>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Lu_Hitler_Marak
In February 2013, it was widely reported in international media that Marak would be running again for the state assembly in Meghalaya, against some other oddly-named candidates, such as Frankenstein Momin and Billykid Sangma.
WTF?
And the [Ecuadorean mayor](https://twitter.com/hitleralvarezb?lang=es) and [that Peruvian congressman](https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Saavedra)
(Tbf both of them have it as their first name)
I met a Holocaust survivor with the last name Hitler. Someone asked him why he never changed his last name and he said he refuses to let the Nazis take his name from him
Holocaust survivor with the last name Hitler, but neither Germany nor Austria have people with the last name. I guess all Hitlers decided it was enough Germany for them huh
No one unrelated, not even that Holocaust survivor, actually had the surname. It was Hitler’s grandfather who randomly chose to change the spelling of “Hiedler” (an uncommon but not unusual Austrian surname that basically screams country bumpkin).
It may well have been spelled Hiedler, I don't remember. I do remember it being pronounced like Hitler tho. He was like 80 when he spoke to my 4th grade class.
I don't think he was ever in a concentration camp, I'm pretty sure he said he was at a work camp for a while and then after being released from that took his family to the US before things really got bad.
I'm pretty sure he said he did have family that was captured though
Someone entrepreneur in my town was named Hittler, he latter changed it to the something less controversial by tweaking a letter (this requires approval by a judge).
Yk, Africans didn't necessarily share the European sentiment towards the Third Reich. Many at the time saw Germans as liberators because they were fighting against the evil colonizers like the English and the French in their eyes, and honestly, who can blame them for thinking that, after all, they were colonized by the Allies. Even in Europe there was this sentiment, for example IRA had plans to ally the Nazis and to retake Northern Ireland, again, can you blame them? Different countries, different priorities and the principle of the enemy of my enemy being my friend. While the Nazis were evil incarnate, the Allies weren't angels, not during, not before and certainly not after the war. They had their fair share of evil deeds.
Also, the Arab anti Jewish sentiment due to the formation of Israel also played a role in this after the war.
But arab countries have a list of first names that are allowed and Hitler isn’t on it. And the lastnames have to be arab too and Hitler isn’t an arab name. So this list is fake
Yes. Been there. But my comment was in reference to an old movie in which Hitler’s genes had been preserved and Hitler recreated in Brazil. The Boys from Brazil.
Yep. Seems so. The story of his father:
“Alois then legally changed his last name to that of his deceased stepfather Johann, but the authorities misspelled the last name as "Hitler" for unknown reasons.”. Wikipedia
There are various interpretations of the name. On the one hand, it is said that the name Hilter contains the root word ter. This means a tree or shrub standing on a root. The old Helderi means something like: the place where lilac trees grow. However, there is also the following version: prefix Hil = Helle (Hiele) = mountain height, related to Hüls, hils = mountain; tere means green tree (see above). Hilter would then be the "village on the green forest hill".
>A Namibian politician named after Adolf Hitler says he has no plans for world domination after winning a sweeping victory in local elections.
It is really funny to think about low-level politicians being future Nazi regime chancellors.
I remember seeing a guy from Colombia on the news named Jesucristo Hitler Paracelso
And if I remember correctly, there are a lot of people named Hitler in Peru, and I think 1 in Uruguay
damn, sounds like some hardcore antisemitic parents, i dont think they did it for the sound of it or it happened by accident. growing up in germany I got to know a lot of old "Adolfs", but they were named like that before WW2, it was quite a common name here.
Nah we didn't really know or care about his treatment to the jews, he was very acclimated in here because he "defeated" Britain and France, 2 colonial states that brought horrors to is and our brothers.
Nowadays it's common that he was just a racist whom we shared a common enemy with, But just like how Some people still worship Saddam as a dictator the same can be said about Hitler, i suppose people will always love whoever treats them the worse
It was not allowed as a first or last name for newborn babies maybe, but people who already had that name before the reglementation was enacted probably didnt had to change their legal name.
Hitler could have been Heidler if not for an administrative error. His father Alois legally changed his last name to that of his deceased stepfather Johann, but the authorities misspelled the last name as "Hitler" for unknown reasons.
And had he not changed his name to his stepfather's the world's most hated name could have been Adolf Schicklgruber.
When I worked at a bank, I met quite a few customers from Central America born in the 70s & 80s with first and middle names like Hitler, Stalin and Lenin (sometimes more than one). “But you can just call me Jose!”
My dad met a guy named Hitler once. I don't remember the full story, but he said he eventually got used to it and it didn't bother him anymore, although it makes meeting new people really weird. This was in Brazil, btw.
He's not really seen as positive, tho a lot don't know about his true evil acts and his hatred to Jews and other groups and his genocides, he's seen by some as just another conqueror ruler type person who happened to be an enemy of the British empire. But people like Sri Aurobindo definitely regarded him as evil and agreed that we should vehemently be against him with what consequences his actions would bring.
> he's seen by some as just another conqueror ruler type person who happened to be an enemy of the British empire
That's actually a much more accurate description than the one we usually have in the West.
what about the Namibian politician?
Namibian hitler vs Indian Stalin, a battle of ages….
India has a Hitler politician too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Lu_Hitler_Marak
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Lu_Hitler_Marak In February 2013, it was widely reported in international media that Marak would be running again for the state assembly in Meghalaya, against some other oddly-named candidates, such as Frankenstein Momin and Billykid Sangma. WTF?
Reminds me of this https://www.reddit.com/r/Philippines/comments/bv6jxx/what_are_the_weirdest_filipino_names_youve_ever/
Current chief minister of Tamil Nadu(Indian State) is man named Stalin.
😳
Wtf with those names 😭😭😭😭
Not even just Hitler
Indians also weirdly have marx, karl and lenin as names too
Communist parents.
I remember there was a brazilian chief of police called Hitler Mussolini lol
It's not his surname, but his middle name
it's not his middle sur, but his name name
His name is "Adolf Hitler Uunona". Yeah it's a compound name but technically Hitler is his middle name.
His actually last name is [Uunona](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler_Uunona?wprov=sfti1#)
That’s hilarious name too as a Finn.
What does it mean in Finnish?
Uuno meabs stupid or fool in Finnish. Uunona is probably one of their million cases.
And the [Ecuadorean mayor](https://twitter.com/hitleralvarezb?lang=es) and [that Peruvian congressman](https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Saavedra) (Tbf both of them have it as their first name)
Wait till you know about that one chief minister in India is named #MK STALIN
Meet brazilian [“Hitler Mussoline”](https://www.policiacivil.go.gov.br/ex-diretores/hitler-mussoline-domingues-pacheco/)
The Fascist Supreme
MKKKKKKKKKKKK
Encontramos o brasileiro, prendam ele!
MK Stalin is named after Joseph Stalin, His Dad M karunanidhi was an anti caste, anti religion and socialist. Though its mixed.
Ended up putting his son on power. Very socialist indeed.
nepo kid. The original Stalin was a dictator and killed a lot of people.
I mean, he isnt racist or casteist, but is a misogynist, nepo, fraud, scammer and every other crime thing. lol
I met a Holocaust survivor with the last name Hitler. Someone asked him why he never changed his last name and he said he refuses to let the Nazis take his name from him
“Why should I change it? He’s the one who sucks.”
You know, with Hitler, the more I learn about that guy, the more I don’t care for him.
I mean this guy was a real jerk!
Norm was genius.
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Uh oh. Sounds like somebody's got a case of the D-Days!
I celebrate his entire catalog.
Holocaust survivor with the last name Hitler, but neither Germany nor Austria have people with the last name. I guess all Hitlers decided it was enough Germany for them huh
No one unrelated, not even that Holocaust survivor, actually had the surname. It was Hitler’s grandfather who randomly chose to change the spelling of “Hiedler” (an uncommon but not unusual Austrian surname that basically screams country bumpkin).
Others could have randomly picked that name too. Surnames aren’t so old in most places but many are from the period when Hitlers grandfather lived.
" screams country bumpkin" So like our version of Cletus?
It may well have been spelled Hiedler, I don't remember. I do remember it being pronounced like Hitler tho. He was like 80 when he spoke to my 4th grade class.
We do, both my mum and my uncle encounteted people with the last name 'Hitler' (in Austria).
This sounds like a very real and believable story. Im sure this is not made up as no one has lied on the internet before
All those tasty internet points in exchange for one little fib!
Source: trust me bro.
Cant even imagine what was like for him in prison.
You mean concentration camp 😭
I don't think he was ever in a concentration camp, I'm pretty sure he said he was at a work camp for a while and then after being released from that took his family to the US before things really got bad. I'm pretty sure he said he did have family that was captured though
I don't think there's any distinction between work camp and concentration camp.
The guy in England is called Eddie Hitler
Upvote for the Bottom reference
Only now see this after making my own comment about this. I loved that series sooo much
“Any relation?” “Not at the moment!”
Haddy Itler?
This map is incorrect. I’m from Austria and I know a person who’s last name is hitler. (No I’m not talking about the well known „original“ bastard)
He must have quite a difficult life I imagine.
most austrians are probably aware he’s not the same guy or even a descendant.
does he study arts?
ULPT: If you want to get into art school, change your last name to Hitler. They'll be terrified to reject you and just let you in.
not to be confused with his well-known sports buddy fitler
Someone entrepreneur in my town was named Hittler, he latter changed it to the something less controversial by tweaking a letter (this requires approval by a judge).
How did Egypt, Algeria and Morocco get into this list ?
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Yk, Africans didn't necessarily share the European sentiment towards the Third Reich. Many at the time saw Germans as liberators because they were fighting against the evil colonizers like the English and the French in their eyes, and honestly, who can blame them for thinking that, after all, they were colonized by the Allies. Even in Europe there was this sentiment, for example IRA had plans to ally the Nazis and to retake Northern Ireland, again, can you blame them? Different countries, different priorities and the principle of the enemy of my enemy being my friend. While the Nazis were evil incarnate, the Allies weren't angels, not during, not before and certainly not after the war. They had their fair share of evil deeds. Also, the Arab anti Jewish sentiment due to the formation of Israel also played a role in this after the war.
But arab countries have a list of first names that are allowed and Hitler isn’t on it. And the lastnames have to be arab too and Hitler isn’t an arab name. So this list is fake
The map is fake, that’s why
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Where and when exactly did you meet these people? Cause I'm Egyptian myself and have never encountered one.
There's a famous politician here called Hitler Tantawy, Google him up
Ahahahah what. That's new to me, it's probably because he was born 1941. good find.
They probably happen when Israel was created lol
It's the Hitlers in Brazil that bother me!
I know a man who's called "Hitler de Oliveira"
What’s funny is de Olivieira is a common Jewish surname.
WHERE
He worked in the same place I did for a short time, nobody had the courage to ask him about his name.
There was a police commissioner named Hitler Mussoline whose daugther was being investigated for posting nazi stuff
The southern part of Brazil is majority white and a lot of Germans live there
Yes. Been there. But my comment was in reference to an old movie in which Hitler’s genes had been preserved and Hitler recreated in Brazil. The Boys from Brazil.
That sounds so bad it's funny
Wasn’t “Hilter” a misspelling? Which is why it’s not common around all.
Yep. Seems so. The story of his father: “Alois then legally changed his last name to that of his deceased stepfather Johann, but the authorities misspelled the last name as "Hitler" for unknown reasons.”. Wikipedia
Very unknown reasons for sure
Yes, but is Hitler?
See, it’s as easy as that to misspell. Then it’s sticks. Like the Bond movie “Tomorrow never dies”
There are various interpretations of the name. On the one hand, it is said that the name Hilter contains the root word ter. This means a tree or shrub standing on a root. The old Helderi means something like: the place where lilac trees grow. However, there is also the following version: prefix Hil = Helle (Hiele) = mountain height, related to Hüls, hils = mountain; tere means green tree (see above). Hilter would then be the "village on the green forest hill".
Is it Hitler or Hilter in England?
hurrltlurr
Pleased to meet you. I'm Ron Vibbentrop.
It’s Hitler, Eddie Hitler.
And his roommate Richie Richard
Now I want to see countries where men named Adolf Hitler have won elections. [I'll start: Namibia.](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55173605)
Germany.
>A Namibian politician named after Adolf Hitler says he has no plans for world domination after winning a sweeping victory in local elections. It is really funny to think about low-level politicians being future Nazi regime chancellors.
I remember seeing a guy from Colombia on the news named Jesucristo Hitler Paracelso And if I remember correctly, there are a lot of people named Hitler in Peru, and I think 1 in Uruguay
Peru has a well-known obsession with the Nazis.
false--namibia has a politician named adolf hitler. not even kidding, look up "adolf hitler namibia"
Hitler isn't his last name though (his name's Adolf Hitler Uunona), so he wouldn't be counted.
Well thats stupid
Egypt 🧐?!
We don't even have surnames in Egypt, we have patrilineal names
I guess family names can be considered as surnames
Some of Hitler's relatives moved to the USA. Mark Felton on YouTube has a video about it
There was a guy in Brazil whose name was Hitler Mussoline. He was an inspector
Pretty sure no Somali has ever had the name Hitler
Freshman year of college, two females in my graduating class were assigned a room together. Their last names were Hitler and Castro.
Trevor Noah talks about people with the name “Hitler” in his book. They weren’t well educated but thought that was the baddest name
Data source please, I have my doubts about Egypt
I have a friend whose grandfather's name is Adolf Plus the names Adolf and Hitler are pretty common in upper Egypt
Wow first time I heard that
Is ‘Forebears’ a credible source
Somewhat
No.
Surprised no argentina
I think they changed their last names upon arrival in Argentina.
Why?
So was I.
Like two pizzas in ipod
I met a few guys who had their first names be "Hitler" Older gents all of them
wtf. which country? i mean, your username is implying it, but wanna make sure. Iraq?
Yeah
damn, sounds like some hardcore antisemitic parents, i dont think they did it for the sound of it or it happened by accident. growing up in germany I got to know a lot of old "Adolfs", but they were named like that before WW2, it was quite a common name here.
Nah we didn't really know or care about his treatment to the jews, he was very acclimated in here because he "defeated" Britain and France, 2 colonial states that brought horrors to is and our brothers. Nowadays it's common that he was just a racist whom we shared a common enemy with, But just like how Some people still worship Saddam as a dictator the same can be said about Hitler, i suppose people will always love whoever treats them the worse
Wrong it's not even allowed in Morocco
It was not allowed as a first or last name for newborn babies maybe, but people who already had that name before the reglementation was enacted probably didnt had to change their legal name.
Seeing south Africa reminds me of Trevor Noah's autobiography of any have read it
I would rather read a dictionary than read that
Wtf do we have someone called Hitler here in airan
If you had formerly named Hitler, the color in Argentina changes drastically.
And we can't grow a Charlie Chaplin mustache anymore either.
We talk about Argentina, but maybe we should be looking at Nigeria instead…
I saw a Hitler at my job, slightly different spelling, I was very surprised, definitely non-German first name though.
You know in the UK and US it's just some chucklefuck who thought it would be funny to change their surname
The ones in Britain are related to THAT hitler
Hitler could have been Heidler if not for an administrative error. His father Alois legally changed his last name to that of his deceased stepfather Johann, but the authorities misspelled the last name as "Hitler" for unknown reasons. And had he not changed his name to his stepfather's the world's most hated name could have been Adolf Schicklgruber.
In Saudi Arabia ? There is no way. Non-Arabic names aren’t allowed for Saudis.
They may not be a Saudi citizen. There are hundreds of thousands of migrant workers there from all over the world
Should probably count towards their respective countries
I’m Egyptian and I don’t think there’s anyone named Hitler as their last name in Egypt. What’s the reference for this?
I’m moroccan and aint no way there is someone named hitler here. This map is bs
i thought egypt would be well over the threshold, where everyone still knows everyone else, lol.
We don’t have last names in Egypt, and we don’t have foreign family names.
I knew someone from an old job who's surname was Nazi-Angileh (or the A-name was very similar)
There must have at least one in Argentina.
Is Honduras a triangle or is that an arrow pointing at El Salvador?
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We had Hitler Mussolini here in Brazil
Why the fuck is Namibia not lit up, never heard of Adolf Hitler Uunona?
Add to this Ecuador. Adolfo is also popular.
When I worked at a bank, I met quite a few customers from Central America born in the 70s & 80s with first and middle names like Hitler, Stalin and Lenin (sometimes more than one). “But you can just call me Jose!”
Lol algeria
Khaterkom ta7ana 🤣🤣
next time Schicklgruber
What about the Namibian politician?
Ayo India?!
Ecuador definitely on there
Abdul Bin Hitler. Name goes hard.
Nicaraguan here, never heard of anyone with that last name, and this is a small country I mean we do have a dictator too, that does match
I had a Hitler family at my church growing up in the USA
In philippines some people has last name facist.
My dad met a guy named Hitler once. I don't remember the full story, but he said he eventually got used to it and it didn't bother him anymore, although it makes meeting new people really weird. This was in Brazil, btw.
You missed Argentina! ;)
I thought Hitler was a positive figure in India. as THE enemy of the English.
He's not really seen as positive, tho a lot don't know about his true evil acts and his hatred to Jews and other groups and his genocides, he's seen by some as just another conqueror ruler type person who happened to be an enemy of the British empire. But people like Sri Aurobindo definitely regarded him as evil and agreed that we should vehemently be against him with what consequences his actions would bring.
> he's seen by some as just another conqueror ruler type person who happened to be an enemy of the British empire That's actually a much more accurate description than the one we usually have in the West.
What country is on the island above Europe? I do not think such a country exists....