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To: CougarGA7
That teetotaler Hitler

The Leader was known to sip an occasional bier.

Those looked like Nip bombers to me, as well.

23 posted on 08/05/2010 5:04:18 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35
The Leader was known to sip an occasional bier.

True, so it doesn't make him a teetotaler by definition. He was not much for the drink though so sip would be an good representation of how he drank. Author Ian Kershaw mentions an instance at the fall of Czecho-Slovakia in which they toasted its fall with a glass of Pilsner. Hitler tasted it, but didn't like it since it was, in his opinion, too bitter for him. But I would have to imagine that it would be difficult to be completely separated from beer as a Nazi considering their predominant meeting places during the early days.

24 posted on 08/05/2010 8:36:22 PM PDT by CougarGA7
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