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Hitlers Gift to Astronomy
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| August 5th 2009
| Bente Lilja Bye
Posted on 08/05/2009 3:23:51 PM PDT by decimon
Hitlers gift to astronomy? What?
Believe it or not, Hitler wanted to give Mussolini and Rome a planetarium*. Rome was among the first in the world to build a planetarium. Italy (and Mussolini) had already taken a planetarium as part of the 'compensation' for the damage Germany did to Italy in WW1 and opened the first Roman planetarium already in 1928. It is the most peculiar story, so much so that I feel compelled to tell, however little, that I know about this hidden treasure of planetarium history...
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TOPICS: Astronomy; History; Politics; Science
KEYWORDS: science; xplanets
Hitlers = Hitler's
She noticed the similarity of fascist architecture to communist architecture.
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posted on
08/05/2009 3:23:51 PM PDT
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decimon
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/05/2009 3:24:37 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
Don’t tell me. The Northern Cross was replaced by the Northern Swastika.
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posted on
08/05/2009 3:31:13 PM PDT
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DManA
To: decimon
So did Hitler give it or not? I am confused. Of course, I am usually confused.
parsy.
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posted on
08/05/2009 3:32:16 PM PDT
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parsifal
("All great men come out of the middle classes" (Ralph Waldo Emerson))
To: parsifal
So did Hitler give it or not?The author is not sure and I don't know. Probably depends on how much Hitler wanted to win over Mussolini.
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08/05/2009 3:35:44 PM PDT
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decimon
To: parsifal
That’s because your guitar hit you with a skillet?
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posted on
08/05/2009 3:37:07 PM PDT
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Cyber Liberty
(I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
To: decimon
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posted on
08/05/2009 3:38:49 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: Cyber Liberty
LOL! I reiterate: My guitar never hit me with a skillet!
parsy.
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08/05/2009 3:48:40 PM PDT
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parsifal
("All great men come out of the middle classes" (Ralph Waldo Emerson))
To: parsifal; Cyber Liberty
>LOL! I reiterate: My guitar never hit me with a skillet!
That’s right he was hit with a guitar AND a skillet for wearing a mullet. ;)
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08/05/2009 4:12:08 PM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: decimon; KevinDavis; annie laurie; garbageseeker; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; ...
Rome was among the first in the world to build a planetarium. Italy (and Mussolini) had already taken a planetarium as part of the 'compensation' for the damage Germany did to Italy in WW1 and opened the first Roman planetarium already in 1928. It is the most peculiar story, so much so that I feel compelled to tell, however little, that I know about this hidden treasure of planetarium history...
Heh... thanks decimon. An interesting, slightly off-topic ping. :')
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08/05/2009 7:48:34 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: decimon
What is the obsession that astronomical atheists have for Hitler? I remember watching Contact (by the atheist Carl Sagan) and in that aliens believe that Hitler is a good representation of humanity. Why not sent video of Reagan or any other figure of importance?
Cool story anyway though. It just bothers me that the astronomical community is full of people like that. Not to say *all* are that sort, I’m sure there are plenty of good Christian astronomers.
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