This is the Forward’s coverage of Adolf Hitler, the infamous dictator of Nazi Germany.
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Fast Forward Donald Trump’s Hollywood Star Defaced With Swastika
Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (yes, he has a star), has been defaced with a swastika. A posted a photo of the defaced star on a thread on Friday. The star was clean by Saturday morning. The Wrap reports that an actor who dresses up as Batman on Hollywood Boulevard confirmed…
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Books Brazilian Jews Celebrate Ban on Publishing of Unannotated ‘Mein Kampf’
A Brazilian publisher has decided to cancel the release of a new printing of “Mein Kampf” after strong pressure from the Jewish community and scholars. Editing company Edipro reportedly decided on Thursday to call off a first printing run of 1,000 copies, saying it was an old translation to Portuguese from the 1930s, with no…
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News ‘Mein Kampf’ No Longer Banned in Germany — Now What?
Nazi salutes, swastikas and other Third Reich symbols have long been outlawed in Germany. But as of midnight on New Year’s Eve, “Mein Kampf,” Hitler’s infamous autobiographical tome, was off the list of suppressed Nazi icons. As a result, “Mein Kampf” will again hit bookstores in Germany, 70 years after its author’s death at the…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Campaign Poster Defaced With Hitler Graffiti
A Donald Trump campaign poster on a Florida building owned by a Jewish woman was defaced to make the front running GOP candidate look like Adolf Hitler. The poster in the window of a vacant storefront in Jacksonville reads: “We want Donald Trump! Republican Candidate For President.” The words were altered overnight Tuesday with spray…
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Books Is Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Still Inflammatory or a Tool To Fight Hate — or Both?
BERLIN – For the first time since Hitler’s death, Germany is publishing the Nazi leader’s political treatise “Mein Kampf,” unleashing a highly charged row over whether the text is an inflammatory racist diatribe or a useful educational tool. The 70-year copyright on the text, written by Hitler between 1924-1926 and banned by the Allies at…
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Fast Forward German Rabbi Breaks With Jewish Leadership Over ‘Mein Kampf’
A Berlin rabbi has broken with the head of the German Jewish community over whether a new edition of “Mein Kampf” belongs in German classrooms. “The risk is greater than the benefit,” Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal said Saturday night, according to a statement issued by his spokesman. Teichtal said there is a “risk that its introduction…
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Fast Forward Hitler Had Just One Testicle, Medical Records Show
BERLIN – A medical document shows that Adolf Hitler only had one testicle, German media said on Saturday, suggesting there is some truth after all to a popular British song that says the dictator had “only got one ball.” There has long been speculation that Hitler was missing one testicle, with rumors circulating that he…
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Life Baby Hitler and Other Moral Questions for GOP Candidates
What if Baby Hitler were wearing a hat with bear ears? I’m curious to know what Jeb Bush might do if Baby Hitler were actually wearing one of those fuzzy bear hats. Or if Baby Hitler had just tasted a lemon and were making a funny face. What would Jeb Bush do then? Would he…
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