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Tolkien Responds to Questions of Race from Nazi Germany

by michaeld | Oct 1, 2012 | Uncategorized

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien wrote The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. In 1938, Tolkien was planning to release The Hobbit in Germany. The publishers first wanted to discern if he was of Aryan descent. This was his response. “if I am to...

Tolkien Responds to Questions of Race from Nazi Germany

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