>>455870I disagree, actually. They often gave the impression of being very typical nouveau riche - suddenly in possession of whatever they wanted, with no real grounding in class or taste. You see it in the art collections various officers amass - there's no logic to any of it, it's just whatever they can get their hands on. Whilst there is something enticing about the overall Nazi aesthetic (Albert Speer's architecture), Nazis themselves tended to be ostentatious, with gaudy taste.