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April 20th, 2004, 05:30 PM
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60 years ago today was the last-but-one 'Geburtstag des Fuhrers'..... I wonder what presents he got ? 
I must confess to a small collection of 'GdF' first-day stamp covers which can be obtained very cheaply in Germany - I think everyone had to send one to their friends.....or else ! 
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April 20th, 2004, 05:59 PM
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Happy CXV anniversary, Adolf! Hope you're burning in hell...
Martin, my grandpa has a couple of those stamps! (And his diaries are quite interesting about this).
"April 20th 1939.
Today's the Führer's L birthday. We're all very happy. It's definately a great day to celebrate for Germany and its youth".
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April 20th, 2004, 07:32 PM
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I would guess that the anniversary was greeted less enthusiastically as the war dragged on..... [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]
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April 21st, 2004, 01:31 AM
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made my sons day when I told him he was exactly 100 years younger than AH would have been.
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April 22nd, 2004, 02:41 PM
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Hitlers birthday?
One of the things that made me chuckle is the sense of humour of an old Veteran friend of mine. Everytime he goes to the toilet, he says he is "going to send a telegram to Hitler"
Not funny. no, perhaps not, but bloody satisfying.
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May 4th, 2004, 02:21 PM
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That's a very good one, Sapper. It made me laugh for a while. [img]smile.gif[/img]
However, I still get mad when I heard some ingnorant teenager phraising Hitler —as I did myself some years ago...— [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]
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