Happy Birthday, Adolf Whaaat?

(NEWSER) - Adolf Hitler's frustrated father is blasting New Jersey officials for removing his children from his home only "because of their names," reports AP. Heath Campbell also charged that his 2-year-old daughter, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation, appeared sick and dirty when he was allowed to see her. Adolf Hitler, 3, and his two sisters were removed last month for reasons officials have refused to divulge. More»

(NEWSER) - Adolf Hitler's mom wants her son back home. The Jersey mother who saddled her three kids with Nazi-friendly names lost them to social services because of a neighbor's false claims of abuse, she tells the Express-Times. We "would never abuse our children," she said. "I want my children back." But that may prove to be complicated since police found the kids' grandma drunk in the car as the family headed to a hearing, reports MSNBC. More»

Austrian site had become shrine for neo-Nazis

(NEWSER) - Neo-Nazis have lost a familiar haunting ground: The tombstone identifying the burial site of Hitler's parents, Alois and Klara, has been removed from an Austrian cemetery, reports AP . The marker was taken away at the request of a relative, in part because it had become a shrine for extremists. And in a weird development, the relative is giving up her rights to be buried in the plot, making it available for someone else. More»

'Evil' metaphors landing candidate in hot water

(NEWSER) - Rick Santorum's evil metaphors are not playing well: While the Drudge Report berated Santorum for warning that Satan is after America's soul , Dana Milbank of the Washington Post is now skewering him for hinting that there's a Nazi in the White House. Santorum compared the 2012 election in a weekend speech to that time when Americans didn't act against Adolf Hitler because they thought he was a "nice guy." The "obvious implication—later denied by the candidate—was that Santorum is some modern-day Churchill and President Obama is der Fuhrer," writes Milbank. "It was outrageous and yet, for Santorum, routine." More»

Underground Nazi HQ is available for $139,000 a year

(NEWSER) - Looking for a secluded vacation spot? For $139,000 a year, you can rent the bunker complex used by Hitler during World War II, reports the Telegraph . Known as the Wolf's Lair, the 32-acre site was built in a Polish forest and became the central headquarters of the Nazi dictator from 1941 to 1944. Drawback: Germany forces destroyed much of it as they fled. More»