Sunday, April 1, 2018

Meet the Hitlers (2014)

Documentary on how having the name Hitler, well it's not helpful in life. Film follows about a half dozen Hitler's, including a Salt Lake retiree Hitler, a teenage girl Hittler, a socially isolated German Hitler, an Ecuadorian carpenter whose first name is Hitler, and a skin head who changed his name to Hitler. This diversity of Hitler's is complimented by a non Hitler who does satirical art about Hitler, and another non Hitler, a journalist trying to get Hitler's grandnephews to go on record with him. Yes Adolph Hitler has three living (as of 2014) grandnephews in Long Island under changed names.  Adolph's older brother Alois Hitler, Jr. married an Irish woman and their son William Patrick Hitler would immigrate to the United States and actually serve in the Navy during World War II. William Patrick (died 1987) had four sons, one of whom died around 1990 and the remaining three evidently covenanted amongst themselves never to marry, feeling that the family line needed to die out. Subsequent to the release of this documentary the British newspaper The Daily Express (not to be confused with The Daily Mail) reveled that one of the surving Hitler's works for the IRS. So there's that, make your jokes. I mostly felt sorry for these Hitler's, it was a perfectly serviceable last name until one guy ruined it for everyone. ***

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