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I dated an "Argentinian" girl in college called Julia Göring. She told me that unlike most families with Nazi related last names, hers decided to keep theirs per her grandmother's insistence.
48 1 ReplyOne of my relatives was named Adolf. He died in the 1970s.
Everybody in my family is Jewish.
21 0 ReplyAdolf was an uncommon but not rare name in Germany before the funny guy.
17 0 ReplyAre you talking about Charlie Chaplin?
7 0 ReplyWhen Hitler was born, Adolf was one of the 50 most popular first names in Germany, even though he wasn’t born in Germany.
7 0 ReplyI can't wait for Kevin to start a genocide
1 0 ReplyWell, the more popular a name the likelier it is that some screwed up person has that name.
- Stalin was a Joseph (Ioseb).
- Leopold II of Belgium was a Leopold (Léopold), with second names Lewis (Louis) and Philipp (Philippe).
- Lenin was a Vladimir (Владимир).
- Obote was a Milton.
- Mussolini was a Benedict (Benito).
- Franco was a Francis (Francisco).
- Tito was a Joseph (Josip).
- Micombero was a Michael (Michel).
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My boss is named Adolfo and I'm just like why?
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Göring isn't even such an uncommon name in Germany, there's even a politician of the Green Party currently in parliament with that name.
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