Talk:Paul Otto Schmidt

And I think this is the last remaining historical character from Hitler's War. The photo is about the only one I could find of this guy looking at the camera in the historical Munich Conference. In the book HT makes a point about how much more intimidating do Hitler's and Mussolini's henchmen look by wearing military-looking uniforms although he doesn't refer to Schmidt in particular wearing one, so I've opted for this one where he wears a civilian suit as in the historical conference. Still, you can see Turtledove's point by comparing the image to this one of Schmidt's translating between Hitler and Pétain some few years later. Suddenly, that little amicable plump man looks like some nightmarish guy you wouldn't want to have trouble with.

Wikipedia doesn't say he ever held any military rank during WW2 so there's a chance that it is just there for the show. WastedTime 13:39, July 25, 2011 (UTC)