So.. you think you know all there is to know about WWII eh. Well, take a look at these "facts" about Adolph Hitler and tell me, are they (FACT or FICTION) 20 Strange Facts About Hitler There is nothing funny about Hitler, but he is endlessly fascinating. Since Congress passed the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act in 1998, almost 3 million classified files have been opened to the public - including a 1942 secret profile of Adolf Hitler compiled by the OSS. Here are some excerpts. PERSONAL APPEARANCE • Hitler never allows anyone to see him while he is naked or bathing. He refuses to use cologne or scents of any sort on his body • No matter how warm he feels, Hitler will never take off his coat in public • In 1923, Nazi press secretary Dr. Sedgwick tried to convince Hitler to get rid of his trademark mustache or grow it normally. Hitler answered: "Do not worry about my mustache. If it is not the fashion now, it will be later because I wear it!" SOCIAL BEHAVIOR • While dining with the others, Hitler will allow the conversation to linger on general topics, but after a couple of hours he will inevitably begin one of his many monologues. These speeches are flawless from start to finish because he rehearses them any time he gets a moment. • His favorite topics include: "When I was a soldier," "When I was in Vienna," "When I was in prison," and "When I was the leader in the early days of the party." • If Hitler begins speaking about Wagner and the opera, no one dares interrupt him. He will often sermonize on this topic until his audience falls asleep. PERSONAL HABITS • Hitler has no interest in sports or games of any kind and never exercised, except for an occasional walk. • He paces frequently inside rooms, always to the same tune that he whistles to himself and always diagonally across the room, from corner to corner • Hitler’s handwriting is impeccable. When famous psychologist Carl Jung saw Hitler’s handwriting in 1937, he remarked: "Behind this handwriting I recognize the typical characteristics of a man with essentially feminine instinct." ENTERTAINMENT • Hitler loves the circus. He takes real pleasure in the idea that underpaid performers are risking their lives to please him. • He went to the circus on several occasions in 1933 and sent extremely expensive chocolates and flowers to the female performers. Hitler even remembered their names and would worry about them and their families in the event of an accident. • He isn’t interested in wild animal acts, unless there is a woman in danger • Nearly every night Hitler will see a movie in his private theater, mainly foreign films that are banned to the German public. He loves comedies and will often laugh merrily at Jewish comedians. Hitler even liked a few Jewish singers, but after hearing them he would remark that it was too bad he or she wasn’t Aryan. • Hitler staff secretly made films for him of torture and execution of political prisoners, which he very much enjoyed viewing. His executive assistants also secured pornographic pictures and movies for him. • He loves newsreels - especially when he is in them. • He adores gypsy music, Wagner’s operas, and especially American college football marches and alma maters. • To excite the masses, he also uses American College football-style music during his speeches. His rallying cry - "Sieg Heil!" - was even modeled after the cheering techniques used by American football cheerleaders. · Hitler’s middle name was Elizabeth. · His fathers name was Alois Hitler. · Adolph Hitler was a high school drop out. FACT or FICTION.....YOU DECIDE
Most of that is true. However, Hitler's middle name was not 'Elizabeth.' I believe on his birth certificate he is listed simply as Adolfus Hitler. A few other things: his favorite movie was King Kong; he had bad teeth so he never smiled in such a way to expose them or he discreetly covered his mouth; he had a tendency toward obesity; he could not tolerate films of animals being mistreated; and he was notoriously, er, gassy.
The majority of them are true IIRC. I've never heard the middle name thing, but his love for movies is well known. He was taking time out to watch movies even as Germany was collapsing around him. And his watching the movie of the deaths of the officers who conspired to assassinate him is well documented. They were strung up by their necks on meat hooks. The shaking of their bodies was so great that their pants and underwear fell off while they were dying. While watching the ghastly movie of the executions with Hitler, it was said that Goebbels covered his eyes with his hands to keep from passing out.
Also of course 1) Hitler was a vegetarian. 2) He was obsessed with architecture. He was even moving models of buildings around on a board representing Berlin in the bunker with Soviet shells exploding outside. 3) He had no knowledge and little interest in naval warfare. While touring the Bismarck, Hitler admitted to the Admiral and Captain that he was "a coward on the water". 4) Hitler was obsessed with new technology. He was one of the main ones hoping for a "miracle weapon" that could win the war. His obsession was shared by many German officers as well.
I saw once on the History Channel that,despite the "Indiana Jones" tale of Hitler being obsessed with the occult, he actually had no interest in it whatsoever and thought very little of those that did. He was even quoted from a video saying (through an electronic translator) that only a fool would waste his time "chasing ghosts"
It was another guy that was obsessed... and for the life of me I can't remember his name. He ran all the Archeology....damnit. Anyone know what I'm talking about??? Maybe I'm crazy... I'll try to go look it up.
Incorrect. His love of Bavarian sausages, game pie and stuffed pigeon has been recorded by various biographers, including his personal chef. He was, however, under medical instructions to stick to a vegetarian diet to remedy certain flatulence issues, but he was not ideologically a vegetarian any more than you or I are if we take a couple of weeks off eating meat.
Little Joe was a pussy for a Nazi, apparently. I once read that upon viewing the bodies of gassed concentration camp victims in the "shower", he ran from the room vomiting.
