(History changed by act of mercy?) How a four-year-old Adolf Hitler was saved from certain death ...

Daily Mail Online ^ | 6th January 2012 | Allan Hall

[Cronos]

For example, if Nicholas II of Russia had been smart and granted a Duma and constitution and ended up no longer being an autocrat, revolution would have been thwarted and Communism very possibly avoided.

not really. remember that autocracy is nearly always ended with bloodshed (think of the English doing it first with Charles I, then the french revolution). When Nicolae relented and became "soft" after 1904's defeat to Japan, people saw that the Europeans had it better and demanded more

It's like Bahrain of today but on a larger scale

[wideminded]

According to August Kubicek, who was friend of Hitler when they were teens, Hitler once rescued his friend’s mother, when she had fallen in a river.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

I thought he already jumped in....

[Fiji Hill]

Joseph Dzhugashvili lived to the age of 73, By that time, he had became well-known, and his accomplishments were celebrated in song. His passing even inspired a song.

[RichardMoore]

Unfortunately the conditions that gave rise to Nazism were not limited to Hitler’s personality. There is an interesting book: “The War Against The Weak” which illustrates just how the Eugenics movement, which was strong in the USA, helped and encouraged the cataloguing and rounding up of Jews & Gypsies in Germany. The Carnegie Foundation on Long Island and IBM were both involved. It seems that Oliver Wendell Holmes was not alone is his desire to eliminate undesirables and to hasten Evolution along. So without Hitler it probably would have happened anyway. IMHO

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks DogByte6RER. I did NOT add the ggg keywords, but this is pretty interesting, so I'm not steamed at all. The difference between Hitler and Genghis Khan is, Genghis Khan would have grabbed the nearest pointed object and killed the priest for trying to steal a fish he'd imagined he'd caught in the icy waters. Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.

[bigheadfred]

changed history

Yeah. Whatever. There is, of course, the alternate or parallel universe where that little shnickelgrubber died.

[SunkenCiv]

We may share a kinda sorta “harrumph!” attitude toward the phrase “changed history” — history isn’t an irresistable inevitability, it is something made every day, each of us in our small way.

This explains the ongoing popularity of “Risk”.

[BluH2o]

Hitler also served in the German army during WWI. He saw action on the front lines and distinguished himself to the extent he was awarded the Iron Cross. Equivalent to the Bronze Star with a V designation or perhaps a Silver Star. My point is he could very well have died in combat as many of his comrades did ... he, of course, survived. Sometimes things are meant to be ...

[bigheadfred]

This explains the ongoing popularity of “Risk”.

I haven't played the board game for years. But I got up this morning.

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[Doulos1]

The priest, a comrade, enough said.