And,in a letter, she wrote that she was beginning to feel that the German Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was a very great man.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

His accomplishments so angered Hitler that the German leader refused to acknowledge Owens or shake his hand after the competition.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

"It should really serve,I think, as a stimulus to us to find ways to recapture the partnership so we can join forces and fight together against the threats and challenges of the 21st century that are no less dangerous than Hitler was in his time."

VOA: standard.2010.05.07

Historians now say that Hitler took no notice at all of astrological forecasts.

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The decision was opposed by leaders of the Czech underground, who feared rightly that Hitler would take out on them his thirst for revenge.

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But when news spread that Hitler had survived, the plot crumbled and von Stauffenberg, von Kleist's father, and scores of others were arrested and executed in an orgy of revenge killings.

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