"...And he could dance the pants off Churchill!", From the Associated Press Options

[jonerik]

Wisconsin farmer plans Hitler memorial
Town officials, Jewish groups strongly object to German immigrant's plans

Updated: 9:11 a.m. ET June 14, 2006

MILLARD, Wis. - A retired farmer who says he served in a branch of a German paramilitary unit in World War II is turning some of his property into a memorial to Adolf Hitler.

Ted Junker, 87, plans a grand opening June 25 and says his goal is to clear up what he says are inaccuracies about the war and Hitler’s role in it.

“I like the U.S.,” he said. “I can’t understand why people don’t know the truth. This is for understanding, not hate.”

Junker said the memorial is in a concrete structure in the side of a hill and has a German flag and other items for display.

Kathy Heilbronner, assistant director of the Milwaukee Jewish Council for Community Relations, described Junker as a classic Holocaust denier. She said he chooses to ignore the ample evidence of the Holocaust.

Junker said he volunteered to join the German Waffen-SS in 1940. The Waffen-SS was the fighting branch of the Nazi party’s dreaded paramilitary unit, the Schutzstaffel. Commonly known as the SS, the unit acted as a special police force and was involved in some of the worst crimes committed in territory under Nazi control during World War II.

Better equipped than regular army troops, the Waffen-SS was used notably to secure Nazi-occupied areas and to combat partisans or other opposition forces. They also fought on the front lines next to regular army troops.

Residents: 'We're afraid'

In 1955, Junker said he came to the United States. He said he worked as a janitor in Chicago and bought 120 acres in Walworth County 43 years ago to farm.

Sugar Creek Town Chairman Loren Waite said Junker told local officials he was going to build a tractor shed, not a Hitler memorial, and he hasn’t applied for the conditional-use permit he would need for the venture.

“As long as it was just on his back 40, that was one thing, but now that he’s gone public, we’re afraid of what’s going to happen here,” Waite said.

© 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

[FrankD]

In 1955, Junker said he came to the United States. He said he worked as a janitor in Chicago and bought 120 acres in Walworth County 43 years ago to bury the bodies.

this guy should have his own personal nuremburg.

[widget]

I was gonna post this earlier but I figured ya'll didn't need get Hitler-boners from my post.
Let someone else start the ass-sucking fawning....

[JodyThePig]

I was gonna post this earlier but I figured ya'll didn't need get Hitler-boners from my post.
Let someone else start the ass-sucking fawning....

U.S. OUT OF MY SCHICKELGRUBEROUS!!

[Padraig]

[Soup]

I hear that the "Stage Your Own Putsch" interactive exhibit is fantastic.

[John D]

I just laughed out loud when I read the title of this post.

You just can't have too many Producers references...

[Soup]

I wonder how nimrodworkman will react to this story...

[Alpha]

I am the author. You are the audience. I outrank you!

[tom from out of town]

Junkers JU-87 divebomber

[Soup]

Junkers JU-87 divebomber

is that a mis-spelling, or shorthand?

[tom from out of town]

is that a mis-spelling, or shorthand?

I don't know - jew know?

All the WW2 Junkers aircraft had a name of Ju-<number> I think.

[LocalWiseMan]

Laugh? I nearly approved an invoice for Zyklon-B!

[jonerik]

is that a mis-spelling, or shorthand?

It's an abbreviation for "Junkers." The Germans didn't use designations like "P" (pursuit), "B" (bomber), or "A" (attack) as we did. Their practice was to abbreviate the manufacturer's name, which has also always been the Russian practice. So you had designations like "Ju" for "Junkers," "He" for "Heinkel," "Ar" for "Arado," and "Me" for "Messerschmitt."

[smcd]

this guy should have his own personal nuremburg.

Why? What did he do?

[FrankD]

Why? What did he do?

He was in the SS in WWII.

You tell me what he did.

[smcd]

is that a mis-spelling, or shorthand?

All these years and that never occurred to me.....

[anatomicallyincorrect]

A gay romp through Bertchesgaden with Adolf and Eva....

[Mark VI]

He was in the SS in WWII.

You tell me what he did.

he could of done anything. been a radio man, tank driver, anything really.

[Soup]

It's an abbreviation for "Junkers." The Germans didn't use designations like "P" (pursuit), "B" (bomber), or "A" (attack) as we did. Their practice was to abbreviate the manufacturer's name, which has also always been the Russian practice. So you had designations like "Ju" for "Junkers," "He" for "Heinkel," "Ar" for "Arado," and "Me" for "Messerschmitt."

Well...that is a detailed explanation...but I wuz makin' a funny....

[smcd]

He was in the SS in WWII.

And that means exactly what....??

You tell me what he did.

I don't know him, so I can't tell you what he did. I'm surprised you know him.



Tell me what you know about the SS.

I ask, because I suspect you haven't got the slightest idea what you're talking about.

But feel welcome to prove me wrong.

[smcd]

Well...that is a detailed explanation...but I wuz makin' a funny....

And it was funny!!

[FrankD]

he could of done anything. been a radio man, tank driver, anything really.

being a radio man he could have called in an airstrike on jews and US Forces.

being a tank driver he could have ran over or shot at jews and US Forces

being ANYTHING in the SS meant he drank the cool aid.

[jonerik]

he could of done anything. been a radio man, tank driver, anything really.

Chef. Clerk. Hospital orderly. And so on.

[dimenno]

The footage of "Hitler's victory dance" was a carefully contrived forgery, as I'm sure most of the WWII buffs here are aware.

Hey, what about those Armenians? And the folks from Nagasaki? I mean, the Jews and Hiroshima get all the PR, while the Armenians got clobbered and Nagasaki got left hoilding the shitty end of the stick--all the radiation, but none of the glory!

In the year 2445, I wonder who we'll be more likely to remember:
LBJ, Nixon, Ike, JFK, or Hitler? OK, so JFK almost blew up the planet, so he might rate a footnote, but Hitler will probably get at least a paragraph.