# NJ Adolph Hitler update **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 3, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080 "2013-06-03T23:51:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/1 "2013-06-03T23:51:42Z")
Some may remember a few years ago this local story that went national. Family names their son Adolph Hitler. They try to get a birthday cake which says “Happy birthday Adolph Hitler.” Store refuses. Family complains in the press about the descrimination. Plan backfires. Here is an [update](http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2013/06/father_shows_up_to_family_cour.html#incart_river). They lived close to where I used to live, pre-divorce. I once ran into the guy when I took my daughter to see her doctor. He was wearing a Brownshirt uniform without swastikas. Total jackass. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/2 "2013-06-03T23:54:56Z")
One of the original reports: > **[Child named after Adolf Hitler is refused cake request](https://www.nj.com/news/2008/12/child_named_after_adolf_hitler.html)** > > ASTON, Pa. -- Three-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell is cute, cuddly and, for now, blissfully unaware of the shock value conveyed by his first and middle names. That may be changing, though. The youngster was at the center of a recent... Smoking Gun update with fantastic picture: > **[New Jersey Man Who Named Son After Adolf Hitler Shows Up For Family Court...](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/nazi-dad-in-family-court-691243)** > > The New Jersey man who is fighting to regain custody of his young children--one of whom he named Adolf Hitler Campbell--showed up today for a Family Court hearing wearing a full Nazi uniform and a H ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/3 "2013-06-04T00:08:10Z")
I remember this story. The family supported themselves by defrauding SSI, mostly because they claimed the kids, who were all preschoolers, had bipolar disorder. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/4 "2013-06-04T00:11:30Z")
‘‘While Campbell’s uniform appeared authentic, historical records contain no reference to Nazis carrying laptop bags.’’ Good to know. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/5 "2013-06-04T00:14:35Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Smoking Gun update with fantastic picture: > > [New Jersey Man Who Named Son After Adolf Hitler Shows Up For Family Court Hearing Wearing Full Nazi Uniform | The Smoking Gun](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/nazi-dad-in-family-court-691243) XX > [@](#): > > While Campbell’s uniform appeared authentic, historical records contain no reference to Nazis carrying laptop bags. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/6 "2013-06-04T00:17:00Z")
I fully support the forced sterilization of this man. And possibly his children too. So I suppose in that respect, ironically, Hitler _was_ right. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/7 "2013-06-04T05:15:11Z")
I guess this guy never heard of Dale Carnegie. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/8 "2013-06-04T05:48:01Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > I guess this guy never heard of Dale Carnegie. _How to Win Friends and Invade Poland_. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/9 "2013-06-04T12:57:21Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I fully support the forced sterilization of this man. And possibly his children too. So I suppose in that respect, ironically, Hitler _was_ right. Aw, don’t take it out on the kids. Hopefully there’s still a chance for them. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/10 "2013-06-04T13:09:14Z")
According to the article, three of the four kids have already been adopted and the guy is being repeatedly denied the right to see any of them. So I think things are looking up for the kids. As for this clown, he’s been evaluated to be mentally ill and is illiterate. Which makes me wonder what he’s got in the laptop case since I very much doubt he can use a computer. I suppose in a better world he’d be getting some sort of treatment. As it is, far funnier to report on the ass-clown with the nazi uniform and Hitler mustache who abused his four kids. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/11 "2013-06-04T14:03:31Z")
I bet I know what tea kettle this guy owns. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/12 "2013-06-04T15:05:36Z")
> [@](#): > > While Campbell’s uniform appeared authentic, historical records contain no reference to Nazis carrying laptop bags. That’s some quality deadpan sarcasm right there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/13 "2013-06-04T15:11:53Z")
There’s got to be a way to work “Hitler, now there was a painter! He could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon, two coats!” into this thread, but I can’t figure out how. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/14 "2013-06-04T15:26:12Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Some may remember a few years ago this local story that went national. Family names their son Adolph Hitler. They try to get a birthday cake which says “Happy birthday Adolph Hitler.” Store refuses. And the dad can’t read! They could have just made a cake that said “Campbell is a cock sucker” and all of this would have gone away. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/15 "2013-06-04T16:12:33Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > There’s got to be a way to work “Hitler, now there was a painter! He could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon, two coats!” into this thread, but I can’t figure out how. Some things are better left unsaid. We’re all thinking it, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/16 "2013-06-04T16:38:59Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I fully support the forced sterilization of this man. By kicks to the balls? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/17 "2013-06-04T16:41:20Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > By kicks to the balls? Sounds good to me. But it should be democratic: everyone gets a turn. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/18 "2013-06-04T17:55:54Z")
> [@bup](#): > > And the dad can’t read! They could have just made a cake that said “Campbell is a cock sucker” and all of this would have gone away. The Shoprite in Greenwich refused to make the cake. So they went to the Walmart in Easton (short drive away into Pennsylvania) and got the cake they wanted. Then went to the press with the complaint. Clever plan. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/19 "2013-06-04T18:06:36Z")
> [@bup](#): > > And the dad can’t read! They could have just made a cake that said “Campbell is a cock sucker” and all of this would have gone away. He at least seems to know how to spell Adolf. It’s surprising how many get that wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080/20 "2013-06-04T18:25:00Z")
One of the interesting things about this guy is that his mental issues would have gotten him put to death or at least sterilized in the Third Reich. That’s right, the very group he champions would kill him if it came to power. Wearing the uniform to court? That’s just about reaches fetish level. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080.md?page=2)