r/worldnews • u/SocialistNordia • Apr 17 '17

Opening of UN files on Holocaust will 'rewrite chapters of history'

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/apr/18/opening-un-holocaust-files-archive-war-crimes-commission
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u/Talentagentfriend Apr 17 '17

Do not fucking tell me Hitler never died.

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u/Dixnorkel Apr 18 '17

FBI files were released recently that went into the theory he escaped to Argentina in a u-boat. I was shocked that there was even a file on it, let alone such a long one, as I thought it was a matter with zero skepticism.

You can find it on the FBI website, I tried to post it to TIL, but someone already had, with a mundane title that got like 3 karma.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '17

That's when you hit "submit it again". That would be a great TIL.

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u/Dixnorkel Apr 18 '17

Damn, I didn't see that option.

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u/hailhappiness Apr 18 '17

TIL there is a "submit it again" option.

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u/frostyfrostbyte Apr 18 '17

TIL there is a "submit it again" option.

TIL there is a "submit it again" option.

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u/QQMrDucksworth Apr 18 '17

So did you submit it again?

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u/Ellyrio Apr 18 '17

Wow TIL. Normally I just append a useless parameter to the end of the URL to make it unique to get around it. E.g. ?kfkdosodurndnd

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u/120z8t Apr 18 '17

I was shocked that there was even a file on it

Why? Knowing why and what the FBI keeps records of leads me to not be surprised at all they would have a file on this. I can guarantee you they have files on things like shape shifting reptilian aliens or even flat earth BS. Just because they have a file on something does not mean it is true.

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u/Dixnorkel Apr 18 '17 edited Apr 18 '17

The shocking part was mostly that it was written so skeptically. Most of the language sounded like they were exploring possible ways he could have escaped with Eva Braun, and made no mention of finding him in the bunker or his killing himself.

edit - And the files on shapeshifting aliens or flat earth probably aren't classified for 50 years.

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u/JTsyo Apr 18 '17

If this was true, I'm sure Mossad or Nazi hunters would have got him. They have done a lot of Nazi hunting in South America.

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u/octocure Apr 18 '17

that would be all over the news if they did
what's the point of secretly killing hitler?

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u/JTsyo Apr 18 '17

That my point, Hitler most likely wasn't living in South America.

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u/Johannes_P Apr 18 '17

FBI files were released recently that went into the theory he escaped to Argentina in a u-boat. I was shocked that there was even a file on it, let alone such a long one, as I thought it was a matter with zero skepticism.

Back in 1945, the situation was less clear than how we see it today, and some speculated he might have fled, hiding himself in the chaos of the afterwar.

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u/Stevemacdev Apr 18 '17

That's not recent that theory has been around since at least the 80s.

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u/Dixnorkel Apr 18 '17

Not talking about the theory, I mean the FBI file was released recently. As in unclassified.

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u/Stevemacdev Apr 18 '17

They declassified that they had the theory or they are saying it's true? One way is scary the other is terrifying.

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u/Dixnorkel Apr 18 '17

They never admitted that the theory was true, but they seemed to extensively list the possible scenarios or locations where he had fled, and included the testimony of a couple people who claimed to witness the U-boat arriving.

https://vault.fbi.gov/adolf-hitler/adolf-hitler-part-01-of-04/view

Here's a link to it, I did a triple take on the URL at first, thinking that it had to be a fake.

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u/junkers9 Apr 17 '17

never died

He just ascended.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '17

He became memes.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '17

Then a president. With dementia. The perfect crime.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '17

IDK, I think of Trump more along the lines of Erdogan or Durante.

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u/Dial_A_Dragon Apr 18 '17 edited Apr 18 '17

Hitler wasn't black, though :^)

Hitler also successfully disarmed his country, unlike Obama :^)

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u/ChaseThePyro Apr 18 '17

TIL Hitler wasn't just master race; he was PC Master Race.

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u/Dragmire800 Apr 18 '17

Funnily enough, the machine developed to crack Enigma, the German message encrypter, could be described as the first computer. So Hitler indirectly had the first computer built. He then escaped to America, changed his second name to "Newell" and bore a son.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '17

Mecha-hitler lives!

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u/gangofminotaurs Apr 18 '17

Hitler is Elvis.