Hitler called you arsehole, prime minister: MI5 to ChamberlainOctober 5th, 2009 LONDON - Keen to ensure British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was fully aware of the threat posed by Adolf Hitler in 1938, Britain's intelligence agencies told him that the German leader called him an arsehole", says a new book. Britain's domestic security service MI5 was desperate to draw the attention of Chamberlain to its 1938 assessment that Hitler was in the early stages of a massive programme of territorial expansion.
Rep. Barney Frank finds calm crowd, not Hitler posters, at Mass. health care reform forumSeptember 12th, 2009 Friendly crowd at Frank's Mass. health care forumWELLESLEY, Mass.
London memorials mark the eighth anniversary of Sept. 11 attacksSeptember 11th, 2009 London ceremony honors 67 Britons killed on 9/11LONDON — A leafy London square is the focus of memorials marking the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001. U.S. Ambassador Louis Susman is laying a wreath in Grosvenor Square on Friday morning and the families of 67 British people killed in the attacks are gathering in the square's memorial garden.
Jewish group and AIDS-awareness campaigners protest safe-sex video featuring HitlerSeptember 8th, 2009 Safe-sex ad featuring Hitler stirs German angerBERLIN — A German AIDS awareness group has come under fire for posting an online video that starts off with a young couple having sex in an apartment before revealing the male to be a grinning Adolf Hitler. Its closing message: "AIDS is a mass murderer."
On Tuesday, a prominent German Jewish group and AIDS prevention advocates demanded the ad be withdrawn.
Hitler's infamous Mein Kampf manifesto sells for $35,000 at UK auction houseAugust 13th, 2009 Hitler's infamous manifesto sold in UKLONDON — More than 80 years after it was first published —and later outlawed— in Germany, a signed copy of Adolf Hitler's infamous manifesto "Mein Kampf" was sold Thursday for 21,000 pounds ($34,900). The semi-autobiographical work outlining Hitler's anti-Semitic ideology, was sold to an anonymous telephone bidder at an auction in the town of Ludlow in western England.
German court rules display of Nazi slogans permissible if they're not in GermanAugust 13th, 2009 German court rules on display of Nazi symbolsBERLIN — A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that people can be prosecuted for displaying Nazi slogans in Germany only if they are in the German language. The Federal Court of Justice overturned a lower court's ruling convicting a neo-Nazi of transporting a shipment of 100 T-shirts with the slogan, "Blood and Honour," written in English.
Kansas, possible spot for Guantanamo prisoners, has history of holding foreign detaineesAugust 5th, 2009 Midwest has been home to foreign detainees beforeLEAVENWORTH, Kan. — If suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay end up being held in Kansas, it wouldn't be the first time foreign detainees were imprisoned in the Midwest.
F1 boss Ecclestone insists he won't resign over comments praising Hitler's leadershipJuly 6th, 2009 F1 boss Ecclestone insists he won't resignLONDON — Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone insists he will not resign because of his comments praising Adolf Hitler's leadership. In an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, Ecclestone defended his weekend comments that Hitler "got things done."
Ecclestone, F1's commercial rights holder, dismissed calls from the World Jewish Congress that he resign.
Polish city ravaged by Nazis wants to cut down tree donated by Hitler; residents want it savedJune 22nd, 2009 Polish city ravaged by Nazis to cut Hitler's treeWARSAW, Poland — The towering tree is believed to have been Adolf Hitler's gift to the occupied town of Jaslo — planted to the sound of a Nazi band during World War II. Town authorities now want it cut down and burned to make way for a new roundabout.
Man fined for beheading wax Hitler figure at Berlin's Madame TussaudsMay 12th, 2009 Man fined for beheading wax HitlerBERLIN — A Berlin court has fined a 42-year-old man $1,220 (euro900) for beheading a wax figure of Adolf Hitler at the Berlin branch of Madame Tussauds. A Berlin district court convicted Frank Lachner of property damage and bodily harm for lightly injuring a security guard on July 5 when he jumped over a desk behind which the Hitler figure was seated and knocked off its head in what he said at the time was an act of protest.
Mel Brooks, co-author of Hitler comedy, has long association with GermanyApril 26th, 2009 'Producers' co-author has old memories of BerlinAs a Berlin theater prepared to open its production of "The Producers," Mel Brooks, the actor, comedian and director behind the show, reminisced to The Associated Press about past visits to Germany and reflected on the symbolism of playing the Third Reich for laughs in the German capital. Brooks, 82, was a U.S.
2 watercolors signed 'Adolf Hitler' fetch total euro32,000 at auction in GermanyApril 25th, 2009 2 Hitler watercolors auctioned in GermanyFRANKFURT — A pair of watercolors signed "Adolf Hitler" and depicting farm scenes fetched a combined total of euro32,000 ($42,000) at an auction in Germany on Saturday, an auction house official said. Kathrin Weidler, a manager at the Weidler Auction House in Nuremberg, declined to identify the new owner of the two paintings — "Farmstead," which went for euro18,000, and "Farm Buildings on the River," which sold for euro14,000.
Hitler's self-portrait fetches 10k pounds at auctionApril 24th, 2009 LONDON - A self-portrait by Adolf Hitler has fetched 10,000 pounds at an auction. The watercolour is thought to be one of the Nazi leader's earliest works.
Portrait of the Fuehrer as young man? Watercolor signed "A. H." shows pensive figure in brownApril 23rd, 2009 Reputed Hitler watercolors sell at English auctionLUDLOW, England — What a British auction house claims are a set of paintings and sketches by a young Adolf Hitler sold at auction Thursday for 97,672 pounds ($143,358). Among the 15 pictures is a portrait of solitary figure dressed in brown peering into wine-colored waters.
Germany to stage Nazi-themed musical for the first timeApril 10th, 2009 BERLIN - Germany is to stage the controversial Mel Brooks musical "The Producers" for the first time amid a debate over whether the country is ready to laugh at its Nazi past. According to The Telegraph, the show, which opens in May, is being staged at the theatre where Hitler once watched a wartime version of The 'Merry Widow'
Berlin's Admiralspalast Theatre is putting on the first-ever production of the show that features tap-dancing storm troopers and jokes about the invasion of Poland.
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