Talk:Adolf Hitler

birth date

at the beginning of the article it says 21 april, but it really was 20 april, as it also can be seen on other wikipedia pages (such as births section on april 20 article and even this article mentions 20 april 1945 as his 56th birthday)78.0.198.116 (talk) 11:49, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Someone changed it to an incorrect date. This has now been corrected. Thank you. -- Dianna (talk) 13:19, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Apparent fear of heights

Hitler had acrophobia, or fear of heights. I don't know where would be the best place to include it within the article, perhaps if there were a mention of the Kehlsteinhaus?Hoops gza (talk) 03:13, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi Hoops gza. None of the principal biographers mentions a fear of heights, so I am concerned your sourcing is inadequate to add this information. Fictionalised TV shows are not considered to be WP:RS. -- Dianna (talk) 03:36, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

I would have to agree with Dianna; its not WP:RS. Kierzek (talk) 21:32, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Ancestry

The section is very vague about Alois Hitler's father. Does anyone claim that Georg Hitler is the real father? Given the circumstances, this seems unlikely. He appears to be a stepfather, whom Alois claimed as his biological father long after the event. So surely the section should say Alois Hitler's father is unknown. As it stands, the only concrete theory is that of Hans Frank. Sure, these ancestry theories are largely an attempt to denigrate Adolf Hilter - using racism! - but we need to address the issue and present the facts. The linguistically bizarre theory of the Czech origin of the Hitler family (echoed by General Paulus who called Hitler a "Bohemian corporal") is rather irrelevant if Adolf Hitler was not a Hitler by descent.--Jack Upland (talk) 23:39, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

We can only follow the sources. Please feel free to hit the library and report back ;) -- Dianna (talk) 00:46, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Real one

Yes! this is the real Hitler! But not the photos taken in the 21st century. Jiawhein (talk) 10:00, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Pardon? Paul B (talk) 12:57, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Cold War

Would it be possible to change this text in the article: "emerged the Cold War, a global confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States.[343]" to "emerged the Cold War, a global confrontation between communist Soviet bloc countries and capitalist NATO.[343]" or something like that? I.e., the Cold War was not just between the USSR and the US.

thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:4898:0:FFF:0:5EFE:A78:EC75 (talk) 19:01, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

 Done A good suggestion -- Dianna (talk) 19:44, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 16 June 2013

Caption of the sixth photograph down from the top of the article, was changed sometime after 6/1/13. remove Hitler (lying down) with his army comrades of the Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 16 (c. 1914–1918) replace with Hitler (far right, seated) with his army comrades of the Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 16 (c. 1914–1918) --Rogwrenda (talk) 19:59, 16 June 2013 (UTC) Rogwrenda (talk) 19:59, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

 Done Fat&Happy (talk) 20:27, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

5.5 million Jews or 6 million Jews?

Adolf Hitler article:

Hitler's aggressive foreign policy is considered the main cause of the outbreak of World War II in Europe. His antisemitic policies and racially motivated ideology resulted in the deaths of at least 5.5 million Jews, and millions of other people deemed racially inferior.

Holocaust article:

The Holocaust (from the Greek ὁλόκαυστος holókaustos: hólos, "whole" and kaustós, "burnt")[2] also known as Shoah (Hebrew: השואה, HaShoah, "catastrophe"; Yiddish: חורבן, Churben or Hurban, from the Hebrew for "destruction"), was the mass murder or genocide of approximately six million Jews during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, throughout German-occupied territory.

RaphaelQS (talk) 13:53, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi RaphaelQS. The wording of this sentence is the result of dispute resolution in March 2013. Here is a link: Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/Archive 66#Adolf Hitler. In a nutshell, sources vary as to the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust and this was the wording decided upon during the dispute resolution process. Sample sources for this number include Evans (2008) page 318 (between 5.5 and 6 million); Goldhagen, Map page 411, shows between 5.6 and 5.9 million; and Rummel. 'Death by Government', Pg 10, Table1.5 (5.2 million). Our article on The Holocaust cannot be considered authoritative at this point as it needs a lot of work. User:Khazar2 is hoping to bring it up to GA standards later this year and he is interested in collaborators so please ping him if you are interested in working on that project. -- Diannaa (talk) 14:22, 7 July 2013 (UTC)