Adolf
Americannoun
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On the wall in my den are my father’s medals: a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star from when the United States sent my father, Marcelo Villanueva, and others like him, to fight Adolf Hitler.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026
Prosecutors said the group -- whose initials SS match those of Adolf Hitler's paramilitary organisation the Schutzstaffel -- had procured fatigues, combat helmets, gas masks and bullet-proof vests.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
Its agents in 1960 had kidnapped Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and spirited him back to Israel for trial.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
He first attacked the BBC's Today programme for their interview with Tice, saying it was "disgraceful" to frame a question linking himself to German dictator Adolf Hitler.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
Everywhere she set up cameras, Riefenstahl made sure she had the most flattering angles, generally cast upward, for filming the ultimate stars of the show, Adolf Hitler and his entourage.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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