History Thru The Lens

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My interests in history and photography come together in this photoblog. Featured in this blog are historical pictures such as the above photo of the RMS Olympic and her sister ship the RMS Titanic, which would prove to be the last one of them together side by side. Hopefully all who visit will enjoy it and recommend the site to their friends.

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Showing posts with label Hitler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hitler. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Did Hitler Have A Son?

In 1917, a young Adolf Hitler was fighting the French in World War I. While he was on a weekend getaway in a local French town, he met Charlotte Lobjoie, a 16 year old with whom he would have an affair. The French teen would become pregnant and give birth to a boy in 1918. 

Jean-Marie Loret, who died in 1985 at the age of 67, had fought for the French Resistance in 1939 under the code name 'Clement'. Before his mother's death in the early 1950's, she told him that the dictator was his father.

The rumor had surfaced a few times over the years, but apparently new evidence  which seems to support the story is currently being investigated. The above picture alone lends credibility to the theory.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Pope Pius XII

Despite John Cornwell's criticism of Pius XII in his 1999 book 'Hitler's Pope', Pius XII was credited by the Jewish community as having saved more Jews from Nazi persecution than any other people or institutions. Hiding Jews in Catholic churches, and issuing false baptism certificates are but two of the methods utilized by the Pope to ensure their safety. Some Jewish scholars estimate that from 1941 to 1944, Pope Pius XII may have saved as many as 860,000 Jews.