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Was
Adolph Hitler in Los Angeles in 1932?
This
is an image grab from the official 1932 Los Angeles Olympic movie reel
archived at the LA84 Foundation Sports Library. On three separate occasions
the cameraman leaves the athletic field and lingers on these two men in
the crowd. The camera stays on these men and ignores the action on the
field.
The man
in the Scottish cap does not appear to be an ordinary spectator as he
turns and stares straight at the camera. He bears a striking resemblance
to Adolph Hitler. The man standing to his right looks remarkably like
Rudolph Hess, Hitler’s closest advisor.
The idea
is not as strange as it appears at first. Hitler would host host the Berlin
Games in 1936, along with three winter Olympics. He was clearly obsessed
with the subject and it wouldn’t be that surprising for him to show
up at the X Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
In 1932
Hitler would be 43 and Hess 38 years old. Hitler was not well-known at
this point, but the following year, he would become Chancellor of Germany.
If this is Hitler, what could it mean? Whom did he meet with? Why hasn’t
it been reported before? What facts can you add on this topic?
This was
originally
published on Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Aaron
Dahl
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