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How Nazi Scientists Tried to Create an Army of Talking Dogs
By WILLIAM LEE ADAMS William Lee Adams Thu May 26

It's further proof that Hitler was barking mad.
In his new book Amazing Dogs: A Cabinet of Canine Curiosities, Cardiff University historian Jan Bondeson mines obscure German periodicals to reveal the Nazis' failed attempt to breed an army of educated dogs that could read, write and talk. "In the 1920s, Germany had numerous 'new animal psychologists' who believed dogs were nearly as intelligent as humans, and capable of abstract thinking and communication," he writes. "When the Nazi party took over, one might have thought they would be building concentration camps to lock these fanatics up, but instead they were actually very interested in their ideas."


According to the book, scientists envisioned a day when dogs would serve alongside German troops, and perhaps free up SS officers by guarding concentration camps. So to unlock all that canine potential, Hitler set up a Tier-Sprechschule (Animal Talking School) near Hanover and recruited "educated dogs" from throughout the country. Teachers claimed a number of incredible findings. An Airedale terrier named Rolf became a mythic figure of the project after teachers said he could spell by tapping his paw on a board (the number of taps represented the various letters of the alphabet). With that skill in hand, he mused on religion, learned foreign languages and even asked a noblewoman, "Can you wag your tail?" Perhaps most outlandish is the claim by his German masters that he asked to serve in the German army because he disliked the French. Another mutt barked "Mein Fuhrer" when asked to describe Hitler. And Don, a German pointer, is said to have imitated a human voice to bark, "Hungry! Give me cakes!" in German.
Germany's love of dogs may have blinded the Nazis to the outlandish goals of their project. "Part of the Nazi philosophy was that there was a strong bond between humans and nature. They believed a good Nazi should be an animal friend," Bondeson says. "Indeed, when they started interning Jews, the newspapers were flooded with outraged letters from Germans wondering what had happened to the pets they left behind."
Hitler, a well-known dog-lover, had two German Shepherds named Blondi and Bella. He killed Blondi shortly before killing himself in 1945.

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r_duke71

Suddenly, this makes more sense:

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Germany's Nazi government was so angry about a dog trained to imitate Hitler that it started an obsessive campaign against its Finnish owner, according to newly discovered documents. In the middle of the second world war, the foreign office in Berlin commanded its diplomats in Nazi-friendly Finland to gather evidence on the dog, and even came up with plans to destroy the pharmaceutical wholesale company of the dog's owner. Nazi fury at Hitler the paw-raising dog | World news | The Guardian

WickFlick

I bet that subject is going to become huge in the conspiracy scene.
Looking forward to the first "landing page" on how-to-teach-your-dog-the-alphabet...

BlokBlok

"Secret Nazi dog training secrets" only $14.99 a month

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Armakuni

That's a semi-clever pun, but inaccurate. According to the excellent biography by Ian Kershaw, Hitler was not insane. He probably had a personality disorder which seems to have convinced him that he was infallible in certain respects. It got worse as the war progressed and was likely central to many of the increasingly strange decisions he made late in the war. But he was apparently never psychotic.

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Jake232

This is pretty fucked up. Nazi Dogs 0.0

dtea206

Thats awesome, I want one

chipmunk

...and then there are those who don't want one

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SteveGG

It's already been done...

Fatbat

If they had actually pulled off talking dogs I don't think the world would have been so mad at them.

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GerardWon

Maybe a dog did tell Berkowitz to kill those girls.

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kingfish

Lol have you heard the new theory that roswell was just some miniature children with big heads created by joseph stalin flying a saucer like flying machine they made. Those guys did some crazy shit!

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Dresden14

I think its bullshit that the media puts out whatever they desire, and sadly many of the people just go with it. It's obvious that the zionists are still pissy about wwii, so they keep trying to find ways to put down the german people. I'd bet my life that people as intelligent as the germans, didn't think for a second about having a "superior dog race" that can talk... I mean come on.

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SUP3RNOVA

Meh, I can't blame them for wanting to try that out. Dogs are really cool and noticeably more conscious than most other animals we interact with.

We tried creating an army of Psychic Spys. Germany 1 U.S. 0

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Vadym

Quick, someone pitch this for the next Call of Duty - the zombies are getting tiresome... some talking Nazi dogs would spice things up.

MyOwnDemon

I'd be more interested in training my dog how to use the toilet instead of how to talk.

No more walks at 3am? 6am? Lazyness ftw.

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GerardWon

(1) dogs are cute.
(2) chicks love cute dogs.
(3) your dog has a decent rap.
(4) ?
(5) profit

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