Man agrees to limit public access to Hitler shrine

[norml]

Man agrees to limit public access to Hitler shrine

By Courtney Flynn and Dan Gibbard
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

SUGAR CREEK, Wis. - A retired farmer in southeast Wisconsin has built a memorial to Adolf Hitler, hoping to spread his admiration for perhaps the world's most notorious man.

But on Thursday, Ted Junker, 87, agreed not to hold a grand opening as planned June 25 after authorities asked him to cancel the event.

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Junker said he would still allow visitors into the shrine -- a white concrete structure built into the side of a hill nearly a mile from the nearest road, down a narrow dirt path.

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"If a person came up to the house, knocked on the door and asked to see the shrine, it would not be against the law," Cotter said. "But if the neighbors notice 50 people a day are driving down the driveway to see this Hitler shrine, then we would have to take some enforcement action."

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Junker says he once served in the Waffen SS during World War II and believes Hitler was the greatest man who ever lived. He said he was born in Romania and went to Germany in 1940 and joined the SS. He moved to Chicago in 1955 and later bought a farm near Millard, Wis.


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http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/14841964.htm

[fasttense]

1. This guy is a traitor to the US

Thousand of Americans died fighting hitler and he puts up a shrine to the maniac? What a traitor. Would he have been allowed to do this during WWII?

It's no different than if he had put up a shrine to Bin Laden.

[norml]

2. It would be interesting to see how he was able to move to Chicago in 1955

after having served in the Waffen SS during WWII.

Operation Paper Clip?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&q=%22operation+paper+clip%22&btnmeta%3Dsearch%3Dsearch=Search+the+Web

[Dinger]

3. Like Someone In Another Post Said:

I think the sherriff told him he was "on his own." However, in that post, the thread title said he was not going to have a public shrine, and now it's "limited"? That makes it public. He think he has a loophole by saying some dumb shit like "If a person came up to the house, knocked on the door and asked to see the shrine, it would not be against the law," Yeah right asshole.

[Tace]

4. It's Good To Be Reminded That People Like This Farmer Exist

[Rocknrule]

5. Access limited...

...to Republicans and other adoring fans only

[jody]

6. Either one supports Freedom of Speech for all or the right is meaningless.

:shrug:

[norml]

7. I support his Freedom of Speech, this guy who joined the Waffen SS in 1940

and was allowed to move here in 1955.

That's why I thought it funny to post this in the Politics forum.

It just goes to show.

No matter how low Hitler's numbers might be, he still has his base.

[MADem]

8. Gee, wonder if the same laissez-faire attitude would apply to someone

putting up the OSAMA BIN HIDIN' shrine????