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June 22, 2017 at 12:15 pm #9386
Well, according to Sputnik News, that is… https://tinyurl.com/y85vzx5s
… and he is 128 years old, has been living undercover in Argentia. Says we need to look at him in a better light. Or something: –
“I’ve been blamed for a lot of crimes I’ve never committed. Because of that, I’ve had to spend more than half of my life hiding from Jews, so I’ve had my punishment already. I’ve been depicted as a bad guy only because we lost the war. When people read my side of the story, it will change the way the perceive me,”
Taken together with the Nazi hoard in Argentina – https://tinyurl.com/y7ypvfhv – have we misjudged Der Führer for the last 72 years?
I am reserving judgement…
Can’t get this into ‘Politics and War’ or ‘Other’. It will only go into ‘Legal and Law’.
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I'm out.June 22, 2017 at 4:20 pm #9387It’s interesting that a person of that (alleged) age would make a claim like that, offering himself to the masses as Hitler. It’s been known for decades that a large number of the Nazis fled to South America, Argentina being a favourite.
I doubt that anyone will take it seriously, in public at least, unless it can be proved one way or another.
The hoard of Nazi stuff is not that surprising, it happens from time to time. There are collectors for all kinds of macabre stuff, even in Father Ted!
I think I’ll watch The Boys From Brazil tonight.
June 22, 2017 at 4:27 pm #9388If you like conspiracy theories, then the Hunting Hitler series is an amusing watch, suggesting that Hitler did flee to Argentina.
"Everything looks interesting until you do it. Then you find it’s just another job" - Terry Pratchett
June 22, 2017 at 4:37 pm #9389If you like conspiracy theories, then the Hunting Hitler series is an amusing watch, suggesting that Hitler did flee to Argentina.
I watched that, dedicated people even if they were chasing shadows of shadows.
June 22, 2017 at 4:50 pm #9390I watched that, dedicated people even if they were chasing shadows of shadows.
Yeah it did seem like a lot of grasping at straws, but made for an amusing watch anyhow. Glammed up a bit perhaps for the TV but still interesting.
"Everything looks interesting until you do it. Then you find it’s just another job" - Terry Pratchett
June 22, 2017 at 8:20 pm #9392Boys from Brazil for a more SF and perhaps more believable take.
June 23, 2017 at 12:06 pm #9399I enjoyed Boys From Brazil, excellent film with some great acting. Casting Sir Laurence Olivier and Gregory Peck, was a work of genius, two of the greatest. I also liked the Marathon Man https://tinyurl.com/yaqczgcy – watching Sir Larry acting another great American star (Dustin Hoffman) off the screen.
“Is it safe?” “Is it Safe?” demands Sir Larry, as he yanks out Hoffman’s teeth without the benefit of anaesthetic. Olivier was completely believable in both films, totally different roles. I first saw him when I was very young, my dad took me to see him as Henry V in the old black and white Shakespeare film. “You have to see films like this,” said dad “to see great acting, real plots and great stories.” My dad was a miner all his life, but he wanted his sons to see the whole of life. Another week, he took me to see Alan Ladd in Shane. “More great acting, but totally different.” said dad.
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I'm out.June 23, 2017 at 5:06 pm #9406Agree Bob but I think the 1944 version was colour.
The English teacher at my old school hired it and I remember two year groups being plonked down in front of the screen to watch. The arrow scene was very memorable for a blood-thirsty 14 year old. i vaguely remember that after the film, the English teacher pointed out that this was first and foremost a propaganda film for American audiences, and secondly aimed at arousing patriotic fervour in the UK, hence the colour and the 1000+ squaddies made to act as extras in the film. Great teacher, he impressed on us the need to look beyond the obvious and to have little trust in authority. (I think a lot of teachers came back from the war very disillusioned with the UK and somewhat left-wing)
June 23, 2017 at 5:30 pm #9408On reflection Ed, you are right, but I have seen a version at school in B&W: after a call to one of my old schoolmates this afternoon, he confirms that. Projected onto a white sheet on a classroom wall from an old 8mm cine projector, the memory had us both giggling like the 12 year olds we were then. In 1944 before June 6th, there were probably 1,000’s of lads in khaki available, waiting for D-Day. In war films later, there were plenty of NatService bodies to play with!
The English teacher at our Technical school worked hard to drum some culture into the heads of the 800+ boys there. He organised plays, Shakespeare and modern playwrights, for us to demonstrate our acting talents. (Or lack of.) I still recall my lines as one of the 3 witches in the Scottish play, probably type-casting! He also collaborated with the Music teacher to produce a Gilbert & Sullivan opera every year. I was one of the “Three Little Girls From School” in Mikado and a Pirate in Penzance. Looking back, an amazing school: taught the first elements of draughtmanship and Engineering, and gave us culture in interesting ways. All in two rows of Nissen Huts, connected by a brick-built covered way. It was a POW camp, a US Army Hospital, (taking the expected enormous casualties after D-Day) a Police Training College, then a Technical School.
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