Hitler Desk Set Surfaces in Houston

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- It's a valuable artifact, which represents one of the worst, most brutal eras ever. Something that belonged to Adolf Hitler, and it's now in the hands of a Houston World War II veteran.

Nintendo to Hitler: Go get a Playstation

Skylar Wilcox (2008-05-20)

It looks like the crossover demographic between Mario Kart fans and neo-Nazis is about to be disappointed. Apparently through rigorous field testing, Nintendo Everything has found that attempting to connect to an online game of Mario Kart Wii with the Mii license "Hitler" results in a message stating that the name is not allowed and must be changed to connect.

Stalin, Osama, and Saddam, however, continue to be allowed through, and Mussolini continues to be too long.
VIA The Wire

Praying Hitler on display in Paris

The Pompidou Center in Paris will be hosting an exhibition ``Traces du Sacre'' (``Traces of the Sacred'') featuring Maurizio Cattelan's ``Him'', a praying Hitler, from May 7 - August 11, 2008

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Anne Frank Meets Hitler

"I Love Hitler," Amazon Doesn't.

Amazon deleted the item after protests from the Jewish community. The shirt is still available at shop.com, however. For a mere $16+ shipping, you too can have a pure white t-shirt emblazoned with a red and black logo.

These guys will probably protest the shirt as well, but for other reasons.


Via: InternetRetailer.com

Frank Kozik: Hitler Kitsch

Why have you drawn on fascist imagery at this particular time and with this particular show?

I don't really know, it's a sort of compulsion. I mean, I do all sorts of stuff but the Hitler kitsch thing keeps drawing me back. Perhaps I'm insane. It seems to have some sort of magnetic appeal. Like, people hate it and like it at the same time. So, that's interesting.

What would you say to people who are uncomfortable with the use of this imagery?

They should be!

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Ukreanian Hitler Doll: Two headed, fascist goodness for $200

Recently, the media has been up in arms about this new Hitler doll being sold in Kiev. It's not a new concept, as Hitler action figures have been around for some time now. While they tend not to show up at Toys R Us, they aren't meant for children in the first place.
The Daily Mail says this:

An action-man style doll of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler has gone on sale in the Ukraine, with saleswomen comparing the doll to Barbie.

Supermarkets in the capital Kiev are stocking the 40 centimetre high figure of the fuhrer, complete with jackboots, leather trench-coat and swastika armband.

The £100 figure has a spare head "with a kind expression on it," glasses and several changes of clothes.

So, for $200, anyone can have a 12" dictator.

Hitler Car for Auction in Xbox Game, Forza 2

"Microsoft and Turn 10 might be determined to seek and destroy acts of hatred and discrimination plastered on Xbox Live, but the publisher and developer of Forza 2 couldn't act fast enough to prevent a 1957 Mercedes 300SL, defaced by pro-Nazi symbols and sentiments, from being offered through the game's online auction mode. 360-gamer recently pointed to the unsettling item, criticizing the moderators for their inability to keep this kind of content off of the Xbox Live servers; or at least promptly remove it (apparently the car's been Live for a while)." - by James Ransom-Wiley Jul 3rd 2007 7:57PM

Comedy Biopic About Hitler on the Slate?

By Scott Roxborough

COLOGNE, Germany (Hollywood Reporter) - The company behind "American Idol" is developing a black comedy about Adolf Hitler's early years.

"Mein Kampf," based on a dark farce by Hungarian playwright George Tabori, is set in a Vienna hostel before World War One. In the play, an insecure Hitler is befriended by an elderly Jew who gives him his infamous hair style and toothbrush mustache.

Tom Schilling ("Elementary Particles") will star as Hitler, and Goetz Georg as his Jewish friend, Schlomo Herzl. Urs Odermatt will direct the production, which starts shooting in Vienna this week. UFA plans to release the film in Germany next year.

"Mein Kampf" marks the first production for German film group UFA Cinema, a new subsidiary of FremantleMedia, the producer of "American Idol," "Family Feud" and a slew of other shows.

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Hitler and John Lennon, both fans of the Neumann Mic

"Before its glorious post war role as a tool for musicians, a Neumann bottle mic was used in 1936 Berlin Olympics as German Chancellor Adolf Hitler opened ceremonies on. Soon the Third Reich used the then groundbreaking clarity of the mikes to "not only transport the words and information, but...emotion." And so often was it used, it gained the nickname Hitlerflasche, or the Hitler Bottle." -Brian Lam

Via Gizmodo, Via NPR