# Did Hitler REALLY had only one testicle?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-really-had-only-one-testicle/39846>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 5, 2000, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-really-had-only-one-testicle/39846 "2000-11-05T21:42:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![smartt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@smartt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartt)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-really-had-only-one-testicle/39846/1 "2000-11-05T21:42:41Z")

</div>

> [@](#):
>
> Hitler! has only got one ball!  
> The other! is in the Albert Hall!  
> Himmler! has something sim’lar!  
> But poor old Goebbels has not balls at all!

Well, this is true?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-really-had-only-one-testicle/39846/2 "2000-11-05T22:00:24Z")

</div>

Uncle Cecil covered this in _More of the Straight Dope_, which is available at bookstores everywhere. And, as he says in [Did Hitler have only one testicle?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_128b.html), there is some evidence that the song was true.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![smartt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@smartt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartt)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-really-had-only-one-testicle/39846/3 "2000-11-05T22:08:45Z")

</div>

All the bookstores everywhere IN THE USA :D, but if the book can be bought online, then I’ll do it. I love this stuff.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-really-had-only-one-testicle/39846/4 "2000-11-05T23:33:04Z")

</div>

And all these years I thought the second line was  
“Goering has two, but they are small”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-really-had-only-one-testicle/39846/5 "2000-11-06T00:06:35Z")

</div>

…and it should be “and Doktor Goebbels has no balls at all.”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![smartt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@smartt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartt)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-really-had-only-one-testicle/39846/6 "2000-11-06T02:13:39Z")

</div>

> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by ElvisL1ves \*  
> \*\*And all these years I thought the second line was  
> “Goering has two, but they are small” \*\*

That’s a version from the comic book miniseries **Adventures of the Rifle Brigade**. Of course, there must be different versions.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-really-had-only-one-testicle/39846/7 "2000-11-06T03:00:34Z")

</div>

Quoth **smartt** :

> [@](#):
>
> but if the book can be bought online, then I’ll do it. I love this stuff.

Check our very own [online store](https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/dopestore/buystuff.bat)