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Hitler on Wikipedia

  • 11-05-2012 01:50PM
    #1
    Scanlas The 2nd
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭


    Anyone else find reading about Hitler fascinating? I've been reading about him on wiki, the bits about his childhood, parents and grandparents I find especially intriguing. I tried reading Mein Kampf online but it's hard to read, the translation doesn't seem very good.


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  • #2
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    He has Irish relations you know.


  • #3
    MidlandsM
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    and only had 1 ball in his bag ..............


  • #4
    danslevent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭danslevent


    You should like this so, it's very interesting

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363163/


  • #5
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    He was a vegetarian don't ya know.


  • #6
    superstoner90
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    No, OP. Id rather watch paint dry, Thank you very much.


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  • #7
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    He invented happy hardcore dance music


  • #8
    ciarang85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭ciarang85


    he started calor gas also...


  • #9
    Chamone MF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 121 ✭✭Chamone MF


    Read a bit of mein kampf, crazy, full of hate and it seemed to have an air of anti-semitism.


  • #10
    Logical Fallacy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭Logical Fallacy


    After seeing this photo you will find it hard to take Hitler seriously.


  • #11
    golden lane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,364 ✭✭✭golden lane


    Seachmall wrote: »
    He was a vegetarian don't ya know.

    but he liked sausages (wurst).....not the vegaterian type either...


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  • #12
    Pyr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,967 ✭✭✭Pyr0


    Bar the whole genocide issue he is an interesting character, excellent orator and brilliant politician but terrible military commander.


  • #13
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    A lot of Hitlers quotes could apply to today's Global elite.

    If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed... Adolf Hitler

    "Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." ....Adolf Hitler.

    "The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one"....Adolf Hitler.


  • #14
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Never read about him, just saw bits of (yet another) WW2 documentary on History channel.
    Intend to watch The Fall? about the fall of Germany in WW2 at some point.

    I hope Europe never sees another despot like him or Stalin again.


  • #15
    pablomakaveli
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    I prefer this version of Hitlers life.


  • #16
    golden lane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,364 ✭✭✭golden lane


    Pyr0 wrote: »
    Bar the whole genocide issue he is an interesting character, excellent orator and brilliant politician but terrible military commander.


    everybody has good points.......but his were really so few......


  • #17
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    You ever play the Hitler game on Wikipedia? You go to Random Article and see how many clicks it takes you through articles linked to on that specific one 'til you get to the page about Hitler.

    The first link you click to from the Random Article counts as #1.


  • #18
    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    A lot of Hitlers quotes could apply to today's Global elite.

    If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed... Adolf Hitler

    "Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." ....Adolf Hitler.

    "The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one"....Adolf Hitler.
    A lot of them? That's just the same one, three times.


  • #19
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »
    Anyone else find reading about Hitler fascinating? I've been reading about him on wiki, the bits about his childhood, parents and grandparents I find especially intriguing. I tried reading Mein Kampf online but it's hard to read, the translation doesn't seem very good.

    Theres good books on the man by John Toland, Ian Kershaw and Alan Bullock, which would be more informative and in-depth.


  • #20
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    golden lane wrote: »
    but he liked sausages (wurst).....not the vegaterian type either...

    'Tis a myth, don't ya know.


  • #21
    Dr.Strange
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 181 ✭✭Dr.Strange


    Asa Icy Banjo wrote: »
    A lot of them? That's just the same one, three times.

    Are you a grammar Hitler?


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  • #22
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    Deleted User wrote: »
    You ever play the Hitler game on Wikipedia? You go to Random Article and see how many clicks it takes you through articles linked to on that specific one 'til you get to the page about Hitler.

    The first link you click to from the Random Article counts as #1.

    Interesting note: If you click "Random Article" and then always click the first link in the article you will eventually end up at "Philosophy" with something like a 95% success rate.


  • #23
    golden lane
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    Seachmall wrote: »
    'Tis a myth, don't ya know.


    no..his favourite was.....bratwurst......sort of suited him....


  • #24
    Chorcai
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    He invented happy hardcore dance music

    And sang...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3YRWhg4YaA


  • #25
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    golden lane wrote: »
    no..his favourite was.....bratwurst......sort of suited him....

    Him being a vegetarian is a myth. I have no idea if he liked sausages or not.


  • #26
    Scanlas The 2nd
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Scanlas The 2nd


    Pyr0 wrote: »
    Bar the whole genocide issue he is an interesting character, excellent orator and brilliant politician but terrible military commander.

    I doubt very much a terrible military commander could conquer most of Europe. He got too cocky and went for Russia.


  • #27
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    He build lovely roads


  • #28
    Pushtrak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,640 ✭✭✭Pushtrak


    You'll go fuhrer with your research if you don't use wikipedia.


  • #29
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    Mein Camp!


  • #30
    Pyr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,967 ✭✭✭Pyr0


    golden lane wrote: »
    everybody has good points.......but his were really so few......

    This is true, you can't escape the facts of course as it swings both ways. I'm not saying he was a great guy or anything or 'praising him', I'm just acknowledging aspects of his personality that made him a serious figure in the political world of the last 100 years.


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  • #31
    golden lane
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    Seachmall wrote: »
    Him being a vegetarian is a myth. I have no idea if he liked sausages or not.


    yes he was sort of vegaterian...except for the occasional sausage.....

    he loved lots and lots of creamy cakes.........


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