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Rewriting history of Hitler
by Paul Watson
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n the wake of the 50th anniversary of the death of Adolf Hitler’s former personal adjutant a leading Scots historian has called for his place in the history books to be reconsidered. Professor Thomas Weber, from the University of Aberdeen has uncovered a wealth of evidence which reveals Fritz Wiedemann, a one-time friend of the Nazi dictator, had tried to blow the
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whistle on the Nazis and to pass key information to the Allies.
According to Professor Weber the newly discovered papers detail the extent of efforts by Wiedemann, who had been a near-paternal figure for Hitler in World War One and the man who backed his nomination for the Iron Cross, to inform both Britain and America of opportunities for the tyrant’s removal at the beginning of the war. “His case is a cautionary tale
as to what happens when the democracies of the world let down people from around the world who turn to them,” said Prof. Weber.
Wiedemann died on January 17, 1970, as a farmer having faced charges as a Nazi after the war which were subsequently dropped. But Professor Weber argues that his place in the history books should be very different. He says that it is important for
