# Did Adolf hitler say This?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 20, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-adolf-hitler-say-this/442112 "2008-03-20T18:45:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-adolf-hitler-say-this/442112/1 "2008-03-20T18:45:05Z")

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I heard an oft-quoted line, supposedly by Adolf Hitler: “If you are going to tell lies, tell big ones”  
Did he actually say this? What was the context of the quote?

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**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-adolf-hitler-say-this/442112/2 "2008-03-20T18:48:31Z")

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The [wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lie) on this is pretty interesting.