A young Hitler (left) posing with other German soldiersHitler's Heroism In Great War Exaggerated -- The Independent
Adolf Hitler's claims to have been a heroic First World War soldier who "looked death in the eye" have been debunked in a new book which reveals that the Nazi leader's alleged military bravery was largely a product of party propaganda designed to win over the masses to his cause.
Hitler served as a messenger on the western front during the war and was awarded the Iron Cross for carrying dispatches. He wrote in his autobiography, Mein Kampf, that the time in the trenches "was the happiest in my life" and claimed that he risked death "probably every day".
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Update: Adolf Hitler's heroic Great War exploits 'were a Nazi propaganda myth' -- The Daily Mail
My Comment: So his World War One bravery was all a fabrication done by the National Socialist Party .... hmmmm .... and this should be a surprise?
1 comment:
I'm sure his memory of his time in the trenches was seared - seared! - into his memory.
Orion
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