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...controversial filming of the Tom Cruise movie Valkyrie. Many Germans were outraged that Cruise - with his strong affiliations with Scientology - had been chosen to play the role of Claus von Stauffenberg, a Nazi resistance fighter whom some Germans regard as a national hero because of his attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler. Defense Ministry officials criticized the decision to allow the filmmakers to shoot scenes at historic German landmarks, such as the Bendlerblock where Stauffenberg was executed in 1944. But the final straw for many Germans was when Cruise was awarded a prestigious Bambi media award - similar to an Oscar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Germany, Scientology Outrage Over a Critical Film | 3/24/2010 | See Source »

...most influential figure. At most races sits a black-and-white bunker-mobile with blacked-out windows. That belongs to Ecclestone, who is not beloved and doesn't try to be - in an interview with the London Times last summer he appeared to give qualified praise to Adolf Hitler, saying that the German leader "could command a lot of people" and was "able to get things done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Turbulent Times of Formula One | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

Currier, Leverett, and Pforzheimer have already sought to whet the appetite of freshmen with videos ranging from musical homages to “C-Haus,” to an extended rant from Adolf Hitler about the pains of living in Adams...

Author: By Tyler G. Hale, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HoCos Gear Up for Annual Housing Day | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...know this already. Pfoho is the best house on campus,” said the former Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler with great conviction. His blockmates found it almost impossible to reveal the news. The housing assignments had arrived earlier that morning, dictating the lives of those four men for years to come. They had been placed in Adams. Pfoho was now only a dream...

Author: By Sophie T. Bearman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: There Are Twelve Houses and I Got Stuck in Adams. FML. | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

Administrators of The Family have been documented using dangerous rhetorical devices to compel the loyalty of followers. Doug Coe, its leader, has compared the blind devotion demanded by Jesus—and thus by one of its interlocutors on Earth, The Family, to that demanded by Adolf Hilter, Joseph Goebbels, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong, thus legitimizing the latter tyrants. Such untempered comparison is irresponsible, dangerous, and wrong. It leads to such invidious situations as The Family’s accused support for Ugandan politician David Bahati, who is proposing a bill containing the death penalty for HIV-infected people...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: God and Scrambled Eggs | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

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