As we reported last week, a set of Adolph Hitler's personalized silverware will be part of an upcoming springtime exhibition at The New York Historical Society. The cutlery, which were given to Hitler as part of a three thousand piece dinner service presented to him to honor his 50th birthday in 1939, had a fascinating and roundabout way of ending up in NYC, and the NYHS considers it one of the “most aesthetically and historically compelling pieces” in its collection. Not everyone agrees however: “I find this totally tasteless...The knife and fork trivialize the evil that Hitler and his allies perpetrated,” Deborah Dwork, a professor of Holocaust history at Clark University, told the Times.
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People Conflicted About Exhibit On Hitler's Personalized Silverware
How Did Hitler's Personalized Silverware End Up In NYC?
The cutlery above—which include the monogram "AH"—were given to Adolf Hitler as part of a three thousand piece dinner service presented to him to honor his 50th birthday in 1939. The set was split throughout his homes in Munich and Berlin, and these are from his residence at Berchtesgaden—Hitler spent more time at the Berghof than anywhere else during World War II. So how did they end up in the hands of a NY financier, and eventually part of an upcoming exhibit at the New York Historical Society?
Olbermann, Maddow Discuss Baby (Adolf) Hitler
Last night, on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, the number 1 news story was the topic that suddenly gripped a nation: The saga of ShopRite refusing to inscribe a cake for little Adolf Hitler Campbell. Olbermann was charmed by Wal-Mart's statement explaining why they agreed to provide a cake and then brought in fellow MSNBC talk show host Rachel Maddow to riff on the subject.
No ShopRite Cake for Baby Hitler
When you name your baby Hitler—or, in this case, Adolf Hitler Campbell—perhaps you are stacking the deck against him. A NJ family is upset that ShopRite refused to personalize a cake with "Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler." The boy's father, Heath Campbell, a "Nazi fan" (his other kids are JoyceLynn Aryan Nation and Honszlyn Hinler Jeannie) and Holocaust denier who decorates his home with swastikas, told reporters yesterday, "There's a new president and he says it's time for a change. Well, then it's time for a change. They need to accept a name. A name's a name. The kid isn't going to grow up and do what [Hitler] did." ShopRite offered to write "Happy Birthday" with room for the Campbells to inscribe it themselves, but the outraged family took their business to Wal-Mart, which apparently supplied little Adolf's earlier cakes. For levity: Top 10 rejected names for Adolf Hitler Campbell ("9. Dahmer Amin Stalin Telemarketer Campbell").
Everyone Hates the O.J. Book, O.J. and Judith Regan
is just so disgusting and exploitive, we can't believe it was ever allowed. But we're naive and such is life, and the story has been getting crazier, with the book's publisher Judith Regan issued a statement saying she published the book because she was a victim of abuse.
I made the decision to publish this book, and to sit face to face with the killer, because I wanted him, and the men who broke my heart and your hearts, to tell the truth, to confess their sins, to do penance and to amend their lives....more ›
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40 West 67th Street Co-op Owner Smackdown
It's not a good time for David Pullman. His creation, the David Bowie Bond, faces a downgrade. And he was finally kicked out of his apartment at 40 West 67th Street, after a protracted fight with his neighbors and co-op board. The Times examines what happened at the Upper West Side prewar: Pullman felt his neighbors were too noisy and from that, it seems Pullman freaked out. He accused them of running an illegal book binding business, being anti-Semitists, playing music too loudly, and physically assaulting him. Gothamist loves this line: "That his alleged attacker was nearly 30 years his elder is irrelevant, Mr. Pullman said; Sean Connery, he said, is in his 70's."
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