Joseph Goebbels referenced Nietzsche in speeches, and professor Ernst Bertram characterized him as a “‘legend of a man’” who pursued “‘the Holy Grail of spiritual salvation.’” Language such as this, that depicts Nietzsche as a safeguard of German culture, begins to show hints of his influence on National Socialist conceptions of masculinity. This was also shown when Alfred Rosenberg, the Minister of Culture, gave a talk in October 1944 at the Nietzsche Archives and stated the
Joseph Goebbels referenced Nietzsche in speeches, and professor Ernst Bertram characterized him as a “‘legend of a man’” who pursued “‘the Holy Grail of spiritual salvation.’” Language such as this, that depicts Nietzsche as a safeguard of German culture, begins to show hints of his influence on National Socialist conceptions of masculinity. This was also shown when Alfred Rosenberg, the Minister of Culture, gave a talk in October 1944 at the Nietzsche Archives and stated the