Bit by bit, the brightly lit dining hall of a countryside hotel near Potsdam fills with people. There are about two dozen of them, a mix of AfD members, followers of the Identitarian movement and members of nationalist student fraternities (Burschenschaft). People from the middle classes – doctors, lawyers, politicians and entrepreneurs – are also […]
    • CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      He was at least both Austrian and German. You don’t get to lead Germany and then claim you’re not “German”. Lol.

    • horse@feddit.deEnglish
      21·
      10 months ago

      Hitler was German. He forfeited his Austrian citizenship in 1925.

      Die Einbürgerung Adolf Hitlers, der bis 1925 österreichischer Staatsbürger war, in das Deutsche Reich erfolgte am 25. Februar 1932 durch den von DNVP und NSDAP regierten Freistaat Braunschweig.

      • KISSmyOS@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Fun fact: Hitler tried to seize power in a coup in 1924, was arrested, sentenced to 5 years in prison, and his party banned.
        1 year later he was set free, his party reinstated at his wish, and he wasn’t deported despite not being a German citizen at the time.
        He could have never seized power without the support of conservatives who saw him as a valuable asset against communism.