72 interesting facts about Adolf Hitler (German, American, leader, Berlin)

[jobseeker2013]

This is a nice read:

72 Interesting Facts about Adolf Hitler

[Hamtonfordbury]

Some of these sound questionable. If he really ate 2 pounds of chocolate per day, he would be obese. Also "historians" is used, like they speak as a unified group and have no differing opinions.

[Experiment_2014]

"No one ever talks about Hitler's paintings"

[jameshardin]

I am bringing this back for more insight. I thought that the rumor of the bone fragments NOT being Hitler's was debunked. Or was that his jaw bone? I know that most people have dismissed the idea that Hitler got away in the final hours, but Stalin maintained until his death that Hitler did get away. I don't have a primary source for this so I might be spewing more falsities.

[IloveYOU2]

Originally Posted by jameshardin

I am bringing this back for more insight. I thought that the rumor of the bone fragments NOT being Hitler's was debunked. Or was that his jaw bone? I know that most people have dismissed the idea that Hitler got away in the final hours, but Stalin maintained until his death that Hitler did get away. I don't have a primary source for this so I might be spewing more falsities.

Kinda have to consider what Stalin gained by prolonging the Hitler scare tactics.

[Unsettomati]

I note that many of these 'interesting facts' are, in fact, very widely known by anyone who knows virtually anything at all about Adolf Hitler.

15. Hitler never gained majority support in free elections. The most the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) garnered was 37.3% in July 1932. In 1933, when Hitler became Chancellor, the Nazis had only one third of the seats in the Reichstag.

Similar things could be said about many leaders and parties in multiparty who hold positions as a result of free elections.

46. In 1937, Hitler created a new medal for foreign friends of the Reich called The Cross of the German Eagle Order. The first recipient was American Henry Ford. Hitler admired Ford largely because Ford hated Jews and had bought the newspaper Dearborn Independent to publish anti-Semitic stories. Ford even built Hitler an automobile assembly plant in Berlin.

Hitler actually singles out Henry Ford in Mein Kampf (the only U.S. citizen specifically mentioned in the book) as an object of his admiration, for his anti-Semitism but as much for his industrial innovations.

48. In 1937, Carl Jung analyzed Hitler’s handwriting and wrote that it included “typical characteristics of a man with essentially feminine instinct.”

50. Hitler reportedly had a sweet tooth. He ate up to two pounds of chocolate per day.

"up to"
Translation: 'At least one day in his life, he ate two pounds of chocolate.'
Hitler was rather obsessive about his diet. To suggest that he consumed large quantities of chocolate on a regular basis is simply wrong. He did not.

On a side note, Ian Kershaw's two-volume biography of Hitler is excellent. I highly recommend it:
Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris | Reviews in History
Hitler 1939-45. Nemesis | Reviews in History

[Kreutz]

Originally Posted by jameshardin

I am bringing this back for more insight. I thought that the rumor of the bone fragments NOT being Hitler's was debunked. Or was that his jaw bone? I know that most people have dismissed the idea that Hitler got away in the final hours, but Stalin maintained until his death that Hitler did get away. I don't have a primary source for this so I might be spewing more falsities.

No, the skull fragment was not his.

However it is most likely he died in the bunker, though Hannah Reitsch may have actually evacuated him.