Posted on 12/14/2004 8:33:21 AM PST by presidio9
Adolf Hitler was a fan of Mickey Mouse, according to the son of the Fuehrer's architect Albert Speer.
Albert Speer junior said he spent time in the dictator's Obersalzberg residence watching his collection of Mickey Mouse films while his dad worked on projects such as the Nuremburg Rally and the failed Nazi master-city Germania with Hitler.
"Hitler had his own cinema and we would go there and watch his Mickey Mouse films. As kids, we were fascinated by them," Speer said in an interview with German magazine Galore.
He added: "I'd be lying if I said Hitler watched them with us. But they were his films, that much is true."
When asked how he remembered Hitler, Speer junior said: "I don't have any special recollection of him, just as a kind of uncle."
I don't buy it. Hitler's distaste for Mickey Mouse was well known during WWII, and "Mickey Mouse" was used as a codeword during the D-Day invasion.
But more to the point, why are we listening to some old Hitler Youth member talk about his Uncle Adolf?
Kim Jong Il apparently owns the world's largest collection of Daffy Duck cartoons.
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