Who Invented Blow-Up Dolls, and How It Is All Inextricably Linked to Hitler and Barbie
The story of how blow-up dolls came to be is a fascinating one. It is a story of cotton, straw, and rubber, a story of loneliness, pent-up sexual frustration, and unrequited incestual desires. It is also, perhaps, the only story that links 17th-century European sailors, Austrian bohemians, the Nazi Party—and Barbie!