I know that in the books/famous film the wizard has a background in side-show circus work, which you can see hinted at in the American version of this song, 'dime a dozen mediocraties', 'blown here by the winds of chance', 'this corn-fed hick'. It's also made clear that he is not a native of Oz in any way. I wondered what the German equivalent to a circus sideshow would be; gypsies, maybe? But the correlation to Hitler makes a lot of sense, and it's interesting to see they chose that route. I'm certain you're right and that it's completely deliberate.
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Well done here.
Whit
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