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A biography of Adolf Hitler published two years before his autobiography Mein Kampf may also have been written by Hitler:
In the early fall of 1923, when Adolf Hitler was still mostly known for his frenzied speeches at Munich beer halls, a slim biography was published that lauded him as the savior of the German nation and even compared him to Jesus. The book, "Adolf Hitler: His Life and His Speeches," was credited to Baron Adolf Victor von Koerber, a German aristocrat and war hero. Scholars have said that Hitler sought Mr. von Koerber out for the biography because he needed a conservative figure without links to the Nazi Party to help legitimize him as a leader.
However, new research says Hitler penned the work himself. This suggests that Hitler had designs on taking power earlier than many historians have previously thought and manipulated public opinion to get there.
"Adolf Hitler: His Life and His Speeches" was published two years before "Mein Kampf," the autobiography and manifesto that historians consider the moment Hitler went from political propagandist to leader in waiting. The von Koerber biography was published shortly before Hitler helped lead a bungled coup in Munich known as the Beer Hall Putsch.
"It's 1923, and Hitler suddenly decides he needs to boost his national profile," said Thomas Weber, a professor of history and international affairs at the University of Aberdeen, in Scotland, who uncovered documents in Mr. von Koerber's archival papers that he argues reveals Hitler as the biography's true author. The documents included a sworn statement by the publisher's widow.
Dusty old Godwin meme.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 11 2016, @12:55AM
holocaust
Not again!
Bring some evidence to back-up the Holocaust thing. Please?
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"
It is not for the accused to prove himself innocent. Its the accuser's job.
blitzkreig
Blitzkrieg.
Would it be in everybody's interest if WW1-style trench warfare was conducted? Would it have worked?
When did a quick war (Blitzkrieg) become a bad phrase? Look and see the whole world is doing it. No more trench warfare.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 11 2016, @11:39AM
Possibly when the term became commonly associated with the repeated bombing of civilian population centres [wikipedia.org], over the course of many months.
That much certainly seems true.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday October 11 2016, @12:51PM
By the standards of what is called evidence, there are terabytes of it for the holocaust. I realize that's a Hollywood-juiced term, but I'll use it because it's what most people know and use to refer to the Nazi extermination campaign. We have the death camps themselves. We have the testimony of thousands upon thousands of survivors. We have the forensic evidence of the gas chambers and all the remains. We have the reports from the American and allied troops that liberated the camps. We have the meticulous records the Nazis themselves kept to track their progress and efficiency. We have the medical research that Mengele amassed experimenting on prisoners.
We all know all the rest. The Nazis are guilty by any standard of evidence. The Germans themselves concede their guilt. I know because I went to high school there and they spend their senior year of history class learning about the holocaust.
Washington DC delenda est.