Toddler Hitler's Dad: "Enough's Enough"

The NJ father who gave his children Nazi-themed names gave an interview with MyFoxNY, to decry his family's treatment by the state authorities. Heath Campbell complained that his children were removed from their home only because of their names—and that the state isn't taking care of his kids.

Three-year-old Adolf HItler Campbell became (in)famous when his father told the media that a local Shop-Rite wouldn't inscribe a third birthday cake with "Happy Birthday, Adolf Hitler" (the supermarket would only write "Happy Birthday" and leave room for the parents to finish the inscription). As it turned out, the tot's younger siblings were named JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell, and the family and their desired cake became an topic of national discussion. More recently, the children were removed from their parents, apparently over safety concerns.

Campbell and wife Deborah saw their kids for the first time, since they were taken, on Monday, and Campbell was aghast at their conditions, noting that one baby's diaper was leaking and that the kids' hair was in knots. He said there was no evidence of abuse, "They don't know us. If they lived in our home, they wouldn't take our kids away."

MyFoxNY noted that Campbell was speaking in violation of a gag order; he said, "Enough's enough. I can't take no more. Whether they jail me or not, I don't care. These are my children." The hearing over the children has not been held yet because the Campbells are waiting for a court-appointed attorney. The Campbells have also accused local authorities of harassing them.

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By Jen Chung in News on January 29, 2009 9:30 AM

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snoopydog

This guy lived in a regular house. Can you just imagine what the people out there that live in the trailer parks are like?

snoopydog

I have a sneaking suspicion that this guy and his wife will not be ordering personalized birthday cakes from ShopRite in the near future.

NannyState

The generic version was much cheaper but Mom is convinced that Tickle Me Elmo is jewish.

NannyState

It would be a classic case of delusions of grandeur if you could fit such terminology on a convenience store sign.

snoopydog

Wait this story gets better with grandma entering the scene.

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/jim-deegan/index.ssf/2009/01/parents_of_child_named_hitler.html

whitecastlerock

Thanks for posting that link. It sheds light on the aryan nation thriving in the woods out there. My favorite part is that they hoped the authorities would release the kids to grandma who was blackout drunk @ 10:30 in the morning...

Future Taliban

Another American who's come to realize that "freedom & democracy" only last until the moment you step out of line.

abcohen

I rooting for the judge to toss him in jail for breaking the gag order... it'll then just be a matter of days before his wife does the same thing...

Future Taliban

It's HIS KIDS moron. I'm rooting for the M10 to splatter you the second you step off the curb.

lostwallet

I'm all for keeping the media frenzy going as long as possible -- as long as they keep upping the ante on the minority reporters they send to interview this guy.

I'm rooting for Fox to send an African American-lesbian-rabbi-reporter next to mess with this guy's head.

mfib

His wife puts the MILF in Milford.

I mean, am I right people?

whitecastlerock

Gothamist and Fox news—quite a pairing. Both would report on pigeon droppings if they could garner the "Exclusive"... This type of journalism is beyond the pale

jchez

Gag Order? You mean that the government can take away your children and then tell you that you can't talk or complain about it? Does the judge in charge think he's in Stalin's (or Putin's) Russia?

handsomedevil

I just want my kids back. And if doing exactly what they told me not to do will accomplish that, that's what I'll have to do.

roe

Actually in Family Court cases they often ask the participants not to speak to the press, try to keep the court hearings closed, etc. The rationale is to protect the privacy and dignity of the children involved in the case.

Felix Hoenikker

If the state started taking kids from every ignorant, racist d-bag out there we'd need a whole new 'stimulus' package to pay for it.

A western state (Nebraska IIRC, but don't quote me) recently enacted a law providing amnesty to those abandoning children, meant to keep newborns out of dumpsters. They had to adjust it when people started dumping kids as old as 17 because they were unmanageable.

jonathan

This is what happens when you fuck with a kitchen staff.

Radtard

Wow what a stereotype. A duster and a long ass ponytail ... I bet he has some sweet Morpheus shades somewhere too.

snoopydog

I believe the children were taken away to make more room in their parents home so they can have more children. Baby Goring and baby Goebels are on there way. The state was concerned about overcrowding.

Amanda Harletsch

the names are as retarded as the parents! The kids will cursed by their family stupidity!

But it isn't A fact that stupid people are the ones populating the planet by millions everyday?

Taking the kids away from this family is not gonna make stupids go away.