5. Animal protection
After the suicide of his niece, Hitler witnessed the autopsy and became so disgusted that he renounced meat forever. Today, it is acknowledged by historians that he followed a vegetarian diet during the war. At social occasions, he sometimes gave graphic descriptions of how animals were slaughtered to discourage the guests from eating meat
4. Rocket technology
Werner von Braun, developed the V-2 as director of Hitler’s research station at Peenemunde. He was was a part of the Nazi Party and commissioned Schutzstaffel Officer. After the war, Britain, the US and the Soviet Union all gained access to the V-2′s technical designs and liaised with the German scientists responsible for developing it. Braun eventually got captured by the allies and later became a naturalized citizen in USA and went on to work with NASA, furthering pioneering in rocket science that paved the way for destruction and creation as well. His best achievement there was undoubtedly the development of the Saturn V booster rocket, that enabled man to finally touch the moon, in July 1969.
3. Stop smoking!
Adolf Hitler was a heavy smoker in his early life—he used to smoke 25 to 40 cigarettes daily—but gave up the habit, concluding that it was a waste of money. He promised to end the use of tobacco in the military after the end of the war and personally encouraged close friends not to smoke. The ones who quit the habit were rewarded as well. His personal distaste for tobacco was one of the catalysts behind the anti-smoking campaign on a nationwide level.
2. Gehen Auf de Autobahns! (Go to the highway)
These freeways were called “autobahns” in Germany. Did you know that Hitler was actually involved in furthering the construction of these freeways when he took over as Chancellor? Plans for the autobahn date to the 1920′s. Their construction began in September 1933. Eventually by December 1941, they had completed 2,400 miles (3,860 km), with another 1,550 miles (2,500 km) under construction. The highway network enhanced Germany’s ability to fight on two fronts-Europe in the west, the Soviet Union in the east during World War II. This was eventually used in America in 1940′s where car congestion’s had begun to occur. American president Eisenhower explained years later, ”after seeing the autobahns of modern Germany and knowing the asset those highways were to the Germans, I decided, as President, to put an emphasis on this kind of road building.
1. The people’s car
Hitler proposed to build a cheap car that almost anyone could afford. He gave it the name “KdF Wagen,”. KdF was the abbreviation for “Kraft durch Freude” (Strength through Joy), a subsidiary of the German Labor Front. He advised the designer that it should resemble a beetle. In 1934, Porsche submitted the best design — and was awarded the contract. At the 1935 German auto show, Hitler was full of praise for Porsche. He wanted to call the factory the “Porsche Plant,” but Ferdinand Porsche was opposed to the idea. Instead, it became the Volkswagen Plant instead. The car was a huge success. Till this day, the legacy of Volkswagen continues to thrive all over the world with its great design and performance.
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After the suicide of his niece, Hitler witnessed the autopsy and became so disgusted that he renounced meat forever. Today, it is acknowledged by historians that he followed a vegetarian diet during the war. At social occasions, he sometimes gave graphic descriptions of how animals were slaughtered to discourage the guests from eating meat
4. Rocket technology
Werner von Braun, developed the V-2 as director of Hitler’s research station at Peenemunde. He was was a part of the Nazi Party and commissioned Schutzstaffel Officer. After the war, Britain, the US and the Soviet Union all gained access to the V-2′s technical designs and liaised with the German scientists responsible for developing it. Braun eventually got captured by the allies and later became a naturalized citizen in USA and went on to work with NASA, furthering pioneering in rocket science that paved the way for destruction and creation as well. His best achievement there was undoubtedly the development of the Saturn V booster rocket, that enabled man to finally touch the moon, in July 1969.
3. Stop smoking!
Adolf Hitler was a heavy smoker in his early life—he used to smoke 25 to 40 cigarettes daily—but gave up the habit, concluding that it was a waste of money. He promised to end the use of tobacco in the military after the end of the war and personally encouraged close friends not to smoke. The ones who quit the habit were rewarded as well. His personal distaste for tobacco was one of the catalysts behind the anti-smoking campaign on a nationwide level.
2. Gehen Auf de Autobahns! (Go to the highway)
These freeways were called “autobahns” in Germany. Did you know that Hitler was actually involved in furthering the construction of these freeways when he took over as Chancellor? Plans for the autobahn date to the 1920′s. Their construction began in September 1933. Eventually by December 1941, they had completed 2,400 miles (3,860 km), with another 1,550 miles (2,500 km) under construction. The highway network enhanced Germany’s ability to fight on two fronts-Europe in the west, the Soviet Union in the east during World War II. This was eventually used in America in 1940′s where car congestion’s had begun to occur. American president Eisenhower explained years later, ”after seeing the autobahns of modern Germany and knowing the asset those highways were to the Germans, I decided, as President, to put an emphasis on this kind of road building.
1. The people’s car
Hitler proposed to build a cheap car that almost anyone could afford. He gave it the name “KdF Wagen,”. KdF was the abbreviation for “Kraft durch Freude” (Strength through Joy), a subsidiary of the German Labor Front. He advised the designer that it should resemble a beetle. In 1934, Porsche submitted the best design — and was awarded the contract. At the 1935 German auto show, Hitler was full of praise for Porsche. He wanted to call the factory the “Porsche Plant,” but Ferdinand Porsche was opposed to the idea. Instead, it became the Volkswagen Plant instead. The car was a huge success. Till this day, the legacy of Volkswagen continues to thrive all over the world with its great design and performance.
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Can you please give me the link to the original text of the German author? If I remember correctly he was an officer, and I have lost the link.
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