As the head of the German consulate in the Pacific States of America, Reiss fancies himself the highest-ranking Nazi on the west coast. However, he often finds his authority undermined by the various other bureaucrats he works with, whether that is Kreuz vom Meere or Nobusuke Tagomi. As the novel progresses, Reiss seems to feel some measure of doubt about the Nazi project; he finds himself moved by the alternate world imagined in The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, for example, even though he quickly banishes those thoughts. At the same time, however, Reiss shares the Nazis’ profoundly racist view of the world, as is evident in his screeds against Africa and Africans.
Hugo Reiss Quotes in The Man in the High Castle
The The Man in the High Castle quotes below are all either spoken by Hugo Reiss or refer to Hugo Reiss. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8
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What upset him was this. The death of Adolf Hitler, the defeat and destruction of Hitler, the Partei, and Germany itself, as depicted in Abendsen’s book . . . it all was somehow grander, more in the old spirit than the actual world. The world of German hegemony.
How could that be? Reiss asked himself. Is it just this man’s writing ability?
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Hugo Reiss Quotes in The Man in the High Castle
The The Man in the High Castle quotes below are all either spoken by Hugo Reiss or refer to Hugo Reiss. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 8
Quotes
What upset him was this. The death of Adolf Hitler, the defeat and destruction of Hitler, the Partei, and Germany itself, as depicted in Abendsen’s book . . . it all was somehow grander, more in the old spirit than the actual world. The world of German hegemony.
How could that be? Reiss asked himself. Is it just this man’s writing ability?
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