Bekenntnis eines teutschen Übermenschen (Creed of a Teutonic superman)

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The concept of the Superman – an extraordinary individual who transcends the limits of traditional morality to live purely by the will to power – comes from the 1883 book Thus Spoke Zarathustra by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). German poet and novelist Rudolf Georg Binding (1867-1938) wrote texts defending the Third Reich against foreign critics. Romain Rolland (1866-1944) was a French writer who denounced the Nazis in a publicized letter written May 14, 1933. It is not known whether the paragraph attributed here to Binding is an actual text of his or a satirical invention by Heartfield.

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