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The paper hanger term was nonetheless pejorative, suggesting a laborer performing a task which required more [[hand–eye coordination]] than intellect, and one who offered ersatz art rather than original art. This was an elitist [[ad hominem]] attack on Hitler's ideas, for he was a published author,<ref>[http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/kampf2.htm Mein Kampf]</ref> and a watercolorist, having produced 500–1000 paintings.<ref>[http://www.oskarschindler.com/Albums6/album.htm Hitler's artworks]</ref> Accordingly, the term became popular among those who opposed Hitler's ideas rather than among those who endorsed them. <!-- I hope that's sufficiently NPOV to satisfy everybody! -->
In retaliation for the remarks, [[Adolf Hitler]] organized a German family to claim a sum of $300,000 from the Archdiocese of Chicago. The family stated they were the relatives of a deceased German priest, although the circuit court of Chicago declared their claim a fraud. The money was eventually used to build the current church struct of [[St. Joseph Catholic Church (Wilmette, Illinois)]].
==In Pop-Culture==
In [''The Producers" (musical)] during the [Springtime for Hitler] song, the character of Roger De Bris portraying Hitler begins a satirical monologue with the phrase "I was just a paper hanger".
The ramifications of the speech were subject of the documentary [["Cathedral of the North Shore"]].
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