# Another Question about Hitler. The man who won't die

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-hitler-the-man-who-wont-die/38188>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 25, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-hitler-the-man-who-wont-die/38188 "2000-10-25T00:05:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-hitler-the-man-who-wont-die/38188/1 "2000-10-25T00:05:14Z")

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I just heard on the radio that Hitler had two nephews. One was in the German army and died in a Russian camp. The other was in the US NAVY.

First. How could Hitler who was an only child have nephews?  
Two: How could an American ( or any Allied power) recruit a member of this guys family into their unit? ( Presuming he has the same last name as the Crazed Mustached One.

I’m thinking back ground checks ( although limited at that time due to Al Gore not inventing the internet yet) and a german speaking guy, would have put him on the " Don’t call us, we’ll call you" list.

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-hitler-the-man-who-wont-die/38188/2 "2000-10-25T00:09:28Z")

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Holy Crap! That’s got to be the biggest board fart ever! This thing reappeared after a full day. The techs are gonna hate me for directing their attention to this.

The original thread is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=43280).