Just how much of a Nazi was Philip Johnson?

[Mark Kohut]

The fall of another Crystal Palace.

On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 2:58 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've been to see the New Canaan house, so I knew of him, his name,
> that he was a top flight architect, but I'd NO IDEA about this aspect
> of his life.
>
> I did, however, know that he was gay. I guess that was more shocking
> and worthy of mentioning than him being a Nazi somehow.
>
> Jerky
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 2:50 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 12:26 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> What... wait... the architect?!
> >> On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 11:41 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> https://archpaper.com/2018/11/mark-lamster-philip-johnson-man-glass-house/
> >> >
> >> > Quotes from The Man in the Glass House, released today, author Mark
> >> > Lamster, that provide insight into Philip Johnson's Nazi past:
> >> >
> >> > “The Nazis were ‘Daylight into the ever-darkening atmosphere of
> >> > contemporary America.’” Philip Johnson, pg. 165
> >> >
> >> > “Submission to an artistic dictator is better than an anarchy of
> selfish
> >> > personal opinion.” PJ, pg. 93
> >> >
> >> > “When interviewed in 1942, Johnson’s former secretary Ruth Merrill
> told the
> >> > FBI that Johnson believed ‘the fate of the country’ rested on his
> >> > shoulders, and that he wanted to be the ‘Hitler’ in the United
> States.”
> >> >  ML, pg. 139
> >> >
> >> > David Morris
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