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EPISODE · May 30, 2025 · 7 MIN

What if Hitler Got into Art School? | What if? Series

from Fine Print: A History and Current Affairs Podcast · host Shreya Deo

In this episode of Fine Print, we dive into one of history’s most prominent "what ifs": what if young Adolf Hitler had been accepted into the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna? Would World War II have happened? Could millions of lives have been saved by a paintbrush? Join us as we explore how a single admissions letter might have rewritten the 20th century — and the fine line between ambition, rejection, and devastation.

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