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  • August 2008

    • Is Germany Ready for Mein Kampf ?

      Time  |  Aug 17, 08 10:30 AM CDT

      Is Germany Ready for Mein Kampf ?

      (Newser) - Adolf Hitler's banned hate-filled manifesto Mein Kampf should be returned to the nation's bookstores, some Germans argue. A critical edition—annotated to put the tome "into context"—would demystify it and shed light on the author's mad ramblings, they say. The push comes as the book's copyright nears expiration, raising worries that new reprints could be misused by far-right extremists, reports Time . More »

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      Germany  • book  • Holocaust  • Adolf Hitler

  • July 2008

    • Wax Hitler Loses Its Head

      AFP  |  Jul 5, 08 9:01 AM CDT

      Wax Hitler Loses Its Head

      (Newser) - A wax model of Adolf Hitler at a new Madame Tussauds in Germany was decapitated by a Berlin man soon after the museum opened today, AFP reports. The man, who was arrested, “wanted to protest against Hitler's figure being on show,” police said. The model had sparked controversy, but the director of the German history exhibit said it wouldn’t make sense to leave the dictator out, reports the BBC. More »

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      Germany  • Berlin  • Adolf Hitler

  • May 2008

    • McCain Severs Ties to Pastor Over Holocaust Blast

      CNN  |  May 22, 08 4:30 PM CDT

      McCain Severs Ties to Pastor Over Holocaust Blast

      (Newser) - John McCain and John Hagee dissolved their union in tit-for-tat fashion today—one day after an offensive sermon about Hitler came to light. Hagee claimed God sent Hitler to perpetrate the Holocaust, because it was a “top priority for the Jewish people … to get them to come back to” Israel. McCain called the remarks “indefensible” as he “rejected” the controversial endorsement. More »

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      John McCain  • Holocaust  • Adolf Hitler  • John Hagee

    • Skinheads Dupe German Mail, Make Stamp of Nazi Hero

      Der Spiegel  |  May 21, 08 5:51 PM CDT

      Skinheads Dupe German Mail, Make Stamp of Nazi Hero

      (Newser) - Neo-Nazis in Germany pulled a fast one on the national postal service by tricking the agency into making stamps featuring one of Hitler’s senior deputies, der Spiegel reports. The skinheads used a Deutsche Post service that allows people to upload images for custom stamps online to create about 20 with images of Rudolph Hess. "The Hess stamp is out there," gloated one magazine. Deutsche Post says it's reviewing its policies. More »

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      Germany  • Nazi  • Adolf Hitler  • Neo-Nazi  • mail  • stamps  • Deutsche Post

    • Politicians, Give Hitler a Rest

      Slate  |  May 20, 08 1:16 PM CDT

      Politicians, Give Hitler a Rest

      (Newser) - Politicians just can’t stop invoking Hitler to make their points, complains Anne Applebaum on Slate. President Bush did it last week, saying negotiating with “terrorists and radicals” was tantamount to 1930s Nazi appeasement. It was a ridiculous statement, “giving tactical choices a phony moral grounding.” But that’s par for the course for such analogies, which never fail to cheapen debate. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Nazi  • Adolf Hitler  • appeasement

    • Hitler Donnybrook Rocks Hardball

      Huffington Post  |  May 16, 08 6:54 AM CDT

      Hitler Donnybrook Rocks Hardball

      (Newser) - There's been an outcry from the Dems over President Bush's "appeasement" comments but the shouting was loudest on last night's Hardball , the Huffington Post reports. Radio host Kevin James sang the praises of Bush's remarks comparing Barack Obama's planned outreach to Iran to Nazi appeasement. But after being asked repeatedly by host Chris Matthews, James couldn't come up with exactly what that moment in Hitler history involved. More »

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      Adolf Hitler  • talk show  • appeasement  • Chris Matthews  • Hardball

    • Chavez Ties Merkel to Hitler

      Reuters  |  May 12, 08 10:26 AM CDT

      Chavez Ties Merkel to Hitler

      (Newser) - Hugo Chavez fired back at Angela Merkel after the German leader suggested Latin American countries should be wary of ties to Venezuela. "She is from the German right," he said yesterday, "the same that supported Hitler, that supported fascism, that's the Chancellor of Germany." More »

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      Germany  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • Angela Merkel  • Latin America  • Adolf Hitler

    • Would-Be Hitler Killer Dead at 90

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  May 3, 08 6:29 PM CDT

      Would-Be Hitler Killer Dead at 90

      (Newser) - The last surviving member of a cabal that twice tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler died this week at age 90, the Telegraph reports. Nearly all of Phillip Von Boeselager’s co-conspirators were executed after a 1944 attempt to plant a bomb under the table at Hitler’s East Prussian headquarters, but von Boeselager escaped and Hitler sustained only minor injuries in the blast. More »

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      obituary  • World War II  • Adolf Hitler  • assassin

  • April 2008

    • Hitler Gets Dolled Up in Ukraine

      BBC  |  Apr 24, 08 3:58 AM CDT

      Hitler Gets Dolled Up in Ukraine

      (Newser) - Adolf Hitler dolls—with arms that move to make the infamous "sieg heil" salute—will soon be on sale in the Ukraine, the BBC reports. The Barbie-sized figure, which even comes with a change of outfits, is certain to spark an outcry in the country where the Nazis killed 3 million people and positive depictions of the Nazi regime are banned. Government critics blame its policies for a chilling rise in neo-Nazism. More »

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      Nazi  • Ukraine  • Adolf Hitler  • Neo-Nazi

  • March 2008

    • Formula One Chief Caught in 'Nazi' Orgy

      Times (UK)  |  Mar 31, 08 6:11 AM CDT

      Formula One Chief Caught in 'Nazi' Orgy

      (Newser) - Formula One leader Max Mosely is being pressured to quit his post after a newspaper obtained video of the 67-year-old Brit in a Nazi-themed sex orgy with five prostitutes. The Oxford-educated multi-millionaire, whose father was a friend of Adolf Hitler, spoke German as he beat hookers dressed as concentration camp prisoners and let a uniformed dominatrix interrogate him, reports the Times of London. More »

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      Nazi  • Adolf Hitler  • prostitute  • concentration camp  • Formula One  • sado-masochism  • Max Mosley  • FIA  • Oswald Mosley  • orgy

    • Beloved Brit Painting Once Owned by Hitler

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 28, 08 11:17 AM CDT

      Beloved Brit Painting Once Owned by Hitler

      (Newser) - A nude painting of Venus on display in London's National Gallery for 45 years—one of the gallery's most popular works—turns out to have been once owned by Adolf Hitler. The whimsical Cupid Complaining to Venus, by German master Lucas Cranach, was given to Hitler by a prominent Nazi and hung in his apartment in Munich, the Guardian reports. More »

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      London  • art  • Adolf Hitler  • National Archives  • National Gallery

    • Germany Torn Over Reviving Iron Cross

      Independent (UK)  |  Mar 7, 08 3:40 PM CST

      Germany Torn Over Reviving Iron Cross

      (Newser) - German officials are debating whether to bring back the Iron Cross, a military insignia closely associated with the Nazi era, the Independent reports. Some 5,000 Germans signed a petition last year calling for the reintroduction of the decoration for "outstanding bravery," which was eliminated in 1945. Others say it’s too mired in bad memories to be appropriate. More »

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      Germany  • Nazi  • World War II  • Adolf Hitler

    • Brits Used Astrologer Against Hitler

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 4, 08 9:10 AM CST

      Brits Used Astrologer Against Hitler

      (Newser) - Some British strategists saw the outcome of World War II written in the stars, according to newly declassified documents that reveal the role of an astrologer in predicting Adolf Hilter's moves. An intelligence agency employed a colorful character who claimed to be able to use astrological readings to, as one supporter put it, tell "when his aspects are bad," the Guardian reports. More »

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      Germany  • England  • World War II  • Adolf Hitler  • espionage  • MI5  • Astrology

  • February 2008

    • Will Smith Wins Libel Suit Over Hitler Slur

      E! Online  |  Feb 22, 08 4:25 PM CST

      Will Smith Wins Libel Suit Over Hitler Slur

      (Newser) - A London news agency must pay undisclosed damages and apologize to Will Smith for publishing a story that erroneously quoted the actor as saying Adolf Hitler was a “good person.” E! Online reports that the World Entertainment News Network picked up and greatly distorted quotes from Smith’s interview with Scotland’s Daily Record to create its gossip piece, which received worldwide media attention. More »

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      Nazi  • Adolf Hitler  • tabloids  • Will Smith  • libel

    • Turks Find Hitler's 'Lost Fleet'

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 4, 08 2:25 PM CST

      Turks Find Hitler's 'Lost Fleet'

      (Newser) - Three World War II U-boats, known as "Hitler's lost fleet," have been discovered off the Turkish coast, the Telegraph reports. A Turkish team combined archival research with sailor interviews and sonar technology to find the wreckage, part of the six-boat fleet that dogged Russian ships in the Black Sea under notorious commander "Silent Otto" Kretschmer. More »

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      Germany  • Nazi  • history  • World War II  • Adolf Hitler  • discovery  • sailor  • submarine  • Black Sea  • sonar  • Romania

  • December 2007

    • Smith Too Jiggy With Hitler, Say Irate Jews

      TMZ  |  Dec 25, 07 8:39 AM CST

      Smith Too Jiggy With Hitler, Say Irate Jews

      (Newser) - Will Smith finds himself in some hot water with the Jewish Defense League after telling a Scottish newspaper that Hitler didn't mean to do evil, but rather, using "a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was 'good.'"  The JDL denounced Smith's remark as "ignorant, detestable, and offensive," while the not-so-Fresh Prince quickly backtracked on the "ludicrous misinterpretation," TMZ reports. More »

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      Nazi  • Adolf Hitler  • Will Smith

    • Nazi Architect's Son Has His Own Designs

      Der Spiegel  |  Dec 22, 07 6:14 AM CST

      Nazi Architect's Son Has His Own Designs

      (Newser) - It’s hard to make a name for yourself when you share a name with your father, harder when the father was a famous Nazi architect and friend of Hitler. Urban planner Albert Speer constantly battles the association, keeping a low profile, and, though he has made his mark worldwide, avoiding Berlin. Now, he has his sights on bringing the 2018 Winter Olympics to Munich. More »

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      Germany  • Olympic Games  • Nazi  • architecture  • Adolf Hitler  • urban revitalization  • Munich

    • Man's Best Friend Just Following Orders

      Der Spiegel  |  Dec 19, 07 4:43 PM CST

      Man's Best Friend Just Following Orders

      (Newser) - A healthy, friendly, affectionate and evidently obedient Alsatian is looking for a good home. Taught by his master to affect a Nazi salute on command, Adolf—that's right—is in a Berlin animal shelter. His owner is in jail after showing the trick to police in a country where all Nazi symbols, slogans and gestures are illegal. More »

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      Germany  • accident  • Nazi  • Adolf Hitler

  • October 2007

    • Globe Owned by Hitler to Be Auctioned

      Independent (UK)  |  Oct 21, 07 2:49 PM CDT

      Globe Owned by Hitler to Be Auctioned

      (Newser) - A globe belonging to Adolf Hitler and marked with possible remnants of strategic planning is going up for auction, the Independent reports. A US officer found it in Hitler's Bavarian retreat, known as Eagle's Nest. Although there had already been extensive looting, the soldier saw it sitting on a desk and shipped it home to California. It's been in his basement ever since. More »

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      Adolf Hitler

  • September 2007

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