This is the Forward’s coverage of Adolf Hitler, the infamous dictator of Nazi Germany.
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Fast Forward Anti-Gay Judge Hung Portrait of Hitler in Courthouse
An Oregon judge who refused to perform same-sex marriages is facing multiple complaints in a state ethics investigation, including that he put up a picture of Adolf Hitler in the Salem courthouse, a state judicial commission said on Tuesday. Marion County Circuit Court Judge Vance Day is facing an ethics review for screening wedding applicants…
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Art Nazi Museum Documents Munich’s Ignominious Past — and Puts Hitler in His Place
What would Adolf Hitler say today if he walked by Munich’s recently opened Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism? I posed this question to the German novelist Timur Vermes when we visited the city’s newest and most overdue museum together. Vermes was the perfect person to ask, as he is the author of…
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The Schmooze Sorry, You Won’t See Any Nazis on ‘Downton Abbey’
“Downton Abbey” has come a long way since its 1912 beginnings. The Crawleys have weathered the sinking of the Titanic, World War I, near-financial ruin, numerous family deaths, scandal and even Jewish intermarriage (gasp!). But don’t expect to see Nazis planes bearing down on the Earl of Grantham any time soon. The last season of…
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Opinion What Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Teaches Me About Charleston
I finished reading Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler two days ago. As a Jew, I had wanted to understand why someone would want to destroy all that European Jews had worked so hard to build. But as I read, I could not help thinking instead about Dylann Roof, the white 21-year-old who killed nine black…
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The Schmooze Yes, This is a Nazi-Themed Cheerleader Routine
No, it’s not a Hitler Youth parade — it’s a cheerleading competition. One of the teams competing in a cheerleading smackdown in the Mexican city of Guadalajara (in May) got slammed on social media last week when a video surfaced showing their highly offensive routine featuring swastikas, goose-stepping and “Sieg Heils” galore. The cheery bunch included…
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Culture Anatomy of the Murderers
● The Third Reich in History and Memory By Richard J. Evans Oxford University Press, 496 pages, $29.95 However deranged his deeds, Adolf Hitler was not certifiably mad. The German people did not voluntarily embrace the dictator, but acquiesced in his rule only after a campaign of terror that silenced or sidelined the political opposition….
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Opinion John Boehner’s Double Standard on Bibi — and Obama
In case you missed it: The No. 1 best comedy line of the weekend came from one of our best deadpan straight men, House Speaker John Boehner, Republican of Ohio. It came during a Sunday interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.” They were talking about the Israeli prime minister’s flip-flop on…
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Fast Forward Adolf Hitler Painting to Be Auctioned, Asking Price $30,000
A Los Angeles gallery is auctioning a painting by Adolf Hitler, with an initial asking price of $30,000. Hitler’s floral still life, painted in 1912 before he entered politics, will be auctioned on Thursday by the Nate D. Sanders gallery. As a teenager and young man, Hitler unsuccessfully pursued an art career and was twice…
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