• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
    461·
    1 year ago

    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.

      • yeather
        17·
        1 year ago

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

        • Baŝto@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          7·
          1 year ago

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

            • Baŝto@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              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).
    • Hubi@feddit.de
      16·
      1 year ago

      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.