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NEWS ABOUT: Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler stories: 66 news summaries

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 Hitler's Last Aide Dies 

Fritz Darges still thought Fuhrer 'greatest man who ever lived'

Oct 30, 09 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The last surviving member of Adolf Hitler's inner circle died this week, at 96, and historians hope his soon-to-be released memoirs will silence once and for all claims from revisionists that Hitler wasn't aware of the Holocaust. Fritz Darges was present at most of Hitler's conferences until 1944, when he... More »

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Holocaust • Adolf Hitler • Nazi • World War II • memoir • Nazi Germany

 GOP Takes Down 
 Tweet Linking 
 Pelosi, Hitler 

Link to doctored video from NRCC 'an error,' pulled after DCCC outrage

Oct 14, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turns out linking a genocidal dictator with the speaker of the House might be a little over the top, as the National Republican Congressional Committee found itself today taking down a tweet with a link to a video comparing Nancy Pelosi to Adolf Hitler. A broadside from the Democratic Congressional... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • social networking • House of Representatives • Adolf Hitler • John Boehner • NRCC • DCCC • National Republican Congressional Committee • Twitter • Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee • tweet • socialized medicine • Nazi Germany

 Hilter Used 
 Jews' Gold 
 Fillings in 
 His Mouth 

Dentist had 11 pounds of gold for senior Nazi officials

Oct 9, 09 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Adolf Hitler's dentist placed  ten fillings in the führer's mouth in 1944, most likely made from gold fillings removed from Jews at concentration camps, according to a new book. Hitler's dentist had 11 pounds of gold from concentration camp fillings at his disposal to treat senior Nazi officials, according... More »

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Jews • Adolf Hitler • dentistry • Nazis • concentration camps

 Manga Mein Kampf  
 Sweeps Japan 

Comic adaptation brings Hitler's manifesto to Japanese audience

Oct 1, 09 2:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A cartoon version of Hitler's Nazi manifesto and early autobiography has been a hit in Japan since its launch late last year. The manga-style Mein Kampf is the biggest seller in the publisher's "learn with manga" series of adaptations of historical classics and political tracts. It has sold 45,... More »

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Japan • Adolf Hitler • publishing • Nazi • Mein Kampf • comic books • manga

 Skull Not 
 Hitler's; 
 Suicide 
 in Doubt 

Bullet-pierced skull fragment belongs to woman under 40, say scientists

Sep 28, 09 2:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - A portion of bullet-pierced skull believed to be Adolf Hitler's is actually from the head of a woman under 40, throwing into question how the Nazi dictator died, American scientists have revealed. The skull portion, seized by Russians after soldiers stormed Hitler's bunker, has the DNA, bone thickness and fusion... More »

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suicide • Adolf Hitler • skull • World War II • bunker buster • Eva Braun

 Jacko Tape: Hitler Was 
 a Great Showman 



Singer told rabbi friend that he could have helped turn Hitler away from evil

Sep 25, 09 7:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson knew the power to move crowds when he saw it. "Hitler was a genius orator," the star told his rabbi buddy Shmuley Boteach in the course of many hours of taped conversations obtained by the Sun. "To make that many people turn and change... More »

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Adolf Hitler • singer • Michael Jackson

 Jewish Engineer Designed 
 Beetle: Historian 

Hitler ordered Porsche to replicated Josef Ganz's prototype

Sep 14, 09 5:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Adolf Hitler took the original design for the Volkswagen Beetle from the brainchild of a Jewish engineer, the Jerusalem Post reports. Historian Paul Schilperoord claims in his forthcoming book The True History of the Beetle that a prototype Josef Ganz designed in the late '20s had many of the Beetle’... More »

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Germany • Jews • Switzerland • Adolf Hitler • Nazi • World War II • Volkswagen • beetle • Josef Ganz • Ferdinand Porsche

AIDS Charities Blast
Hitler Sex Ad

Racy commercial stigmatizes those infected with virus, critics say

Sep 5, 09 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - A racy ad showing Adolf Hitler having unprotected sex is designed to scare young people about AIDS, but charities say the spot vilifies victims of the disease, the Telegraph reports. The explicit commercial, which shows a couple undressing and having intercourse, takes a creepy twist when the camera pans up... More »

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AIDS • Germany • HIV • Adolf Hitler • virus • unprotected sex

 Beck's Latest Rant: 
 Obama Like 
 Hussein, 
 Hitler 

Host isn't suggesting Americorps plan makes him a fascist, but...

Aug 28, 09 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck may have reached a new low last night when he implied President Obama’s plans to use AmeriCorps make him the equivalent of a fascist dictator, Gawker reports. One guest, Vets for Freedom vice chairman David Bellavia, fanned the flames by saying, “I’m not comparing my... More »

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Saddam Hussein • television • Barack Obama • Adolf Hitler • Fox News • Glenn Beck • right wingers • right-wing media • Obama administration • President Obama • AmeriCorps • David Bellavia • Vets for Freedom

OPINION

If He's a Fascist, Then You're
a Moron

Let's not belittle
the actual victims
of fascism: McArdle

Aug 27, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Every few months, some hyped-up protester decides someone they don’t like is a fascist. It’s “beyond moronic,” writes Megan McArdle of the Atlantic, whether you’re talking about George W. Bush or Barack Obama. “The Bush administration did many bad things. But to call... More »

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Barack Obama • Adolf Hitler • town hall meeting • George W. Bush • protesters • Fascism

(Newser) - In the latest health care-related video to go viral, a woman at a Las Vegas town hall on health care shouted “Heil Hitler!” at an Israeli man as he spoke to a local TV station about Israel’s “fantastic” national health care program, ThinkProgress reports. “Did... More »

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health care • Israel • Las Vegas • Adolf Hitler • health care reform • town hall meeting • Jewish • Israelis • Pamela Pilger

Righty Pundits Cooked Up 'Death Panels'

False rumor tracks back months, to same old conservative voices

Aug 14, 09 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The stubborn false rumor that President Obama is planning to encourage euthanasia, or ration health care through “death panels,” may sound like the stuff of anonymous e-mail campaigns, but it actually came from comparatively mainstream conservative media outlets, the New York Times reports. The first whispers came... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • euthanasia • Adolf Hitler • Glenn Beck • health care reform • Obama administration • President Obama • conservative media • Betsy McCaughey

(Newser) - Those convinced that health care reform is just a step away from invading Poland may enjoy a new website devoted to certain undeniable comparisons between Adolf Hitler and one Barack Obama, reports Gawker. Obama Is Literally Hitler shows how encouraging greener cars, holding giant political rallies, and holding beer summits... More »

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Barack Obama • Adolf Hitler • humor • Third Reich • Nazism

(Newser) - Hitler's autobiography-manifesto Mein Kampf has been strictly banned in Germany since the end of World War II, but a proposal to reprint it has the endorsement of the country's leading Jewish organization, among other groups, reports the Independent. "A historically critical edition needs to be prepared today to prevent... More »

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Germany • Jews • Germans • Adolf Hitler • Nazi • Third Reich • ban • Mein Kampf

 Roseanne 
 Poses as 
 Hitler: Cue 
 Controversy 

Publisher defends magazine's choice

Jul 31, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Roseanne Barr, always good for a controversy, recently dressed up as a “Nazi domestic goddess” for Jewish magazine Heeb, causing quite a flap. “Yes, the story of this infamous satirist/Jewish grandmother pulling a tray of burnt ‘Jew cookies’ out of an oven has been making its... More »

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entertainment • Holocaust • Roseanne Barr • Adolf Hitler • magazine • celebrity • Nazi • Jewish • controversy

book excerpt

 Hitler Sent Troops 
 to Russia's Frozen Hell 

Unprepared troops suffered 'horrific' consequences

Jul 26, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Adolf Hitler sent his troops to invade Russia, he gave little thought to their warmth—leaving them in “desperate need” of millions of hats, gloves, and coats, writes historian Andrew Roberts in a Daily Telegraph book excerpt. “One can't put any trust in the meteorological forecasts,”... More »

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Russia • Adolf Hitler • history • invasion • Nazis

 Formula 1 
 Execs Floored 
 by Chief's 
 Hitler Praise 

Calls for boycott after Bernie Ecclestone hails Hitler for 'getting things done'

Jul 8, 09 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Executives from the firm that owns Formula One are scrambling to do damage control after their racing boss praised Adolf Hitler as a man who could "get things done." When told the World Jewish Congress was calling for his resignation, billionaire Bernie Ecclestone, 78, also said it was... More »

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Jews • Adolf Hitler • CVC • racing • Formula One • Nazi • Nazism • banking • anti-Semitism • Bernie Ecclestone • World Jewish Congress

(Newser) - The billionaire chief of Formula One racing admires Adolf Hitler, disses democracy, and applauds Margaret Thatcher—but slams the West for lacking cultural sensitivity. Hitler "could command a lot of people" and was "able to get things done," Bernie Ecclestone tells the Times of London. But... More »

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democracy • Adolf Hitler • Formula One • dictatorship • Bernie Ecclestone

Maryland GOP Group Likens Obama to Hitler 

Says prez is using 'carpet bombing' to defeat enemies

Jun 24, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The leader of a prominent Maryland Republican group is comparing President Obama to Adolf Hitler, apparently with a straight face, in a letter on its website, ThinkProgress reports. “Obama and Hitler have a great deal in common in my view,” writes the president of Republican Women of Anne... More »

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Maryland • Adolf Hitler • President Obama • Republicans

Ahmadinejad Threatens to Jail Election Foes

Iran president accuses opponents of using 'Hitler's methods'

Jun 10, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Iran’s increasingly heated presidential campaign winds down, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is accusing his opponents of using “Hitler’s methods” to smear him, Reuters reports. Ahmadinejad threatened to arrest moderate Mir Hossein Mousavi and two other candidates, saying, “No one has the right to insult the president, and... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Adolf Hitler • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

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