Carlos Goebbels

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I dated an "Argentinian" girl in college called Julia Göring. She told me that unlike most families with Nazi related last names, hers decided to keep theirs per her grandmother's insistence.

One of my relatives was named Adolf. He died in the 1970s.

Everybody in my family is Jewish.

Adolf was an uncommon but not rare name in Germany before the funny guy.

Are you talking about Charlie Chaplin?

When Hitler was born, Adolf was one of the 50 most popular first names in Germany, even though he wasn’t born in Germany.

I can't wait for Kevin to start a genocide

Well, the more popular a name the likelier it is that some screwed up person has that name.

  • Stalin was a Joseph (Ioseb).
  • Leopold II of Belgium was a Leopold (Léopold), with second names Lewis (Louis) and Philipp (Philippe).
  • Lenin was a Vladimir (Владимир).
  • Obote was a Milton.
  • Mussolini was a Benedict (Benito).
  • Franco was a Francis (Francisco).
  • Tito was a Joseph (Josip).
  • Micombero was a Michael (Michel).
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Göring isn't even such an uncommon name in Germany, there's even a politician of the Green Party currently in parliament with that name.

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