Hitler's father was illegitamete and probably half jewish, having been conceived when Hitlers grandmother worked as a maid for a jewish family, the Frankenbergers, who paid support for the son until he was fourteen years old. When the Germans annexed Austria, Hitler had the area of his fathers birthplace, Dollersheim, and the grave of his grandmother, designated a tank training ground, thus destroying all evidence forever.

In addition to his probably being one quater jewish, his life was full of aquantences with jews. His mothers doctor, who treated her until she died on December 21, 1907 was jewish. Hitler received his First Class Iron Cross in World War I from a jew, First Lieutenant hugo Gutmann. He borrowed his psychology of the masses from Sigmund Freud, a jew. Eva Braun, his mistress, was saved from her second suicide attempt by a jewsih doctor, Martin Marx. His vegetarian cook, Marlene von Exner, was also part jewish. And finally one of Hitlers allies in the war, Francisco Franco, was half jewish, a fact carefully hidden from him by Hitlers advisors.

The Nazi party was the N.S.D.A.P. or National Socialist German Workers party. Hitler was not a nationalist; his willful destruction of Germany at the end of the war proves this. He was not a socialist, and he killed off all the socialists during the Roehm purge in 1934. He was not German having been born in Austria and was never really a member of the 'working class.' Hitler was not by their own definition a 'nazi.'

Hitler & Napoleon:

Both had photographic memories.
Both were foreigners to the countries they headed.
Both were contemptuously called "carpet chewers."
Napoleon was 5'7", Hitler was 5'8".
Napoleons coup de tat of Bramaise was on Nov. 9, 1799, Hitlers attmpted Putsch was Nov. 9, 1923.
Both planned their invasions of Russia while still preparing their invasions of Britain.
Napoleon captured Vilna on June 24, 1813; Hitler captured it on June 24, 1941.

Hitler had 3 nephews; Hans Hitler who fought at Stalingrad and escaped back to German lines, Heinz Hitler who fought at Stalingrad and was captured and died in captivity and William Patrick Hitler, the son of Alois Jr. (Hitlers half brother), and the brother of Heinz, who served in the US Navy during WWII. Willaim Patrick Hitler lives in New York but changed his name.

Yes, that point is debatable. And he had his 'starving artist' period. However when he was a member of the NSDAP, he was hardly 'working class' for very long.

Hitler's father was illegitamate and [red]probably[/red] half jewish,

[red]thus destroying all evidence forever[/red]

And as even you noted:

"Even he does not say for sure, only that it was not out of the question that Hitler's father could be half-Jewish."

But given the fact that Hitler destroyed Dollersheim and the grave of his grandmother, I'd say he might have had something to hide.

Would have been part of the reason.

The other was certainly poltical opportunism. The European jews were a prime target, wealthy, exploitable and generally resented by a almost universally anti semitic Europe.

One needs only read the Protocals to realize Hitler hardly invented anti semetism but merely used it for his own benefits. Of interest, is the fact that most scholars agree the Protocols probably first surfaced in Russia where anti semetism ran very high.

Anti semetism was also prevelent in the United States. Henry Ford published a anti semetic newspaper and actually received a Iron Cross for his efforts. Hitlers imigration policies were based directly on those of the US and the vast majority of European jewish refugees fleeing Europe were denied entrance to the US.

But in the end it was just political expediency. Hitler needed a boogeyman to blame the woes of Germany (and indeed Europe) on. This alleviated Germany of any blame for their own troubles and the jews fit the bill nicely. What should be remembered is all of Europe (and even Russia) accepted the notion and went along with it.

Re education camps. RE: Museum of Tolerance.

In the 1930s I think it was mostly a matter of political expediency, but this is not to suggest he was neutral towards the jews personally.

As far as how he ran things towards the end of the war, the jews were just one more example. He personally interfered with just about all aspects of running the war in any practical way. In the end Hitler was possibly as much an asset to the allies as an obstacle.

I think the 'Hitler was part-Jewish' story is dead wrong for the very reasons cited by [b]Atencio[/b], above.

It only serves as bitter irony for some, and as just another smack against the Jews for others.

Whatever the truth might be, Hitler never acted as a Jew, worshipped as a Jew, or considered himself as a Jew.

So what 'makes' him a Jew?

The fact that his father may have been half-Jewish?

Well, we all know that you are not considered Jewish because your father was a Jew, but only because your mother was a Jew. And Hitler's clearly wasn't, was she?

Eric The(Doubting)Hun[>]:)]

mace,  that is a question I have wondered about for a long time.  No doubt will get some answers here.

He DID make some of them work, though slave output can be poor.  Used to know an old guy here who had been slave labor in the camps.  Had the tatto and would talk about it as long as you wished to listen.  He made fomenated (sp?) mercury primers.  Said they parked a wagon at the factory every morning to haul away the bodies.  Said it was NEVER empty in the evening.  He decided to refuse to allow Hitler to kill him.  Worked, I guess, because he survived and Hitler didn't.  Tough old bird;  I miss him.  R.I.P. Henry.

That is true. In fact it may have been possible that he did not discover his legacy until later in life, probably about when he began investigating other people.



Well that is enough for some. In fact I have seen it suggested by many here that even jews who do not recognize or practice theri faith are still jews by birth.

I even started a topic "OK, What Is A Jew" (I think that was the title), to finally get a definitive answer on what is and isn't a jew since it seems to be both a race and a religion.

Could be...both were kinda ugly.

Actually the rumor was he was into golden, not brown showers. What is even more interesting is that nearly every woman he had contact with tried to, or did kill herself.

Holy Crap.

I think his last name was the least of his problems. [LOL]