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title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: business sought to attract attention by using the Hitler theme, and was decorated with Nazi imagery. Actor Murli Sharma attended the opening party; when asked what he thought about the name, he said "I am not really agitated as I have not read much about the man. However, from what I know about Hitler, I find this name rather amusing." Alternative names suggested included Stalin Samosa Shop, Ayatollah Khomeini's Falafels, and Kim Jong's Juicy Juice. Adolf Hitler in popular culture Adolf Hitler (born April 20th 1889 died April 30th 1945) was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party

title: Young Hitler

text: artist on the streets and in the asylums of Vienna, and then joined World War I as a volunteer on the Western Front. When the war ends, Hitler comes into contact with members of the Thule Society in Munich, an association of occultists who had launched a political party, the German Workers Party (DAP).The narration ends in 1920 when Hitler takes over the DAP and turns it into the Nazi Party (NSDAP). In an interview with The Guardian, author Claus Hant explained that the events after 1920 are exhaustively documented in the numerous Hitler biographies. But what the biographies do

title: Adolf Hitler March of German Youth

text: Adolf Hitler March of German Youth The Adolf Hitler March of German Youth was a yearly rally of some 2,000 Hitler Youth who marched from all parts of Nazi Germany to the Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party, where they participated to the general parade. For some groups the task was quite demanding having to cover by foot as many as . They had to be "combat ready" (Wehrhaftmachung) anyway as this was the password given to them by their leader Baldur von Schirach. After 1937, the march was extended beyond Nuremberg to Landsberg am Lech whose little fortress saw

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: Adolf Hitler in popular culture Adolf Hitler (born April 20th 1889 died April 30th 1945) was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party and Chancellor of Nazi Germany from 1933 (Führer from 1934) to 1945. Hitler has been represented in popular culture ever since he became a well-known politician in Germany. His distinctive image was often parodied by his opponents. Parodies became much more prominent outside Germany during his period in power. Since the end of World War II representations of Hitler, both serious and satirical, have continued to be prominent in popular culture, sometimes generating significant controversy.

title: Hitler and the Occult

text: Hitler and the Occult Hitler and the Occult, produced by Bram Roos and Phyllis Cannon, and narrated by actor David Ackroyd, is a 50-minute History Channel documentary regarding Nazi occultism. The documentary was originally shown on television and subsequently released on DVD on February 8, 2000 by A&E Home Video. It is in colour and in the English language. It is part of the "In Search of History" series. The Nazi Party reportedly grew out of several occult groups that sprang up in the late 19th century as a reaction to the advanced materialism and technology of the era. These

title: Hitler Youth

text: Hitler Youth The Hitler Youth (German: , often abbreviated as HJ in German) was the youth organisation of the Nazi Party in Germany. Its origins dated back to 1922 and it received the name "Hitler-Jugend, Bund deutscher Arbeiterjugend" ("Hitler Youth, League of German Worker Youth") in July 1926. From 1933 until 1945, it was the sole official youth organisation in Germany and was partially a paramilitary organisation; it was composed of the Hitler Youth proper for male youths aged 14 to 18, the German Youngsters in the Hitler Youth ("Deutsches Jungvolk in der Hitler Jugend" or "DJ", also "DJV") for

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: Face of Hitler into a Moonlit Landscape" (1958). One of his late works was "Hitler Masturbating" (1973), depicting just that, with Hitler seen from behind in an armchair in the center of a snow-filled desolate landscape. Hitler is depicted in a balloon overlooking marching, helmeted troops in the painting "Vision of War" by Indian artist A. Ramachandran. A picture of him with Gandhi by M. F. Husain was controversial with Hindutva groups in India. The name "Hitler" is widely used for anyone is overly authoritarian in manner, but it does not have the same negative connotation as in the West.

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: how Hitler was plagued by paranoia and began to hate the Jewish people and religion. Australian band TISM's debut single was "Defecate on My Face", which was about Adolf Hitler's supposed coprophilia. Australian comedy troupe the Doug Anthony Allstars had a song called "Mexican Hitler", which told the story of what Hitler would have been like if he was born Mexican. It made an appearance in their television show, "DAAS Kapital". The song "Hitler as Kalki" by apocalyptic folk band Current 93 makes use of Savitri Devi's idea that Hitler was an avatar of the Hindu god Kalki. "Two Little

title: Adolf Hitler

text: in a romantic relationship with him, and her death was a source of deep, lasting pain. Paula Hitler, the younger sister of Hitler and the last living member of his immediate family, died in June 1960. Hitler exploited documentary films and newsreels to inspire a cult of personality. He was involved and appeared in a series of propaganda films throughout his political career—such as "Der Sieg des Glaubens" and "Triumph des Willens"—made by Leni Riefenstahl, regarded as a pioneer of modern filmmaking. Informational notes Citations Bibliography Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a

title: Selling Hitler

text: was directed by Alastair Reid and starred: The series, which "The Guardian" described as "a rollicking comedy with black edges", was released on Region 1 DVD in July 2010. Selling Hitler Selling Hitler is a 1991 ITV television drama-documentary mini-series about the Hitler Diaries hoax and was based on Robert Harris's 1986 book "Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries". In 1981, Gerd Heidemann (Jonathan Pryce), a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine "Stern", makes what he believes is the literary and historical scoop of the century: the diary of Adolf Hitler. Over the next two years,

title: Hitler Diaries

text: out three entries from the diaries—from 15, 17 and 18 March—which concerned visits made by Hitler to the regiment while in the Lichterfelde and Friesenstraße barracks. Mohnke informed him that the entries were inaccurate, saying that the Lichterfelde barracks were not occupied by the troops on that date, that the regimental name used in the diary was introduced much later, and that so far as he knew Hitler never visited the Friesenstraße barracks. Heidemann was unmoved by his friend's revelations, and posited that Hitler had probably written what he was planning to do, not what he had done. Harris suggests

title: Young Hitler

text: acknowledged so far, and we have to first learn to understand what that means.” Hant has repeatedly accused the German media of “hypocrisy with regard to Hitler” and rejects a publication of Young Hitler in Germany. Consequently, the publication of Young Hitler in England was mostly ignored by the German press. Only "Der Spiegel" reviewed the book, treating Young Hitler merely as a piece of literature. Critics who were concerned with the book’s literary value were divided in their opinion. "Der Spiegel" reviewer Wolfgang Höbel refers to Young Hitler as “slush”, while British author Anthony Read calls Young Hitler “ingenious

title: Selling Hitler

text: Selling Hitler Selling Hitler is a 1991 ITV television drama-documentary mini-series about the Hitler Diaries hoax and was based on Robert Harris's 1986 book "Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries". In 1981, Gerd Heidemann (Jonathan Pryce), a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine "Stern", makes what he believes is the literary and historical scoop of the century: the diary of Adolf Hitler. Over the next two years, Heidemann and the senior management figures at "Stern" secretly pay DM 9 million to a mysterious "Dr Fischer" (Alexei Sayle) for the sixty volumes of 'Hitler's diaries', covering the

title: Religious views of Adolf Hitler

text: controversy. On the one hand, Hitler privately demeaned ethnic groups he associated with Islam, notably Arabs, as racially inferior. On the other hand, he also made private and public statements expressing admiration for what he perceived to be the militaristic nature of Islam and the political sharpness of the Prophet Muhammad. Among eastern religions, Hitler described religious leaders such as "Confucius, Buddha, and Muhammad" as providers of "spiritual sustenance". In this context, Hitler's connection to Mohammad Amin al-Husseini, who served as the Mufti of Jerusalem until 1937 – which included his asylum in 1941, with the honorary rank of an

title: What Was Missing

text: get the show’s audience involved we got wrapped up by both fan conjecture and spicy fanart and went a little too far." Soon after, the video recap and the entire channel was pulled off of YouTube, although "What Was Missing" still airs during reruns. Seibert's decision to remove the video also proved controversial; "Bitch" magazine later wrote an article about how the episode "handled female desire—female queer desire at that—in a subtle but complex way", but that the removal of the recap and the studio's perceived treatment of the controversy was detrimental towards the acceptance of queer romance in children's

title: Young Hitler

text: man who also had an extensive knowledge of art. Not only did his exceptional memory help Hitler to apply his knowledge in a way that appealed to the dull masses, he also knew how to make an impression on intelligent and highly educated individuals in the top echelon of society. Hant also quotes various sources which document the fact that Hitler believed he had a special connection to the divine. Hitler did not merely pretend to be the “German Messiah”, says Hant. After what Hitler believed was a spiritual experience, he became convinced that he was indeed “the One”. Hant

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: to love everyone. Furthermore, the swastika has for centuries been a common symbol in India with positive connotations. According to "The Indian Republic", According to Navras Jaat Aafreedi, such references to Hitler are not usually linked to pro-Nazi sympathies, but some Hindu nationalist groups see Hitler's use of the swastika as a "great service to Hinduism" and link anti-Semitic ideology to anti-Islamism. The "Hitler" clothing store in Ahmedabad in Gujarat opened in mid-August 2012. The store immediately became embroiled in controversy over its name. The store's logo even had a swastika embedded in the dot above the "i" in Hitler's

title: Alois Hitler

text: the older children or Klara herself, in front of them. William Patrick Hitler says that he had heard from his father, Alois Jr., that Alois Hitler Sr. used to beat his children. After Hitler and his eldest son Alois Jr. had a climactic and violent argument, Alois Jr. left home, and the elder Alois swore he would never give the boy a penny of inheritance beyond what the law required. According to reports, Alois Hitler liked to lord it over his neighbors. In February 1895, Hitler purchased a house on a nine-acre (36,000 m²) plot in Hafeld near Lambach, approximately

title: Adolf Hitler

text: this crisis, Hitler appointed himself as head of the "Oberkommando des Heeres". On 7 December 1941, Japan attacked the American fleet based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Four days later, Hitler declared war against the United States. On 18 December 1941, Himmler asked Hitler, "What to do with the Jews of Russia?", to which Hitler replied, ""als Partisanen auszurotten"" ("exterminate them as partisans"). Israeli historian Yehuda Bauer has commented that the remark is probably as close as historians will ever get to a definitive order from Hitler for the genocide carried out during the Holocaust. In late 1942, German forces were

title: Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

text: by the Nazis during World War II. The book has been read in many classrooms around the world. It is an clear example of what young children had to face when Adolf Hitler rose to power in the 1930s-mid 1940s. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's Shadow is a non-fiction children's book written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, and published in 2005. It received the Newbery Honor medal in 2006. The book is a study of the Hitler Youth, a paramilitary organization of children dedicated to furthering the aims of the Third Reich, and

title: Adolf Hitler

text: blamed for his listeners' economic hardships. Hitler used personal magnetism and an understanding of crowd psychology to his advantage while engaged in public speaking. Historians have noted the hypnotic effect of his rhetoric on large audiences, and of his eyes in small groups. Algis Budrys recalled the crowd noise and behaviour when Hitler appeared in a 1936 parade; some in the audience writhed and rolled on the ground or experienced fecal incontinence. Alfons Heck, a former member of the Hitler Youth, recalled a similar experience: Early followers included Rudolf Hess, former air force ace Hermann Göring, and army captain Ernst

title: Hitler Diaries

text: involved in the story, Brian MacArthur, later explained why so many experienced journalists and businessmen "were so gullible" about the authenticity of the diaries: ... the discovery of the Hitler diaries offered so tempting a scoop that we all wanted to believe they were genuine. Once hoist with a deal, moreover, we had to go on believing in their authenticity until they were convincingly demonstrated as forgeries. ... The few of us who were in on the secret fed in the adrenalin: we were going to write the most stunning scoop of our careers. Hitler Diaries The Hitler Diaries ()

title: Adolf Hitler

text: the Free City of Danzig and the right to extraterritorial roads across the Polish Corridor, which Germany had ceded under the Versailles Treaty. In response, Britain and France declared war on Germany on 3 September, surprising Hitler and prompting him to angrily ask Ribbentrop, "Now what?" France and Britain did not act on their declarations immediately, and on 17 September, Soviet forces invaded eastern Poland. The fall of Poland was followed by what contemporary journalists dubbed the "Phoney War" or "Sitzkrieg" ("sitting war"). Hitler instructed the two newly appointed Gauleiters of north-western Poland, Albert Forster of Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia and

title: Hitler Youth

text: resembled military training, with weapons training, assault course circuits and basic tactics. The aim was to instill the motivation that would enable its members to fight faithfully for Nazi Germany as soldiers. There was great emphasis on physical fitness and hardness and military training than on academic study. Sacrifice for the cause was inculcated into their training. Former Hitler Youth, Franz Jagemann claimed for instance that the notion "Germany must live" even if they (members of the HJ) had to die was "hammered" into them. The Hitler Youth were used to break up Church youth groups, and in anti-Church indoctrination,

title: Hitler Youth

text: were created for varying purposes; some were religious in disposition and others were ideological, but the more important among them were those formed for political reasons, like the "Young Conservatives" or the "Young Protestants". Once Hitler came onto the revolutionary scene, the transition from seemingly innocuous youth movements to political entities focused on Hitler was swift. Following the abortive Beer Hall Putsch (in November 1923), the Nazi youth groups ostensibly disbanded, but many elements simply went underground, operating clandestinely in small units under assumed names. In April 1924, the "Jugendbund der NSDAP" was renamed "Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung" (Greater German Youth Movement).

title: How Hitler Lost the War

text: How Hitler Lost the War How Hitler Lost the War is a 1989 World War II documentary created and produced by David Hoffman and Robert Denny, and narrated by Norman Rose. The documentary explores Hitler's upbringing and efforts during World War II and includes footage from this time period. It also contains interviews and statements from military historians and veterans, and looks into what mistakes Hitler made during the war and what he could have potentially done differently in order to win. Critical reception for "How Hitler Lost the War" was mostly positive. "Entertainment Weekly" gave the movie a B-

title: Hitler Sites

text: Hitler Sites Hitler Sites: A City-by-City Guidebook (Austria, Germany, France, United States) by Steven Lehrer is a history and tour of European and American sites related to Adolf Hitler These sites cannot be found in standard guidebooks. Their descriptions comprise a topographical biography of the German dictator and can clarify who and what he actually was. Among the many sites are the middle-class homes and apartments where he grew up in rural Austria and Linz; the tenements and shelters he inhabited before ending up homeless, lice-infested, freezing and penniless in the streets of Vienna; the expansive Munich apartment where he

title: Hero Hitler in Love

text: Hero Hitler in Love Hero Hitler in Love () is a 2011 Punjabi romantic and action film directed by Sukhwant Dhadda with story, screenplay, music & dialogues by Babbu Maan. The Maan Films production stars Babbu Maan, Mouni Roy and Bhagwant Maan in lead roles. It was released on 18 November with a bumper opening but couldn't sustain. "Hero Hitler in Love" revolves around the life of a man called Hitler who lives in his village, Ishqpura. Hitler is a man with unique and different thoughts, who loves his fellow villagers and helps soul-mates come together. Hitler falls in love

title: Adolf Hitler

text: Many German officers concluded that defeat was inevitable and that continuing under Hitler's leadership would result in the complete destruction of the country. Between 1939 and 1945, there were many plans to assassinate Hitler, some of which proceeded to significant degrees. The most well known, the 20 July plot of 1944, came from within Germany and was at least partly driven by the increasing prospect of a German defeat in the war. Part of Operation Valkyrie, the plot involved Claus von Stauffenberg planting a bomb in one of Hitler's headquarters, the Wolf's Lair at Rastenburg. Hitler narrowly survived because staff

title: Adolf Hitler

text: Arthur Greiser of Reichsgau Wartheland, to Germanise their areas, with "no questions asked" about how this was accomplished. In Forster's area, ethnic Poles merely had to sign forms stating that they had German blood. In contrast, Greiser agreed with Himmler and carried out an ethnic cleansing campaign towards Poles. Greiser soon complained that Forster was allowing thousands of Poles to be accepted as "racial" Germans and thus endangered German "racial purity". Hitler refrained from getting involved. This inaction has been advanced as an example of the theory of "working towards the Führer", in which Hitler issued vague instructions and expected

title: Alois Hitler

text: of Döllersheim. Ron Rosenbaum suggests that Frank, who had turned against Nazism after 1945, but remained an anti-Semitic fanatic, made the claim that Hitler had Jewish ancestry as a way of proving that Hitler was a Jew and "not" an Aryan. Alois Schicklgruber made steady progress in the semi-military profession of customs official. The work involved frequent reassignments and he served in a variety of places across Austria. By 1860, after five years of service, he reached the rank of "Finanzwach-Oberaufseher" (Revenue guard superintendent). By 1864, after special training and examinations, he had advanced further and was serving in Linz,

title: Religious views of Adolf Hitler

text: who specialize on the life and thought of Hitler have concluded he was irreligious and anti-Christian. Alan Bullock was an early influential Hitler expert who wrote important biographies of the dictator in the 1950s and 1960s. He wrote that Hitler had been raised Catholic, and though impressed by its organizational powers, Hitler repudiated Christianity on what he considered to be rational and moral grounds. Bullock considered Hitler to be a rationalist and materialist, with no feeling for the spiritual or emotional side of human existence. Bullock wrote that Hitler believed neither in "God nor conscience" but found both "justification and

title: Hitler: A Study in Tyranny

text: Amnesia", critic Clive James wrote: "Books about Hitler are without number, but after more than 60 years, the first one to read is still Alan Bullock's "Hitler A Study in Tyranny"." A revised version was published in 1962. Hitler: A Study in Tyranny Hitler: A Study in Tyranny is a 1952 biography of the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler by the British historian Sir Alan Bullock. "Hitler: A Study in Tyranny" was the first major historical study of the life of the Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler. In 1992, "The New York Times" wrote: "First published in 1952, Alan Bullock's "Hitler: A

title: Health of Adolf Hitler

text: involved in the Soviet autopsy, stated in a 1967 book that Hitler's left testicle was missing. Bezymensky later admitted that the claim was falsified. Hitler was routinely examined by many doctors throughout his childhood, military service and later political career, and no clinical mention of any such condition has ever been discovered. It has also been speculated Hitler had Parkinson's disease. Newsreels of Hitler show he had tremors in his hand and a shuffling walk (also a symptom of tertiary syphilis, see above) which began before the war and continued to worsen until the end of his life. Morell treated

title: Sexuality of Adolf Hitler

text: a sofa in Hitler's Munich flat with the remark: "If only he knew what goings-on that sofa has seen." Hitler's letters provide evidence that he was fond of her, and worried when she participated in sports or was late returning for tea. His secretary Traudl Junge stated that during the war, Hitler telephoned Braun every day. He was concerned for her safety when she was staying in the Munich home he had bought her. Junge further asked Hitler once why he never married. Hitler replied, "...I wouldn't have been able to give enough time to my wife". Hitler told her

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: For example in the 1998 film "Hitler", the disciplinarian hero nicknamed Hitler is simply a person with staunch traditional values. There are at least three other Indian films entitled "Hitler", in all of which the Hitler character is the hero (Hitler (1996 film); Hitler (1997 film); Hitler Umanath). Hitler Didi (My Sister Hitler) is a TV show about a character with a domineering elder sister. Hitler is also used as a personal name in India, as in the case of the politician Adolf Lu Hitler Marak. The film "Hero Hitler in Love" is about a man called "Hitler" who tries

title: The Hidden Hitler

text: work "The Mind of Adolf Hitler" and in Waite's psychoanalytic history "". However, most scholars dismiss these claims and believe Hitler was heterosexual. "The New York Times Book Review (12/16/01) - "... "But the biggest problem with Machtan's book (which has been translated by John Brownjohn) isn't the reliability of his sources but his mode of argumentation. He accepts what fits his thesis and rejects what doesn't. One feels, at times, that one is reading an internal F.B.I. report from the J. Edgar Hoover era rather than an evenhanded work of scholarship in which the author is ready to be

title: Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (film)

text: friends get involved in many amusing - and some not-so amusing - scrapes. The film is based on the first volume of Milligan's war memoirs. Although it broadly follows Milligan's book, some scenes were created specifically for the film and all of the character names (apart from the Milligan family) are fictional. Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (film) Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall is a 1973 film adaptation of the of Spike Milligan's autobiography. It starred Jim Dale as the young Terence "Spike" Milligan, while Milligan himself played the part of his father, Leo. Dale was

title: Hitler: A Study in Tyranny

text: Hitler: A Study in Tyranny Hitler: A Study in Tyranny is a 1952 biography of the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler by the British historian Sir Alan Bullock. "Hitler: A Study in Tyranny" was the first major historical study of the life of the Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler. In 1992, "The New York Times" wrote: "First published in 1952, Alan Bullock's "Hitler: A Study in Tyranny" remains the standard biography of the dictator and a widely respected work on the Nazi movement in general". In 1998, Hitler expert Ian Kershaw described the book as a "masterpiece". In his 2007 book "Cultural

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: name. The owner, Rajesh Shah, told media he did not expect all the commotion. He had chosen the name because the grandfather of his business partner was nicknamed "Hitler" because of his strict demeanor. He added to the media that he also hadn't known about Hitler's killing of millions of people until after the store's opening. He stated he did not intend to change the name unless somebody else paid the expenses. Among the groups that objected to the store's name was the small Jewish community in Ahmedabad. A diplomat at the Israeli embassy in New Delhi said that the

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: Nice Peter and EpicLLOYD. In 2011, in Season two's first episode, "Hitler vs. Vader 2", EpicLLOYD and Nice Peter reprised their roles in a second rap battle between Darth Vader and Hitler and again for the start of season three, in episode "Hitler vs. Vader 3", which was uploaded on October 7, 2013 on the series YouTube channel. Salvador Dalí painted several pictures involving Hitler. "The Enigma of Hitler" (1939) depicts a torn photograph of Hitler on a plate in a typically surreal landscape over which hangs a broken telephone and an umbrella. He also painted the "Metamorphosis of the

title: Hero Hitler in Love

text: with Sahiban, who lives in Pakistan and decides to bring her to his village. Hitler believes in solving problems by talking about them, but when something crosses the line, he loses it. The film also revolves around car racing. Hitler loves to race, but when he is set up to fail in the Asian Car Racing competition he decides to take revenge. The story relates how Hitler takes his revenge and fights to win his girl, in the process helping to calm the tension between the competing nations of India and Pakistan. Hero Hitler in Love Hero Hitler in Love

title: What Was Lost

text: What Was Lost What Was Lost is the 2007 début novel by Catherine O'Flynn. The novel is about a girl who goes missing in a shopping centre in 1984, and the people who try to discover what happened to her twenty years later. "What Was Lost" won the First Novel Award at the 2007 Costa Book Awards, and was short-listed for the overall Costa Book of the Year Award. O'Flynn found inspiration for "What Was Lost" while she was working as an assistant manager in a record shop. She was interested in the difference in shopping centres by day and

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: comic book superheroes who battled Hitler directly or indirectly in comics published during World War II. Superheroes that fought Hitler include Superman, Captain America, The Shield, and Namor the Sub-Mariner. The first Captain America comic showed Captain America hitting Hitler on the jaw. Captain America's archenemy, Red Skull, was established as being an apprentice to Hitler. In "Superman" vol 1 #15 the dictator Razan appeared, who attempted to invade a nearby democratic nation. Superman defeated his army, and Razan was shot while trying to escape. Hitler was mocked in satirical folk songs such as "Stalin Wasn't Stallin' or when new

title: What Was Lost

text: for which O'Flynn received a prize of £2,500. It was BBC Radio 5 Live's Book of the Month in March 2007. What Was Lost What Was Lost is the 2007 début novel by Catherine O'Flynn. The novel is about a girl who goes missing in a shopping centre in 1984, and the people who try to discover what happened to her twenty years later. "What Was Lost" won the First Novel Award at the 2007 Costa Book Awards, and was short-listed for the overall Costa Book of the Year Award. O'Flynn found inspiration for "What Was Lost" while she was

title: Klara Hitler

text: wife from Austria to the United States. In 1934, Passau honored Klara Hitler by dedicating a street to her. On 28 March 2012, the tombstone marking Alois Hitler's grave (and that of his wife, Klara) in Town Cemetery in Leonding was removed, without ceremony, by a descendant, according to Kurt Pittertschatscher, the pastor of the parish. The descendant is said to be an elderly female relative of Alois Hitler's first wife, Anna, who has also given up any rights to the rented burial plot. It is not known what happened to the remains in the grave. Notes Bibliography Klara Hitler

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: Dictator". This is one of the most recognizable Hitler parodies. Especially during World War II, Hitler was caricatured in numerous animated shorts, including "Der Fuehrer's Face", a 1942 Disney wartime propaganda cartoon featuring Donald Duck (inspired by Spike Jones' playing of the song written by Oliver Wallace), and "Herr Meets Hare" with Bugs Bunny. However, Hitler's first appearance on a Warner Brothers cartoon was in "Bosko's Picture Show" in 1932 in a short gag where Hitler is shown chasing after Jimmy Durante with an ax. George Grosz painted "Cain", or "Hitler in Hell" (1944) showing the dead attacking Hitler in

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: In many periodicals, books, and movies, Hitler and Nazism fulfill the role of archetypal evil. This treatment is not confined to fiction but is widespread amongst nonfiction writers who have discussed him in this vein. Hitler has retained a fascination from other perspectives; among many comparable examples is an exhibition at the German Historical Museum which was widely attended. Numerous works in popular music and literature feature Adolf Hitler prominently. In Germany, before he came to power, Hitler was often portrayed satirically in newspaper cartoons and propaganda by political enemies. The photomontagist John Heartfield regularly depicted Hitler in absurd ways

title: Adolf Hitler

text: "what little progress I was making at the technical school he would let me devote myself to my dream". Like many Austrian Germans, Hitler began to develop German nationalist ideas from a young age. He expressed loyalty only to Germany, despising the declining Habsburg Monarchy and its rule over an ethnically variegated empire. Hitler and his friends used the greeting "Heil", and sang the "Deutschlandlied" instead of the Austrian Imperial anthem. After Alois's sudden death on 3 January 1903, Hitler's performance at school deteriorated and his mother allowed him to leave. He enrolled at the "Realschule" in Steyr in September

title: Religious views of Adolf Hitler

text: what they were doing was justified by history, science and nature". Fest considers that Hitler simplified de Gobineau's elaborate ideas of struggle for survival among the different races, from which the Aryan race, guided by providence, was supposed to be the torchbearers of civilization. In his rhetoric Hitler fed on the old accusation of Jewish deicide. It has been speculated that Christian anti-Judaism influenced Hitler's ideas, especially such works as Martin Luther's essay "On the Jews and Their Lies" and the writings of Paul de Lagarde. Others disagree with this view. Hitler biographer John Toland offers the opinion that Hitler

title: What It Was, Was Football

text: record, Capitol Records took over distribution and ultimately sold nearly 800,000 copies. It also shot into the Top 10 in the Billboard record charts, peaking at #9 in February 1954. "What It Was..." (which remains one of the biggest-selling comedy records of all time) was instrumental in launching Griffith's career in television, stage, and film. On the original single, the monologue is credited to ""Deacon" Andy Griffith." Griffith made an appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1954, in large part due to the popularity of the record. "What It Was, Was Football" was printed in "Mad" magazine in 1958,

title: What It Was, Was Football

text: film. What It Was, Was Football Mason “What It Was, Was Football” is a monologue by actor-comedian Andy Griffith. The monologue is a description of a college football game, as seen by a naive country preacher who attends the game by accident and is entirely puzzled by it. At Griffith's request, Milton Alderfer (who was only 19 at the time), recorded and produced the original master tape in Greensboro, North Carolina. The master was then sent to Chapel Hill, North Carolina and mass-produced by the Colonial Records label in late 1953. Soon, after Colonial had sold nearly 50,000 copies of

title: What It Was, Was Football

text: What It Was, Was Football Mason “What It Was, Was Football” is a monologue by actor-comedian Andy Griffith. The monologue is a description of a college football game, as seen by a naive country preacher who attends the game by accident and is entirely puzzled by it. At Griffith's request, Milton Alderfer (who was only 19 at the time), recorded and produced the original master tape in Greensboro, North Carolina. The master was then sent to Chapel Hill, North Carolina and mass-produced by the Colonial Records label in late 1953. Soon, after Colonial had sold nearly 50,000 copies of the

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: and Steve Yeowell deals with the idea that Hitler stayed in Liverpool, based on rumors that he visited local family members like William Patrick Hitler. Other examples of Hitler in comics includes Osamu Tezuka's manga "Adolf" (Hitler is one of the three men named Adolf around which the story revolves), the Mexican comic book series "Fantômas" (in which a multi-part storyline titled "The Son of Hitler" has the son of Hitler and Eva Braun raise a Fourth Reich that conquers France) and "Spriggan" (Neo-Nazis use clones of Hitler in order to gain access to a hidden stash of ancient artifacts

title: A Kitten for Hitler

text: website Comedybox.tv on 1 July 2007. In the winter of 1941, a Jewish woman and her young son, Lenny, are watching a newsreel at a Brooklyn movie theater. A reel featuring Adolf Hitler appears on screen, sparking loud disapproval from the audience. Lenny asks his mother why no one likes Hitler, and his mother explains Hitler's atrocities. Lenny wonders aloud what Santa Claus will give him for Christmas, but his mother replies Hitler won't get anything for Christmas. This prompts Lenny to travel alone to Germany to give Hitler a kitten for Christmas, hoping it will soften Hitler's heart and

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: movie director as well, was used in the film "The Empty Mirror" (1996), directed by Barry J. Hershey, starring Norman Rodway, which speculates about Hitler surviving World War II, living in a secret subterranean bunker, and is today undergoing psychoanalysis conducted by Sigmund Freud. Kosovar Emin Xhinovci has attracted considerable media attention for his striking resemblance to Hitler, and subsequent impersonation of him. WorldCat lists 553 published books under this heading. Hitler appears in many alternate history novels. Hitler made it onto the stage through Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima, who wrote a play called "My Friend Hitler" ("Wagatomo Hitora"), retelling

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: reference to Han Solo) and is kept secret by the Hitler family, and the Gamevision crew is invited there because of the game that Dave makes. Dave and Black Steve accidentally unfreeze Hitler, and they torture him by urinating on him. Hitler is then killed. In the two-part episode "Hitler's Secret Weapon" in the British 1970s sci-fi series "The Tomorrow People", Hitler is revealed to be not only still alive but an Alien metamorph, capable of brain-washing young people to obey his wishes. A previous first season episode, "The Medusa Strain" had indicated Hitler was a time traveler from the

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: the Night of the Long Knives. Moreover, the Hungarian writer George Tabori wrote a comedy called "Mein Kampf" which portrayed Hitler as a poor young man who enters Vienna, wanting to become an artist. Hitler appears as a minor character in Stanley Eveling's "The Dead of Night", set above the Führerbunker as the Russians are entering Berlin. "Dr Freud Will See You Now Mr Hitler" (2008) was a radio drama by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran presenting an imagined scenario in which Sigmund Freud treats the young Hitler. Toby Jones played Hitler. Utpal Dutt's 1975 Bengali play "Barricade" is set

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: Bunker" (1981), directed by George Schaefer, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins. Finally, there was the Academy Award–nominated "Downfall" (2004), directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and starring Bruno Ganz as Hitler. Also depicting Hitler's final hour in the bunker, the short film "Hundert Jahre Adolf Hitler - Die letzte Stunde im Führerbunker" (1989), directed by Christoph Schlingensief, starring Udo Kier, cannot be considered a remake of the above films in the proper sense. Hitler was portrayed in the television miniseries Inside the Third Reich (1982) by Sir Derek Jacobi, who was nominated for an Emmy Award for his performance. Hitler was also portrayed

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: in order to appease Nintendo's censorship policies, although he still resembles Hitler. In the modern remake "", the same character appears and though still clearly resembling Hitler, is never named. Hitler is the main antagonist in "Operation Darkness". Small roles for Hitler are in "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" (Hitler as a sidekick for Paul von Hindenburg), the game series "Medal of Honor" (Hitler in the opening sequence of "") and in the Famicom Disk System game "". The idea of alternate reality is picked up for example in the PC video game series "". Here the world-renowned physicist Albert

title: Hitler and the Occult

text: groups spoke of the coming of a new Messiah that would save Germany. Hitler developed the notion that perhaps he was the chosen one to save the German people. The political parties created in the wake of the country's defeat in World War I combined nationalistic sentiment and occultist practices to forge an image of a superior German people. Hitler's imprisonment after the failed 1923 Munich Beer Hall Putsch would make him a national hero for his defense of a strong German state, convincing him that he was the Messiah who could save Germany. Hitler appropriated Christian symbolism, such as

title: What Happened Was

text: What Happened Was What Happened Was... is a 1994 American independent film written for the screen, directed by and starring Tom Noonan. It is an adaptation of Noonan's original stage play of the same name. It depicts two people, played by Karen Sillas and Tom Noonan, on a first date; their conversation gradually reveals their lonely lives and hidden personalities. "What Happened Was..." has an overall approval rating of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. On the "Siskel & Ebert" show, Gene Siskel gave the film a thumbs up, stating that "For what is really just one long night of conversation, the

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: in the film "Valkyrie" by David Bamber, which tells the story of the July 1944 bomb attempt on his life. Another example of Hitler representations are comedy films such as Mel Brooks' comedy "The Producers" featured a satirical play-within-a-play called "Springtime for Hitler", featuring dancing Nazis and songs about the conquest of Europe. Brooks' later comedy, "History of the World, Part I", featured "Hitler on Ice." Hitler has also been portrayed in experimental films. "" (1978), a 4-part, 442-minute experimental film on Hitler, directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, starring Heinz Schubert. A similar non-linear approach to Syberberg's, likening Hitler to a

title: The New Adventures of Hitler

text: to 1913. It first appeared in "Cut", a Scottish arts and culture magazine and became instantly controversial, and some accused Morrison of being a Nazi due to his use of Hitler in what was essentially a humorous story. "Cut" ceased publication before the entire strip was published, but "The New Adventures of Hitler" was printed in its entirety in "Crisis" in 1990. "Crisis" was a spin-off from "2000 AD" which printed more adult-oriented work and "The New Adventures of Hitler" fit in with the themes of the magazine. However the controversy which had surrounded the story in "Cut" continued with

title: Alois Hitler

text: had worked for some time as a servant). Kershaw discusses and also lists Hitler's family tree in his biography of Adolf Hitler and gives no validity as to the Frankenberger tale. Further, Frank's story contains several inaccuracies and contradictions, such as he said "The fact that Adolf Hitler had no Jewish blood in his veins, seems, from what has been his whole manner, so blatant to me that it needs no further word", also the statement Frank had made that Maria Schicklgruber came from "Leonding near Linz", when in fact she came from the hamlet of Strones, near the village

title: The Hitler Gang

text: of the German army, he joins German nationalistic parties, espousing theories that Germany lost the war because they were stabbed in the back. He rises to become dictator of Germany. Walter Abel and Albert Dekker narrate "The Hitler Gang". Paramount Pictures production chief Buddy De Sylva was inspired to make "The Hitler Gang" after he saw the 1941 Nazi propaganda film, "Ohm Krüger". "The Germans did a good job on that picture," De Sylva said. "Their production was excellent, their story was dramatic and though we know the picture is a lie, other peoples may not realize it. What we're

title: Adolf Hitler

text: began the process of transforming the Weimar Republic into Nazi Germany, a one-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideology of National Socialism. Hitler aimed to eliminate Jews from Germany and establish a New Order to counter what he saw as the injustice of the post-World War I international order dominated by Britain and France. His first six years in power resulted in rapid economic recovery from the Great Depression, the abrogation of restrictions imposed on Germany after World War I, and the annexation of territories inhabited by millions of ethnic Germans, which gave him significant popular support. Hitler

title: Adolf Hitler

text: possibly impaired physical health of one individual. Kershaw feels that it is better to take a broader view of German history by examining what social forces led to the Nazi dictatorship and its policies rather than to pursue narrow explanations for the Holocaust and World WarII based on only one person. Hitler followed a vegetarian diet. At social events he sometimes gave graphic accounts of the slaughter of animals in an effort to make his guests shun meat. Bormann had a greenhouse constructed near the Berghof (near Berchtesgaden) to ensure a steady supply of fresh fruit and vegetables for Hitler.

title: What I Was

text: What I Was What I Was is Meg Rosoff's third novel for young adults. The book was published in 2007, and was shortlisted for both the Costa Children's Book Award and the Carnegie Medal. "What I Was" tells the story of a secret friendship between two teenagers, one an unhappy public schoolboy and the other living an independent and isolated life on the beach near the school. It is set on the East Anglian coast in 1962. The book is framed as the reminiscence of an old man recalling the year he discovered love. It is written as a first-person

title: What Was Lost

text: by night — crowded with shoppers during the day, but empty and bleak at night. She found ideas for her book from her job in the Merry Hill Shopping Centre near Dudley in the West Midlands. "What Was Lost" was rejected by 20 agents and publishers before being accepted for publication by Tindal Street Press, a small Birmingham publisher. "What Was Lost" is a mystery story about a missing girl. It is also a portrait of a changing community over twenty years. It examines modern life's emptiness, and society's obsession with shopping. "What Was Lost" is set in the city

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: somewhere in Europe by using the Holy Grail in order for his soul to enter the clone and led the Neo-Nazi remnants to its locations). Hitler was mentioned in "Hellsing" created the Millennium group. Also in "Drifters", he founded the Orte Empire. Warner Bros. produced wartime cartoons which constantly parodied Hitler and his personality traits and quirks. Most (if not all) cartoons with Hitler and the Nazis as the antagonists ended up with the American hero cartoon character (such as Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck) making a mockery out of Hitler and his people. Many songs tell a story about

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: lyrics were created to old songs such as "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball" (to the tune of the "Colonel Bogey March"). After his death, Hitler continued to be depicted as incompetent or foolish. However, while Hitler's anti-Semitic policies were well known during his lifetime, it was only after his death that the full extent of the Holocaust and other Nazi genocides became known. This, coupled with Hitler no longer being a threat, has meant that the way he is depicted in popular culture has resulted in Hitler being personified as evil. The 2003 television film "" stars Robert Carlyle

title: What Was Before

text: how we choose to tell stories." What Was Before What Was Before () is a 2010 novel by the German writer Martin Mosebach. Through a series of vignettes, it tells the story of a man from the affluent suburbs of Frankfurt, who is asked by his girlfriend what his life was like before they met. An English translation by Kári Driscoll was published in 2014. "Publishers Weekly" wrote: "Mosebach's charming, exuberant narrator is not be trusted, and the novel calls into question our notions of memory. Mosebach's writing is florid, tinged with a biting wit. ... Irreverent, playful, and intricate,

title: What Was Before

text: What Was Before What Was Before () is a 2010 novel by the German writer Martin Mosebach. Through a series of vignettes, it tells the story of a man from the affluent suburbs of Frankfurt, who is asked by his girlfriend what his life was like before they met. An English translation by Kári Driscoll was published in 2014. "Publishers Weekly" wrote: "Mosebach's charming, exuberant narrator is not be trusted, and the novel calls into question our notions of memory. Mosebach's writing is florid, tinged with a biting wit. ... Irreverent, playful, and intricate, Mosebach's book is a deconstruction of

title: What Was Said

text: Award. What Was Said What Was Said (released January 29, 2016 on the ECM label) is an album by pianist Tord Gustavsen, vocalist Simin Tander and drummer Jarle Vespestad. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded "What Was Said" 4 stars and stated "This band incorporates improvisational elements into the core of each composition, and the role of the singer is as a co-conspirator in the creation of the moment.". They also selected it as one of their Favorite Jazz Albums of 2016. Writing in The Guardian, John Fordham called it "returning to simple songs with religious roots, and to

title: What Was Said

text: What Was Said What Was Said (released January 29, 2016 on the ECM label) is an album by pianist Tord Gustavsen, vocalist Simin Tander and drummer Jarle Vespestad. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded "What Was Said" 4 stars and stated "This band incorporates improvisational elements into the core of each composition, and the role of the singer is as a co-conspirator in the creation of the moment.". They also selected it as one of their Favorite Jazz Albums of 2016. Writing in The Guardian, John Fordham called it "returning to simple songs with religious roots, and to collaboration

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: popular British comic strip "Charley's War" by Pat Mills which was published in "Battle Picture Weekly" 1979-1985 and portrayed the experiences of young British soldier Charley Bourne in the trenches of the Great War. The strip included a sequence of episodes in which the story's hero Charley and his unit are stationed opposite the regiment of young Lance Corporal Adolf Hitler in December 1917. Charley and Hitler fight hand-to-hand in one scene, nearly killing each other. Hitler is portrayed as a somewhat eccentric and scruffy soldier, ill-tempered but brave, albeit selfishly so. "The New Adventures of Hitler" by Grant Morrison

title: Political views of Adolf Hitler

text: Much like the political activists in the DAP, Hitler blamed the loss of the First World War on Jewish intrigue at home and abroad, espousing "völkisch"-nationalist political beliefs with the intention of resurrecting Germany’s greatness by smashing the Versailles Treaty. Along those lines, Hitler proclaimed that the "German yoke must be broken by German iron" ("Das deutsche Elend muß durch deutsches Eisen zerbrochen werden"). In September 1919 Hitler wrote what is often deemed his first antisemitic text, requested by Mayr as a reply to an inquiry by Adolf Gemlich, who had participated in the same "educational courses" as Hitler. In

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: time travel. An elderly Jewish Holocaust survivor uses the power to travel back in time and kill Hitler; he fails, and Hitler finds his mobile phone, allowing the Nazis to overthrow Britain. At the end, Kelly, a main character in the show, obtains the time travel power and returns to Nazi Germany to take the phone from Hitler. Hitler also appears in the Australian television series "Danger 5", about five international spies on a mission to kill Adolf Hitler. In "The Man in the Bottle," a man (Luther Adler) who has been granted four wishes by a genie wishes himself

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: Nintendo banned Hitler-like Miis, or Miis that are even named "Hitler", from playing online in "Mario Kart Wii". The recent update on the Xbox 360 can have players create avatars that also can resemble Hitler. So far, Microsoft has not banned anyone from using Hitler-like avatars. In the game "Sniper Elite V2", with the "Assassinate the Führer" bonus mission, the player has the opportunity to kill Adolf Hitler. A similar mission appears as DLC in Sniper Elite 4. In the game "The Saboteur", excerpts from Hitler's speeches play over loudspeakers throughout a Nazi-occupied Paris during several cutscenes. A conspiracy theory

title: Political views of Adolf Hitler

text: more promising future. Evidence of Hitler's disdain for Weimar's cultural and social decadence appears on multiple occasions in "Mein Kampf". In his seminal tome, he expresses an ultra-conservatism: Hitler raved against what he considered to be tasteless and morally destructive art on display throughout Germany in "Mein Kampf", calling some of it morbid and declaring that "people would have benefited by not visiting them at all." Convinced that it was necessary to show the German people what comprised, "degenerate art" so as to protect them in the future, Hitler arranged for a formally commissioned exhibit in July 1937 of specially

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: traveler (Katherine Heigl) goes back in time to kill Hitler as an infant while disguising herself as the new housekeeper. She kidnaps the infant Hitler and leaps from a bridge, killing herself and the baby. A horrified housekeeper, who has been following her and had witnessed the murder, does not tell Hitler's parents because of fear of death as punishment, but rather bribes a gypsy to sell her baby. The baby is then returned to the Hitler household where he takes his place to become the Hitler that the world knew. William Saroyan wrote a short story about Hitler in

title: Political views of Adolf Hitler

text: opinions about sexuality amid the Nazis led to extreme homophobia which resulted in the systematic persecution of homosexuals. Hitler and his paladins also controlled what constituted acceptable artistic expression in Nazi Germany, abolishing what they considered to be "degenerate art". The Nazis strongly discouraged, and in some cases outright rejected the following behaviors: the use of cosmetics, premarital sex, prostitution, pornography, sexual vices, smoking, and excessive drinking. In many ways, there was a distinct Anti-intellectualism present within Nazi philosophy. Hearkening back to a simpler time, Hitler and the Nazis attempted to vindicate the glorious past as the key to a

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text: Hitler one way or the other, for example "Gotterdammerung" by Stratovarius directly mentions the history of Hitler and the Nazi regime. Bowie has also been quoted saying "Hitler was the first rock star" and, at one time, wanted to direct a film based on the life of Heinrich Himmler. "Heads We're Dancing" by Kate Bush tells the story of a woman who dances all night with a charming stranger, only to discover the following morning that he is Adolf Hitler. Texas Groove metal band Pantera wrote and recorded a song called "By Demons Be Driven". It tells the story of

title: Adolf Hitler and Stefanie Rabatsch

text: history." Ian Kershaw relates the story in his 2008 "Hitler: A Biography". Kershaw felt that Kubizek had been helped in creating his book by a ghostwriter. He considers the story of Stefanie exaggerated, writing, "There can be little doubt that Kubizek greatly embellishes what was at most a passing juvenile infatuation." However, Kershaw concludes that although Kubizek's book has weaknesses it also has intrinsic value as a portrait of the young Hitler. Frederic Spotts in his 2009 "Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics" notes that no documentation or sources other than Kubizek's book provide any substantiation for the alleged infatuation.

title: Angela Hitler

text: Angela Hitler Angela Franziska Johanna Hammitzsch (née Hitler; 28 July 1883 – 30 October 1949) was the elder half-sister of Adolf Hitler. By her first husband, Leo Raubal Sr., she was the mother of Geli Raubal. Angela Hitler was born in Braunau, Austria-Hungary, the second child of Alois Hitler Sr. and his second wife, Franziska Matzelsberger. Her mother died the following year. She and her brother Alois Hitler, Jr. were brought up by their father and his third wife Klara Pölzl. Her half-brother, Adolf Hitler, was born six years after her, and they grew very close. She is the only

title: Religious views of Adolf Hitler

text: Mohammedan today" if the Arab regime had successfully taken France during the Battle of Tours, while also suggesting to Speer that "ultimately not Arabs, but Islamized Germans could have stood at the head of this Mohammedan Empire." Hitler said that the Germans would have become heirs to "a religion that believed in spreading the faith by the sword and in subjugating all nations to that faith. Such a creed was perfectly suited to the German temperament." As noted, Hitler was profoundly racist against the ethnic groups that practiced Islam. Regarding Hitler's wish that the Ottomans had conquered Europe, Speer notes

title: Hitler-Ransomware

text: In January 2017, an updated version known as "The FINAL version" of Hitler-Ransomware was released. Hitler-Ransomware Hitler-Ransomware, or Hitler-Ransonware "(sic)", is a form of ransomware created in 2016 originating in Germany. It requests payment within one hour; otherwise, it will delete files from the infected computer. Hitler-Ransomware was first developed in 2016. The ransomware activates with a lock screen with an image of Adolf Hitler giving a Nazi salute. The message on it states "This is the Hitler-Ransonware. "(sic)" Your files was encrypted! Do you decrypt your files?". It then demands payment in the form of a €25 Vodafone mobile

title: Psychopathography of Adolf Hitler

text: with that of the Vienna psychiatrist and Buchenwald survivor Ernest A. Rappaport, who already in 1975 had called Hitler an "ambulatory schizophrenic". The personality psychologist John D. Mayer (University of New Hampshire) published an essay in 1993 in which he suggested an independent psychiatric category for destructive personalities like Hitler: A "dangerous leader disorder" (DLD). Mayer identified three groups of symptomatic behavioral singularities: 1. indifference (becoming manifest for example in murder of opponents, family members or citizens, or in genocide); 2. intolerance (practicing press censorship, running a secret police or condoning torture); 3. self-aggrandizement (self-assessment as a "unifier" of a

title: Psychopathography of Adolf Hitler

text: Bychowski, a Polish-American psychiatrist, compared several historical figures who have successfully carried out a coup d'etat: Julius Caesar, Oliver Cromwell, Robespierre, Hitler and Josef Stalin. He came to the conclusion that all of these men had an abundance of traits that must by classified as "psychopathic" such as the tendency to act out impulses or to project their own hostile impulses onto other people or groups. In 1993, the interdisciplinary team Desmond Henry, Dick Geary and Peter Tyrer published an essay in which they expressed their common view that Hitler had antisocial personality disorder as defined in ICD-10. Tyrer, a

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: conquers Britain. Hitler is represented, along with other historical World War II characters, in the "Hearts of Iron" PC series and in "Assassins Creed 2" where he is depicted possessing a piece of eden. In the Assassin's Creed series, Hitler was a Templar puppet who used a Piece of Eden to take control of Germany. In response, other Templar puppets Winston Churchill, FDR, and Joseph Stalin attempted to thwart his plans. Instead of committing suicide, he was killed by the Assassins. Players can create and use "Hitler-like" Miis on the Nintendo Wii in certain games such as "Wii Sports". However,

title: Ethnic groups in Algeria

text: Ethnic groups in Algeria Ethnic groups in Algeria include Berbers and Europeans who have contributed to the ethnic make-up. Berbers are the indigenous population of Algeria. Beginning with the Numidian kingdom till the Middle-Ages. Berbers had extensive historical relationships with both Romans and Phoenicians who eventually build Carthage in their own lands. Partially Romanized and Christian during the Roman Empire, the Berbers and their lands were Islamized in the 7th century with the expansion of the Umayyad Empire from Syria. Previous Roman-Berber cities gradually began to become Arabo-Berber cities where an Arabo-Islamic culture was involved. Arabization was considered as a

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: implies that business interests were behind Hitler's rise to power, and was said to be Moe Howard's and Larry Fine's favorite Stooges short subject. A sequel was released a year later entitled "I'll Never Heil Again". This one illustrated the disagreements between Hitler and the League of Nations. In other Three Stooges shorts, Hitler is referred to as "Schicklgruber" in reference to his father Alois Hitler's birth name. First released some nine months after the Stooges' initial Nazi-lampooning short subject, Charlie Chaplin made fun of Hitler as "Adenoid Hynkel," the buffoonish dictator of Tomainia, in his 1940 movie "The Great

title: Psychopathography of Adolf Hitler

text: hospital stay. It is not even certain what symptoms were presented. Hitler's medical record from Pasewalk that could confirm or refute a diagnosis was already considered lost in the late 1920s. During World War II, the United States intelligence agency OSS collected information about Hitler's personality and commissioned a research team led by Walter Charles Langer to develop psychological reports in 1943. In one of these reports, titled "A Psychiatric Study of Hitler", the hypothesis was developed that Hitler was treated in Pasewalk by the psychiatrist Edmund Forster, who had in 1933 committed suicide for fear of reprisals. The starting

title: Hitler Diaries

text: personal valet Sergeant Wilhelm Arndt. The plane crashed into the Heidenholz Forest, near the Czechoslovak border. Some of the more useful parts of Gundlfinger's plane were appropriated by locals before the police and SS cordoned off the crash. When Baur told Hitler what had happened, the German leader expressed grief at the loss of Arndt, one of his most favoured servants, and added: "I entrusted him with extremely valuable documents which would show posterity the truth of my actions!" Apart from this quoted sentence, there is no indication of what was in the boxes. The last of the crash's two

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: Hitlers" by Elvis Costello, superficially a song about a loveless couple but reportedly a real-life reflection of the relationship between the singer and his producer Nick Lowe (who had previously recorded a song entitled "Little Hitler", the similarities leading to speculations about the origins of the later song) on the album "Armed Forces". Antony and the Johnsons have released the song "Hitler in My Heart" on their debut in which the term "Hitler" is generally used as a metaphore for the bad within oneself - likewise in the song "Crack Hitler" by Faith No More from Angel Dust. Other songs

title: Adolf Hitler in popular culture

text: to the July 20 plot. "Wolfenstein 3D" features Hitler as the final boss of Episode 3. He battles first wearing a mechanical battlesuit, then later carries two miniguns after the suit is heavily damaged. In addition, the map features Hitler-clones with flamethrowers that can be found before the final battle. Hitler also appears in "", the sequel to "". Set in an alternate 1961 where Germany has won World War II and taken over most of the world, the protagonist B.J. Blazkowicz meets an elderly, sickly Adolf Hitler with evident signs of suffering from dementia while on an undercover mission

title: What I Was

text: the austere self-sufficiency of the period, which appeals to Hilary. The sinking of England's eastern coastline is also often mentioned. The sunken city and Roman fort are the focus of a sailing expedition in the earlier part of the book. Later in the same year, Finn's shack becomes flooded. In the closing chapter, set in the mid-21st century, the old man's boat passes over the school, now completely consumed by the rising sea. What I Was What I Was is Meg Rosoff's third novel for young adults. The book was published in 2007, and was shortlisted for both the Costa

title: Ethnic groups in Chinese history

text: Ethnic groups in Chinese history Ethnic groups in Chinese history refer to various or presumed ethnicities of significance to the history of China, gathered through the study of Classical Chinese literature, Chinese and non-Chinese literary sources and inscriptions, historical linguistics, and archaeological research. Among the difficulties in the study of ethnic groups in China are the relatively long periods of time involved, together with the large volume of literary and historical records which have accompanied the history of China. Classical Chinese ethnography (like much premodern ethnography) was often sketchy, leaving it unclear as to whether Chinese-depicted names referred to a

title: Hitler and Mannerheim recording

text: tape, Hitler discusses the failure of Operation Barbarossa, Italian defeats in Africa, Yugoslavia, and Albania, his surprise of the Soviet Union's ability to produce thousands of tanks, and his strategic concerns about Romanian petroleum wells. Damen had been assigned to record Hitler's official speech and birthday message to Mannerheim. Hitler was unaware that the microphone was still recording after the official speeches, but Damen continued to record the now-private conversation. After 11 minutes, Hitler's SS guards realized what Damen was doing. They made a cutthroat gesture to demand that he cease recording. The SS guards demanded the tape be destroyed,