This is the Forward’s coverage of Adolf Hitler, the infamous dictator of Nazi Germany.
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Culture Making a Mockery of Hitler’s Mockery of Degenerate Art
When I looked for the first time at the painting that used to hang above Adolf Hitler’s mantel, I felt weirdly emotionless. It’s a triptych called “The Four Elements,” painted by Adolf Ziegler, and it displays four fair-haired naked women representing fire, water, soil and air. It can currently be viewed in New York City,…
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Fast Forward ‘Nazi’ Rampage Suspect Frazier Glenn Miller Consumed by ‘Worship for Hitler’
The suspect in the Passover Eve killings of three people at two Jewish community facilities in a Kansas City suburb has a long history of racism and anti-Semitism, human rights groups said on Monday. Frazier Glenn Cross, 73, is facing charges of premeditated murder and is scheduled for an initial court appearance on Monday afternoon….
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Fast Forward French Jews Win Ban on Hitler Memento Auction
Following protests by two Jewish groups, a Paris auction house canceled an auction of Nazi objects. The Maison Vermont de Pas auction house nixed the April 26 sale on Monday following the protests by the National Bureau for Vigilance against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA, and the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities. The objects included…
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Fast Forward Eva Braun May Have Had Jewish Ancestry, Documentary Says
Eva Braun, the wife of Adolf Hitler, may have had Jewish ancestry, according to a new British documentary. “Dead Famous DNA,” which is scheduled to air Wednesday on Britain’s Channel 4, reported that hair samples from a brush believed to have been used by Braun were tested and show that a DNA sequence found in…
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Opinion Real Roots of Austria’s Nazi Comparisons
Supporters listen to Austrian Freedom Party head Heinz-Christian Strache in 2013. / Getty Images Last Friday, a German magazine article quoted Andreas Moelzer, a member of the European Parliament for the far-right Freedom Party of Austria, saying that the Third Reich had fewer rules, regulations and bans than the European Union, and probably looked informal…
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Fast Forward Internet Tycoon Kim Dotcom Defends Buying Signed ‘Mein Kampf’ as Investment
A German-born Internet tycoon who is fighting extradition from New Zealand to the United States for racketeering is under fire for admitting he owns a rare signed copy of Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Kim Dotcom, whose actual name is Kim Schmitz, is the founder of MegaUpload, a file-transfer website that U.S. authorities shut down in 2012….
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Music Documents Signed by Adolf Hitler in 1909 Up for Auction
Two original “Harry Potter” book illustrations, Winston Churchill’s resignation letter, a dress worn by Princess Diana and documents signed by Adolf Hitler are just some of the eclectic items put on the block by auction house Nate D. Sanders. The sale features more than 600 lots and buyers can bid online until March 27. The…
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Fast Forward Jewish Heirs Won’t Get Back Art Treasure, German Panel Rules
A collection of medieval religious art worth an estimated $275 million will not be returned to the heirs of four German-Jewish art dealers. The descendants of another heir said, however, that they will not give up the fight for the Guelph Collection now held by the Berlin-based Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. In a ruling last…
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