# Did Hitler have only one testicle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [January 26, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383 "2013-01-26T00:53:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Just\_a\_Comment](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@Just\_a\_Comment](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_a_Comment)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383/1 "2013-01-26T00:53:52Z")
Actually, there’s some historic fact to back this up. Apparently he lost it during WWI. > **[The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/)** > > The Best for News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. 😃 * * * LINK TO COLUMN: [Did Hitler have only one testicle? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/881/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle) ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383/2 "2013-01-26T00:59:16Z")
Aw, nuts. I mean, nut. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383/3 "2013-01-26T01:01:40Z")
You know who else has only one testicle? Armstrong! ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383/4 "2013-01-26T01:11:31Z")
Still controversial. Probably never to be proved. > **[Possible monorchism of Adolf Hitler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler%27s_possible_monorchism)** > > The possibility that Adolf Hitler had only one testicle has been a fringe subject among historians and academics researching the German leader. The rumor may be an urban myth, possibly originating from the contemporary British military song "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball". > Hitler's doctor Erwin Giesing \[de\] and his personal physician Theodor Morell disregarded the idea of Hitler's monorchism and said there was nothing wrong with Hitler's testicles. However, Hitler often refused to undress for m... ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383/5 "2013-01-26T03:08:34Z")
Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Boards, **Just a Comment** , glad you found us. For future ref, when you start a thread, it’s helpful to other readers if you provide a link to the column under discussion. Saves search time and keeps us on the same page. No biggie, I’ve added a link, and you’ll know for next time. And, as I say, welcome! ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383/6 "2013-01-30T18:06:05Z")
> [@Just\_a\_Comment](#): > > Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. 😃 Well, then, Mr. Perfect, let’s blow off one of your testicles in a World War, and we’ll just see how YOU start treating the Jews, and Poland, and the gypsies!!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383/7 "2013-01-30T18:11:34Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Still controversial. Probably never to be proved. > > [Possible monorchism of Adolf Hitler - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler%27s_possible_monorchism) I feel compelled to include this quote from the linked article: \* In 2002, controversial artist Takashi Murakami made a commissioned sculpture of Hitler’s testicle for an unnamed bidder for an alleged $14.7 million. The testicle was rumored to have a diameter of 10 feet and was made of cast iron. Art critic Brian Sewell called the work “feeble”.\* ---
**Author:** ![legolawyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51bf81/32.png) [@legolawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legolawyer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383/8 "2013-02-08T14:51:24Z")
See: [The Armstrong and Miller Show - Hitler sketch - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MetBQSkDUoA) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383/9 "2013-02-08T17:20:45Z")
Himmler had something similar. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383/10 "2013-02-08T18:49:04Z")
And poor old Goebbels had no balls at all. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383/11 "2013-02-08T20:06:58Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > I feel compelled to include this quote from the linked article: > \* > In 2002, controversial artist Takashi Murakami made a commissioned sculpture of Hitler’s testicle for an unnamed bidder for an alleged $14.7 million. The testicle was rumored to have a diameter of 10 feet and was made of cast iron. Art critic Brian Sewell called the work “feeble”.\* If there has ever been an inappropriate adjective for anything that is made of cast iron with a diameter of ten feet, it would be “feeble”. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383/12 "2015-12-20T06:29:17Z")
Apparently its been reported that a medical report was unearthed documenting Hitler having only one testicle ([http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/327563/hitler-had-just-one-testicle-medical-records-show/](http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/327563/hitler-had-just-one-testicle-medical-records-show/)) > [@](#): > > But a medical record from the time when Hitler was put in prison after the failed Munich beer hall putsch in 1923 shows he suffered from “right-side cryptorchidism” - a condition where a testicle fails to descend into the scrotum - media reports said. > The doctor’s notes were thought to have been missing for years but reappeared at an auction in 2010, at which point they were seized by authorities. ---
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383/13 "2015-12-21T03:13:58Z")
> [@Just\_a\_Comment](#): > > Actually, there’s some historic fact to back this up. Apparently he lost it during WWI. > > [http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1945960.ece](http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1945960.ece) > > Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. 😃 > > * * * > > LINK TO COLUMN: [Did Hitler have only one testicle? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/881/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle) The _Sun_? Really? The _ **Sun** _? The bloody _ **SUN** _? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383/14 "2015-12-21T04:03:44Z")
> [@John\_W.Kennedy](#): > > The _Sun_? Really? The _ **Sun** _? The bloody _ **SUN** _? Zombie outrage. ---
**Author:** ![badtv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@badtv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badtv)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383/15 "2015-12-30T02:09:39Z")
In fact a modern day ink pen company adopted his nickname “Uniball”. ---
**Author:** ![badtv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@badtv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badtv)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle/648383/16 "2015-12-30T02:21:09Z")
Hitler was born with only one according to a prison doctors record. I’ve always heard this about Hitler and apparently documentation has turned up that confirms it wasn’t just a rumor. Crytorchidism is when one has wondered off, not descended, vanished, it simply means only one ball is where two should be.