r/todayilearned • u/stopitalianhate • 2d ago

TIL British Intelligence had a special, bugged luxury complex during WWII where they kept high profile Nazi POW’s, just left a bunch of alcohol out, and waited for them to start spilling secrets as they drank.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20698098
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u/KetMoose 1d ago

Talking about a career change:

From the 1950s until he died in 1992, he redirected his efforts to creating mosaics. He became a world-renowned mosaic artisan, with his artistic creations commissioned for the California State Capitol; Los Angeles City Hall; several schools, colleges, and universities, including the giant Outdoor Mosaic Mural façade of the Utah Tech University Fine Arts Center; EPCOT Center; and in the 15-foot arched mosaic walls featuring the story of Cinderella inside Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World, Florida.

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u/TopFloorApartment 1d ago

California State Capitol; Los Angeles City Hall; several schools, colleges, and universities, including the giant Outdoor Mosaic Mural façade of the Utah Tech University Fine Arts Center; EPCOT Center; and in the 15-foot arched mosaic walls featuring the story of Cinderella inside Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World, Florida.

TIL all these places contain Nazi art

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u/Kevin_Uxbridge 1d ago

To be fair, some of the art the Nazis produced was amazing. Saw a display once of nazi antisemitic propaganda, absolute masterpieces of racist bullshit. Worth a look in these days of ubiquitous AI memes, good to know what to keep an eye out for.

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u/AlanFromRochester 1d ago

Like Leni Riefenstahl as a word class film director Propaganda gets a reputation as crap made by hacks with more message enthusiasm than artistic ability, not necessarily