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Fast Forward Bertrand Russell’s 1937 ‘Dinner With Hitler’ Letter Shown at Tolerance Museum
The Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles purchased at auction a 1937 letter in which British philosopher Bertrand Russell says that the British should invite Hitler to dinner rather than fight the Nazis. The museum is part of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The letter was purchased for $4,000 at an auction last month in London,…
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Fast Forward ‘Baby Hitler’ Banned by Mexican State
‘ What’s in a name? In northwestern Mexico, officials say potentially a lifetime of bullying, so parents in the state of Sonora can no longer opt to name their children Scrotum, Terminator, USNAVY or Facebook. The 61 banned names include technology-inspired monikers like Twitter and Yahoo, fictional characters Harry Potter, James Bond and Rambo and…
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Fast Forward Google Apologizes for ‘Adolf-Hitler-Platz’ on Berlin Map
Google has apologized for labeling a Berlin intersection as Adolf-Hitler-Platz, its Nazi-era name, on Google Maps. The apology came on Friday, after the company was made aware of the error, apparently edited in by users of its Map Maker function. The intersection today is known as Theodor-Heuss-Platz, after West Germany’s first post-World War II president,…
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Fast Forward German Town Yanks Honorary Citizenship for Adolf Hitler
A town council in the German state of Bavaria voted to strip Adolf Hitler of his honorary citizenship. The 21 members of the Dietramszell town council voted unanimously on Tuesday to remove the honorary citizenship granted to Hitler 80 years ago. Last week, the council decided during a special session not to adopt a resolution…
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Fast Forward Richard Wagner Protestor Clashes With Organizer of Jerusalem Symposium
A man stormed the stage at a Jerusalem symposium on composer Richard Wagner and hurled insults at the audience in a protest over the German maestro’s associations with the Nazis. Ushers at Tuesday’s event struggled to restrain the strongly built protester, a man in his late 30s who gave his name as Ran Carmi. Ignoring…
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The Schmooze Tila Tequila Banned From Facebook
Did you think Tila Tequila had come to her senses and deleted her Facebook rant defending Hitler? Wrong. The D-list celebrity was banned from Facebook for 30 days and her previous entries removed from the social media platform. This was her response: So you want to talk about hypocrisy? Ok then let us talk about…
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Fast Forward Institute for Contemporary History Vows to Publish ‘Mein Kampf’ Despite Ban
The Institute for Contemporary History vowed to press ahead with the publication of an annotated version of “Mein Kampf” despite a ban by the Bavarian state. In a statement, the institute said it would not abandon the project, which it considers an “important contribution toward historical-political education” and the book’s “demystification.” The copyright on “Mein…
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Fast Forward German State Will Not Publish Reprint of ‘Mein Kampf’ When Legal Ban Expires
The German state of Bavaria announced on Wednesday it had scrapped plans to publish a new academic reprint of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” with critical commentary when its legal power to ban the book expires in 2015. The southern German state owns the copyright and has banned any republication. But the copyright expires at the…
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