Politician Named after Adolf Hitler Wins Election In Namibia

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-18 19:20:51 | Updated at 2024-11-18 21:51:23 2 hours ago

Politician Named after Adolf Hitler Wins Election In Namibia
Africa News ^ | Michael Oduor

Posted on 11/18/2024 11:07:07 AM PST by nickcarraway

In Namibia, a certain politician named after the former German leader, Adolf Hitler has been elected as a local councilor for the governing Swapo party.

Adolf Hitler Uunona was eleceted with 85% of the votes in the regional vote to emerge the winner in Ompundja, a small town in the far north of the country.

Hitler confirmed that his father gave him the name after the German Nazi leader and probably wasn’t aware of his ideologies.

Hitler, 54, is among the popular politicians in the Soutwest region of the country from his firm stand as an anti-apartheid activist.

Interviewed by the great German tabloid Bild, he said that there was no problem as he grew up that Adolf was acommon name in the former German colony.

“It was a perfectly normal name for me when I was a kid. It wasn't until I grew older that I realized that this man wanted to subjugate the whole world and killed millions of Jews,” he told Bild.

Adolf doesn’t use Hitler in his social media handles, but still apply the name in official documents.

When asked why he couldn’t change the name before, he replied it was too late for that.

"It's in all official documents, it's too late for that," he replied to Bild. He later found a solution: he identifies himself as Adolf Uunona in public, leaving Hitler aside. His wife also prefers to call him Adolf, way to shed some of the weight linked to such a name associated with the worst atrocities of the 20th century.

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1 posted on 11/18/2024 11:07:07 AM PST by nickcarraway

To: nickcarraway

Namibia was once German colonial territory until the end of World War I.

The Democrats can now post a click bait headline about this.

2 posted on 11/18/2024 11:09:01 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)

To: nickcarraway

“I don’t like the sound of ‘ese ‘ere ‘Boncentration Bamps’”

3 posted on 11/18/2024 11:09:31 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

To: nickcarraway

“He’s literally Hitler!!”

4 posted on 11/18/2024 11:09:47 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)

To: ClearCase_guy

“He’s literally Hitler!!”
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Holy cow! That means Trump can’t be Hitler. American DemocRATS will be bitterly disappointed.

5 posted on 11/18/2024 11:14:57 AM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX.)

To: nickcarraway

but it’s Namibia and no one cares

6 posted on 11/18/2024 11:15:35 AM PST by butlerweave

To: ClearCase_guy

"THAT'S OUR HITLER!"

7 posted on 11/18/2024 11:16:56 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

To: House Atreides

They think everyone who disagrees with me is Hitler. They called Reagan, Bush, Palin and others Hitler.

8 posted on 11/18/2024 11:17:26 AM PST by nickcarraway

To: ClearCase_guy

I think I’ve only ever known one American-born person named “Adolf” in my life: he was a relative by marriage and was my same age—born in 1957. I believe he was named after his father, who probably was born before the name acquired it’s modern day stigma.

9 posted on 11/18/2024 11:20:41 AM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)

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