as he lectured his people. Perhaps it is not surprising that he had to bolster his ego with suggestions that he had fought at the front and there learned to ‘booze and smoke’. Just as his features were far from the Nordic ideal, his body was not designed for sport. There are photographs and cine films of him in running shorts and vest, or a bare top revealing heavy breasts, thick middle, large backside, very short arms and
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