Article: Today's Hitlers lead quiet lives with little furor

It has been 50 years now since Adolf Hitler plunged the World into war. Even after half a century, Der Fuhrer is still regarded as one of the great stinkers of all time. A few years ago, there was a survey to find out who American school kids thought was the worst person who ever lived. American school kids are not very good at history, mind you, but they sure know who Hitler was. There were a few scattered votes for Josef Stalin, Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan and Vlad the Impaler, as I remember, but Adolf Hitler won hands down as the ultimate louse. We are a forgiving people, as a rule. We certainly forgave Hirohito. But Hitler was another story altogether. He was a bad guy all right, and ...

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