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Hitler bodyguard Rochus Misch dies at 96
Associated Press ^
| Sep 6, 2013
| DAVID RISING, Associated Press
Posted on 09/06/2013 7:47:08 AM PDT by GoreFreeTN
BERLIN (AP) — He was Adolf Hitler's devoted bodyguard for most of World War II and the last remaining witness to the Nazi leader's final hours in his Berlin bunker. To the very end, SS Staff Sgt. Rochus Misch was proud of it all.
For years, he accompanied Hitler nearly everywhere he went, sticking by the man he affectionately called "boss" until the dictator and his wife, Eva Braun, killed themselves as defeat at the hands of the Allies drew nearer. The loyal SS officer remained in what he called the "coffin of concrete" for days after Hitler's death, finally escaping as Berlin crumbled around him and the Soviets swarmed the city.
Even in his later years, during a 2005 interview with The Associated Press in which he recounted Hitler's claustrophobic, chaotic final days, Misch still cut the image of an SS man, with a rigid posture, broad shoulders, neatly combed white hair — and no apologies for his close relationship with the most reviled man of the 20th century.
"He was no brute. He was no monster. He was no superman," Misch said.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Germany
KEYWORDS: bodyguad; hitler; nazi; rochusmisch
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Just an interesting story... Sometimes it is nice to do some leisure reading.
To: GoreFreeTN
To: GoreFreeTN
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posted on
09/06/2013 7:54:34 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: GoreFreeTN
” most reviled man of the 20th century”
NObama is setting the bar for the 21st.
To: Pearls Before Swine
He was a monster. In the article, he jokes about a family friend being thrown into a concentration camp, so...yeah, pretty much.
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posted on
09/06/2013 7:56:39 AM PDT
by
Kip Russell
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
To: GoreFreeTN
Burn in HELL Kraut BASTARD!
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posted on
09/06/2013 7:56:59 AM PDT
by
US Navy Vet
(Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
To: GoreFreeTN
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posted on
09/06/2013 7:57:30 AM PDT
by
kronos77
(Kosovo is Serbian Jerusalem. No Serbia without Kosovo.)
To: GoreFreeTN
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posted on
09/06/2013 7:58:55 AM PDT
by
IbJensen
(Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
To: GoreFreeTN
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posted on
09/06/2013 8:00:32 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Resolute Conservative
he hasn’t killed 50 million people
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posted on
09/06/2013 8:01:10 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: US Navy Vet
From one vet to another: that’s pretty rough language directed towards a Nazi who didn’t kill anyone. And watch that racist crap where you call a German a Kraut.
God only knows what you call your president.
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posted on
09/06/2013 8:01:18 AM PDT
by
IbJensen
(Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
To: yldstrk
Give him a chance he is working on it.
To: IbJensen
I call him what he IS a “Halfrican Bastard”!
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posted on
09/06/2013 8:04:57 AM PDT
by
US Navy Vet
(Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
To: Kip Russell
When you survive 9 years in a Soviet gulag you have the right to joke about such things. Times gone by.
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posted on
09/06/2013 8:06:22 AM PDT
by
TheDon
(Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out.)
To: kronos77
Why? I mean, why at 96?
As an living reminder that Evil such as this, once stalked the earth....
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09/06/2013 8:09:21 AM PDT
by
RedMonqey
("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
To: IbJensen
He remained loyal to Hitler’s memory to the end, how is it possible to respect him? It would be different if he disowned Hitler and Nazism as other German veterans did, but apparently he did not, so why would you defend him?
To: US Navy Vet
Poor Cupcake. He’s assailed from the right and even the left.
His presidential library is already constructed. It’s a Port-A-John with only room for one visitor at a time.
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posted on
09/06/2013 8:15:02 AM PDT
by
IbJensen
(Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
To: Pearls Before Swine
But, he luft docs undt schilderns.
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posted on
09/06/2013 8:16:11 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
To: TheDon
When you survive 9 years in a Soviet gulag you have the right to joke about such things. Given that he defended one of the worst murderers in the history of humanity, I'm not terribly concerned about his rights.
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posted on
09/06/2013 8:16:34 AM PDT
by
Kip Russell
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
To: GoreFreeTN
Oh no! Wait till “Hitler Finds out Rochus Misch is Dead!”
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posted on
09/06/2013 8:17:18 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
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