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Omaha Steve

(99,635 posts)
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 09:11 PM Feb 2012

New evidence boosts claim that Hitler had a secret French love child


http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/17/10436413-new-evidence-boosts-claim-that-hitler-had-a-secret-french-love-child

By M. Alex Johnson, msnbc.com

New evidence has emerged to support the disputed theory that Adolf Hitler had a secret son in 1918 after an affair with a teenage French mistress, a French newsmagazine reported Friday.

The man, Jean-Marie Loret, died in 1985 after an eventful life that saw him join the French Resistance and fight German forces led by the man who the evidence suggests was his father.

Loret claimed to be Hitler's son in an autobiography he published in 1981. The claim has been hotly debated by historians ever since, with the weight of opinion concluding that the story was bunk.

The new evidence — which includes handwriting analysis, documents indicating Hitler secretly supported the woman financially and paintings signed "Adolf Hitler" discovered in her home — is outlined by Le Point magazine, whose report Friday was widely picked up in the French media but largely ignored by German news outlets.


Adolf Hitler purportedly fathered Jean-Marie Loret in 1917 with a 16-year-old French mistress.

FULL story at link.


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New evidence boosts claim that Hitler had a secret French love child (Original Post) Omaha Steve Feb 2012 OP
He was long rumored to have fathered a child with Unity Mitford as well. LeftyMom Feb 2012 #1
Ach du Lieber Himmel!! El Supremo Feb 2012 #2
I am so stealing your images. I am laughing myself silly. Mira Feb 2012 #7
That is funnier than hell. Major Hogwash Feb 2012 #9
So he did have at least one ball then Ebadlun Feb 2012 #3
French love-child, and Hitler, in conjunction = oxymoron. marasinghe Feb 2012 #4
outlaw abortion for rape victims? JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2012 #17
any chance a 16 year old kid made out with an older, ugly-as-sin, mass-murdering scumbag, for love? marasinghe Feb 2012 #26
It was way before WWII so he hadnt yet become the mass murdering scumbag we all know and love cstanleytech Feb 2012 #36
yea; i understand. was just being ornery. :) marasinghe Feb 2012 #37
Hitler II: Electric Boogaloo RUMMYisFROSTED Feb 2012 #5
I his unknown descendents would just assume not know. David__77 Feb 2012 #6
Fascinating, have not heard this ... BUT ... if the man Mira Feb 2012 #8
Christ, I almost had a heart attack. Major Hogwash Feb 2012 #10
Oh, man, I'm thinking DUzy! LOL... nt Ilsa Feb 2012 #12
I remember reading an article in the late 50s that claimed that Hitler also had two children with jwirr Feb 2012 #11
He made the most of that one testicle, apparently, then...! MADem Feb 2012 #13
According to Santorum, it's Obama's fault. russspeakeasy Feb 2012 #14
So it's not 'The Boys From Brazil', after all. randome Feb 2012 #15
The French had no effective birth-control measures ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2012 #16
Interesting. Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Feb 2012 #18
Wow. Hitler's reputation could really take a hit because of this. tabasco Feb 2012 #19
Hah! DavidDvorkin Feb 2012 #20
Yes, how embarassing. LisaL Feb 2012 #35
At the end of the article it says the guy's kids could get royalties from "Mein Kampf." XemaSab Feb 2012 #21
No, for the simple reason the Allies confiscated all of Hitler's property at the end of WWII happyslug Feb 2012 #38
This just in from Rush: link made to Obama Dragonbreathp9d Feb 2012 #22
was hoping there was a picture xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #23
take a look here BootinUp Feb 2012 #24
That's a little scary. xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #28
There is a resemblance SpartanDem Feb 2012 #25
Who doesnt, really? quakerboy Feb 2012 #27
I rebelled against my dad too, but GliderGuider Feb 2012 #29
Well it does make Father's Day a lot easier Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #30
"after an affair with a teenage French mistress" greiner3 Feb 2012 #31
LOL! Right On! fascisthunter Feb 2012 #33
Was wondering it would be LePen! LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #32
I think all of this is nonsense unless they can produce DNA testing to show that. LisaL Feb 2012 #34

marasinghe

(1,253 posts)
4. French love-child, and Hitler, in conjunction = oxymoron.
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 09:41 PM
Feb 2012

Godwin's cliche notwithstanding, this is more like the ultimate riposte' to the wannabe fascist morons who want to outlaw abortion for rape victims.

cstanleytech

(26,291 posts)
36. It was way before WWII so he hadnt yet become the mass murdering scumbag we all know and love
Mon Feb 20, 2012, 07:39 PM
Feb 2012

so ya....its possible.
Do I believe it? No opinion one way or the other.

David__77

(23,410 posts)
6. I his unknown descendents would just assume not know.
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 10:30 PM
Feb 2012

Not that it should matter in the final analysis...

Mira

(22,380 posts)
8. Fascinating, have not heard this ... BUT ... if the man
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 10:41 PM
Feb 2012

in the picture who is holding the hat is Jean-Marie Loret, I'm convinced.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
10. Christ, I almost had a heart attack.
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 10:47 PM
Feb 2012

I thought they were going to say it was Pat Buchanan.
Man, that was a close one.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
11. I remember reading an article in the late 50s that claimed that Hitler also had two children with
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 11:17 PM
Feb 2012

Eva Braun. The children were supposedly smuggled out of Germany to Argentina. Not idea if it was true.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
13. He made the most of that one testicle, apparently, then...!
Sat Feb 18, 2012, 12:11 AM
Feb 2012

Total rumor, that...along with a bunch of others about the maniac's 'nether regions!'

...The allegation that Hitler lost his testicle at the battle of the Somme has, in fact, been around for decades, and of course formed the basis of the morale-boosting ditty 'Hitler has only got one b***', supposedly written in 1939 and sung uproariously by every schoolboy since.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1087380/Did-Hitler-really-ONE-testicle-A-historian-sorts-extraordinary-truth-far-flung-myths-Fuhrer.html#ixzz1mhdWq07J
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
15. So it's not 'The Boys From Brazil', after all.
Sat Feb 18, 2012, 12:21 PM
Feb 2012

It's the girls from France! Beware! (S)he's coming back!

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,340 posts)
16. The French had no effective birth-control measures ...
Sat Feb 18, 2012, 12:28 PM
Feb 2012

The company that made Bayer aspirine was still owned in Germany.

XemaSab

(60,212 posts)
21. At the end of the article it says the guy's kids could get royalties from "Mein Kampf."
Sat Feb 18, 2012, 06:42 PM
Feb 2012

Talk about blood money!

 

happyslug

(14,779 posts)
38. No, for the simple reason the Allies confiscated all of Hitler's property at the end of WWII
Tue Feb 21, 2012, 12:43 AM
Feb 2012

At the end of WWII all assets of Hitler was confiscated by the Allies so that his known living relatives (Including at least one sister and Cousins) could NOT get any of the proceeds

The person who is claimed to be Hitler's child appears to have had nine childrne:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marie_Loret

More on Hitler's sister, Paula Hitler:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Hitler

Hitler also had a half sister (same Father, different mother):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Hitler

and Hitler had a half brother (same Father, different mother):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Hitler,_Jr.

Paula Hitler and his half sister was mentioned In Hitler's will and were suppose to get a Pension, but it is doubted they received anything;

I would question anything in the article, I quote from the article:

Loret, meanwhile, was with Resistance forces at the Maginot Line in 1939, Le Point reported, and in 1940, his unit fought a fierce battle against German troops in the Ardennes. During the German occupation, Loret worked as a Resistance spy under the name "Clement," it said.

In 1939 France was at war with Germany, but Germany would NOT even invade France till MAY 1940, thus NO resistance in 1939, he had to be a soldier in the Maginot line, which was surrounded by the German invasion via Belgium in May 1940. Just pointing out an error in the writing, more sloppy writing then anything else. The same with the right to Hitler's writings, any of Hitler's heirs would get NOTHING for that is what was left after the Allies confiscated all of Hitler's property at the end of WWII.

 

greiner3

(5,214 posts)
31. "after an affair with a teenage French mistress"
Mon Feb 20, 2012, 06:23 PM
Feb 2012

So after a decade of deriding the French, the Conservatives will now do an about face and embrace the homeland of Hitler's lover and mother of his son.
Take that Santorum.

LeftishBrit

(41,205 posts)
32. Was wondering it would be LePen!
Mon Feb 20, 2012, 06:47 PM
Feb 2012

I note that Loret fought against Hitler in the war, which is great and ironic.

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