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Parents name their baby 'A. Hitler'

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Found this on another forum, a couple from New Jersey USA have complained after their local supermarket refused to ice their baby's name on a birthday cake, his name is Adolph Hitler. Their other children are called JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell. The father has german ancestors and wanders around in black boots which he claims were worn by a german soldier in WW2.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/a-names-a-name-parents-of-adolf-hitler-3-lash-out-20081217-70b0.html

I don't think the kid is going to thank his parents for giving him such an insane name, the twin in New Zealand that were called 'Benson' and 'Hedges' were funny in a quirky kind of way-but this is bordering on dangerous.
 
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OMG ADOLF HITLER IS STILL ALIVE??!?! I THOUGHT GEORGE DUBBYA KILLED HIM?!

/American Accent.
 

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I used to frequent a pub near Darlo whose landlord was called Joseph Stalin Harris. His brother was called Karl Marx Harris. Both of them were seriously ****ed off
 

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I just cant understand why anyone would want to even dream of naming thier child such an appalling name. It must have caused a huge uproar, and quite frankly, it is inconsiderate, and disgusting that they called their son that, considering the evil historic events of Adolf Hitler.
 

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I just cant understand why anyone would want to even dream of naming thier child such an appalling name. It must have caused a huge uproar, and quite frankly, it is inconsiderate, and disgusting that they called their son that, considering the evil historic events of Adolf Hitler.

I recently went to somewhere with a building named after Henry Ford which is a slightly odd choice imo
 

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I just cant understand why anyone would want to even dream of naming thier child such an appalling name. It must have caused a huge uproar, and quite frankly, it is inconsiderate, and disgusting that they called their son that, considering the evil historic events of Adolf Hitler.

I agree with you - I also pity the poor kid when he gets to school, imagine the hassle he will get thanks to his inconsiderate (and rather warped IMO) parents.
 

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This should not be allowed. If their other children are infact called the names they are, they're either;

  • Having a laugh at their children's expense, in which case they're not fit to be parents
  • Making a statement which is racist and, by using their children as propaganda, are unfit parents.
 

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Everyone is taking this way too seriously, its just a name. People didn't like what Hitler did, not his name.
 

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So you wouldn't mind being called Adolf Hitler and have the p*** taken out of you all the way through your school life (and in fact, probably your whole life)? I doubt it :shock:
 

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Everyone is taking this way too seriously, its just a name. People didn't like what Hitler did, not his name.

Get a life .....

Some people will be offended simply because of the name.

Quite a few people will be offended for what the name stands for.

Others will be offended for other reasons (for example, a relative that was incarcerated in 1 of the camps).

Others who don't appreciate history (such as yourself) will say "what's all the fuss about?"

I know where I stand ....
 

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So you wouldn't mind being called Adolf Hitler and have the p*** taken out of you all the way through your school life (and in fact, probably your whole life)? I doubt it :shock:

That's not what I said at all. People will hate/dislike the name but that's all it is at the end of the day.

He is rememered for what he did, but also by his name and his name brings connotations of what he did, he's not remembered as 'That evil German leader bloke' is he?

But still, its just a name. It is in the past, and if the child chooses to get himself renamed when he's older that's up to him.

Get a life .....

Some people will be offended simply because of the name.

Quite a few people will be offended for what the name stands for.

Others will be offended for other reasons (for example, a relative that was incarcerated in 1 of the camps).

Others who don't appreciate history (such as yourself) will say "what's all the fuss about?"

I know where I stand ....

And as you've just said, you can't please everyone. Also I would appreciate your comment with out the insult at the beginning.
 

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Parents are probably southern, racist rednecks. The poor kids obviously going to bullied. He sort of already has by not being given a cake from a bakery.
 

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OMG ADOLF HITLER IS STILL ALIVE??!?! I THOUGHT GEORGE DUBBYA KILLED HIM?!

/American Accent.


I'm being very pedantic here, but why not...:lol: To correct you, Mr American, he actually killed himself with cyanide in his bunker with Eva Braun in 1945 when the Russians broke into Berlin. ;)

wonder if there are any people in germany/austria with the surname 'hilter'?

It is not impossible, but improbable. Hitler's father did not take that surname originally - he changed his name from Alois Schicklgruber to Alois Hitler in 1876, meaning all his offspring inherited the name 'Hitler'. Hitler himself had 5 brothers and sisters (Gustav, Ida, Otto, Edmund and Paula), however all but 2 of them (Adolf and Paula) died as children, hence not producing any offspring to carry on the surname. Paula may have had children (I'm not too sure), but otherwise there is no other way that the name 'Hitler' could have been carried through the generations in this particular family. There could be a Hitler family elsewhere, in which case the name may well still be out there. Although, the name was created by Alois Hitler in 1876, so it could also be true that the name has since died off.

Hope that answers your question! :)
 
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I'm being very pedantic here, but why not...:lol: To correct you, Mr American, he actually killed himself with cyanide in his bunker with Eva Braun in 1945 when the Russians broke into Berlin. ;)

Now now if you're going to be pedantic, do it properly. He also shot himself.
 

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Now now if you're going to be pedantic, do it properly. He also shot himself.

Not true, he killed himself with cyanide alongside Eva Braun. Their bodies were discovered by the SA and placed in trench immediately, then burned. This was to prevent the Russians getting his body and doing...well...what the Russians did to bodies of people they hated!
 

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I used to frequent a pub near Darlo whose landlord was called Joseph Stalin Harris. His brother was called Karl Marx Harris. Both of them were seriously ****ed off

There's a photographer in my NUJ branch who goes by the name of Stalingrad O' Neill!

I love this quote from the dad:

""I think people need to take their heads out of the cloud they've been in and start focusing on the future and not on the past,"

Perhaps if he'd practised what he preaches how wouldn't have named his child after someone from the past...
 

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It is not impossible, but improbable. Hitler's father did not take that surname originally - he changed his name from Alois Schicklgruber to Alois Hitler in 1876, meaning all his offspring inherited the name 'Hitler'. Hitler himself had 5 brothers and sisters (Gustav, Ida, Otto, Edmund and Paula), however all but 2 of them (Adolf and Paula) died as children, hence not producing any offspring to carry on the surname. Paula may have had children (I'm not too sure), but otherwise there is no other way that the name 'Hitler' could have been carried through the generations in this particular family. There could be a Hitler family elsewhere, in which case the name may well still be out there. Although, the name was created by Alois Hitler in 1876, so it could also be true that the name has since died off.

Hope that answers your question! :)

It is also worth adding that "Hitler" as a name was a corruption of "Hiedler", a name already in use by distant relatives of the Schicklgrubers, thus making Hitler even more unique as a name.
There are still some Schicklgrubers about, I seem to recall an Austrian goalkeeper with that name a couple of years back.
The only place you will normally find anyone called "Adolf" or "Hitler" these days is in Africa. Similar to how many West Indians called their children "Winston", after the wartime PM, to give them an English sounding name, there were a few African families that gave their children those names simply to sound European and sophisticated!

"Adolf" as a christian name used to be fairly common in many European countires, but, like the name "Myra", once a popular girls name in England, it has fallen into disuse!
 

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Not true, he killed himself with cyanide alongside Eva Braun. Their bodies were discovered by the SA and placed in trench immediately, then burned. This was to prevent the Russians getting his body and doing...well...what the Russians did to bodies of people they hated!

The generally accepted cause of the death of Adolf Hitler on Monday, 30 April 1945 is suicide by gunshot and cyanide poisoning.
 

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The generally accepted cause of the death of Adolf Hitler on Monday, 30 April 1945 is suicide by gunshot and cyanide poisoning.

that's correct - just in case the cyanide didn't work, he shot himself through the back of the throat (instant death).
 

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Ah I see. I knew about the gunshot theory, but didn't think it was true. It makes sense though.
 
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