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Reading While Eating for March 20: Pure Imagination

Tuesday’s links discuss the power of books — and ’90s television stars.

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New Book: Allies Hoped to Topple Hitler With Hormones

Plan A: Operation Valkyrie. Plan B: Make the Führer a fraulein.

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Hitler’s Family Portraits: Paintings of Parents Could Fetch $100,000 at Auction

Two sought-after oil paintings that depict Adolf Hitler’s parents, Klara and Alois, have surfaced in Orange County, Calif.

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Friday Flicks: Is ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ the New Hero We Need?

Grab some popcorn! NewsFeed’s Glen Levy brings you the movies you should check out (or avoid) this weekend.

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Hitler’s Hometown Revokes His Honorary Citizenship, Whether He Had It Or Not

This Thursday, the town council of Braunau, Austria (Adolf Hitler’s birthplace) moved to rescind the late Nazi leader’s honorary citizenship in an uncontested vote.

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How Nazi Scientists Tried to Create an Army of Talking Dogs

It’s further proof that Hitler was barking mad.

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Hitler, Fooled Into Failure: Did This Piece of Paper Defeat the Nazis?

A document has been published for the first time which proves that the Nazis were fooled by the Allies’ D-Day landing plans.  (Via BBC)

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Should France Honor Great Writing, Despite its Anti-Semitic Author?

Should a country celebrate the work of one of its most venerated writers of the 20th century, even if he was also notorious as a vociferous anti-Semite?

Tor Borg and his Hitler-saluting dog Jackie.

Man’s Best Fuhrer: Was Hitler-Saluting Dog a Threat to the Nazis?

This Finnish dalmation had a shocking talent: a spot-on Hitler impression.

Winter swimmers wearing Santa Claus hats, play with a ball on a snow-covered river in Shenyang, Liaoning province December 20, 2010. Picture taken December 20, 2010.

Reading While Eating for December 22: Spaced Out

Wednesday’s links think deep thoughts.