top of page

Character Parallels.

Dogsborough → Paul von Hindenburg

​

 Arturo Ui → Adolf Hitler 


 Giri → Hermann Göring

​

Roma → Ernst Röhm


 Givola → Joseph Goebbels


 Dullfeet → Engelbert Dollfuss (assassinated Chancellor of Austria)


 Clark (of the Trust) → Franz von Papen

​

 Fish → Marinus van der Lubbe (Dutch Construction Worker convicted of burning down the Reichstag)


 Vegetable dealers → Petty bourgeoisie


 Gangsters → Fascists

 Chicago → Germany


 Cicero → Austria


 The Warehouse → the Reichstag

The Reichstag Fire - 

​

 Caulifower Trust → Prussian Junkers (subsidized German landowners)

bottom of page