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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Fri Sep 6, 2013, 12:25 PM Sep 2013

Hitler's Devoted Bodyguard Dies

BERLIN, Germany -- The last remaining witness to Adolf Hitler's final hours in his Berlin bunker, Rochus Misch, who also served as the fuhrer's devoted bodyguard for most of World War II died Thursday, aged 96.

Burkhard Nachtigall, who helped him write his 2008 memoir, told The Associated Press in an email that Misch passed away after a short illness.

Misch remained proud to the end about his years with Hitler, whom he affectionately called "boss."

In a 2005 interview with The AP, Misch recalled Hitler as "a very normal man" and gave a riveting account of the German dictator's last days before he and his wife Eva Braun killed themselves as the Soviet Red Army closed in around their bunker in Berlin.

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/06/20356377-last-remaining-witness-to-hitlers-final-hours-dies-aged-96?lite

How many times can you post a headline like that? Sounds like the guy was in denial to the end...read the last few paragraphs.

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Hitler's Devoted Bodyguard Dies (Original Post) joeybee12 Sep 2013 OP
He reminds me of Condi Rice's devotion to Bush DJ13 Sep 2013 #1
Good riddance shenmue Sep 2013 #2
"Proud to the end," eh? Jeez, what a wasted, stupid life. MADem Sep 2013 #3
One less asshole WhoIsNumberNone Sep 2013 #4

MADem

(135,425 posts)
3. "Proud to the end," eh? Jeez, what a wasted, stupid life.
Fri Sep 6, 2013, 12:34 PM
Sep 2013

Mean looking fucker, I must say:



And he's Hitler's constant companion, but he apparently had a great case of selective deafness:


He stayed away from questions of guilt or responsibility for the Holocaust, saying he knew nothing of the murder of 6 million Jews and that Hitler never brought up the Final Solution in his presence.
"That was never a topic," he said emphatically. "Never."


"Never," my ass.

Was the character of Sgt. Shultz based on this guy? "I know NNnnnnaaaaa-zing!!!!! I seee Nnnnnaaaaa-ZING!!!!"
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