The Austrian town of Salzberg initally refused Nazi flags to be hung off buildings for the filming of The Sound of Music. When the director threatened to use real archival footage of the city enthusiastically greeting Hitler, they quickly changed their mind and allowed it.
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The Nazi’s went on an Antarctic…
The Nazi’s went on an Antarctic expedition to claim it before WW2. When doing airplane surveys they had to drop weight, so they dropped boxes of metal swastikas that were supposed to be dropped all over Antarctica. So there’s boxes of swastikas on the Antarctic ocean floor somewhere.
The Nazi Sieg Heil was…
The Nazi Sieg Heil was ridiculed by some people. Since “heil” is also the imperative of the German verb “heilen” (“to heal”), a common joke in Nazi Germany was to reply with “Is he sick?”, “Am I a doctor?”, or “You heal him!”
Adolf Hitler’s personal chauffeur…
Adolf Hitler’s personal chauffeur and close confidant, Emil Maurice, was Jewish. He was also one of the founding members of the SS. After uncovering of his Jewish heritage, Hitler declared that he was an ‘honorary Aryan’ and prevented him from being expelled from the SS by Himmler.
During the Nuremberg Trials, Nazi Deputy Führer Rudolf…
During the Nuremberg Trials, Nazi Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess gave a bizarre final statement about “mysterious means” used for government mind control, as well as having been visited by people with strange eyes, “glassy and like eyes in a dream.”
A store refused to decorate a 3 yr old child’s cake with “Happy…
A store refused to decorate a 3 yr old child’s cake with “Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler!” The public attention from his father’s outrage at this refusal expedited his removal from the home. The father no longer has custody of any of his 9 children due to “instability” and lack of court compliance.
Jaguar was originally called SS Cars and renamed…
Jaguar was originally called SS Cars and renamed itself in 1945 to avoid confusion with the Nazi organization.
SS Leader Heinrich Himmler frequently carried out occult rituals…
SS Leader Heinrich Himmler frequently carried out occult rituals in an ancient German castle, and may have believed he was the reincarnation of Germany’s first king.
A German soldier during WW2 called Werner Goldberg was branded…
A German soldier during WW2 called Werner Goldberg was branded “The Ideal German Soldier” because of his physical appearance. Ironically he was half Jewish.
When coming to power in January 1933, th …
When coming to power in January 1933, the Nazi Party passed a comprehensive set of animal protection laws, with Hitler saying “In the new Reich, no more animal cruelty will be allowed“.