What an ignorant article. Beethoven was a famous “little d” democrat at a time of kings and emperors and aristocrats. He was a champion of personal liberty and immediately and violently turned against the dictator Napoleon as soon as Boneparte had himself declared emperor. The Allies adopted the opening of Beethoven’s 5th as their symbol. Unlike this ignoramus, they understood that Beethoven was a champion of freedom - not tyranny.
There is nothing Nazi-like in Beethoven. I am tired of anti-western “thinkers” who see a proto-Nazi in every great German from the past.