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Springtime for Hitler

Posted March 8, 2009, 09:03 ET Comments Off

At 10 am it’s already over 70 degrees. The seasons have changed. The crocuses are out and the daffodils will soon follow. Spring has arrived, and with it a spate of news stories about Hitler. I don’t try to explain this. I simply note a curious fact of modern journalism.

Michael Dirda reviews Hitler’s personal library in yesterday’s Post. The Fuhrer loved a good western novel. And who doesn’t? Sadly, the vegetarian books were all looted.

The controversial Bishop Robinson, charged with being a Holocaust denier, has said that he’ll now examine the evidence. Always a good move. And so the good bishop has turned to David Irving for advice on the matter. And whom else?

 Irving, for his part, is a little hard up, and is selling some of his Nazi memorabilia, including a lock of Hitler’s hair.

I save the best for last. An Argentine historian has discovered a town in the deep south of Brazil whose inhabitants are nearly all German, where one in five pregnancies resulted in twins. The explanation for the boys from Brazil? Dr. Mengele was a frequent visitor to the town  and treated the women.

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