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Aberdeen professor’s book exposing Hitler lies set for TV show

The myth may have been right after all
The myth may have been right after all

A book about Adolf Hitler by a University of Aberdeen historian is set to be turned into a television series.

Prof Thomas Weber’s book ‘Hitler’s First War’, which was released in 2010, investigates the Nazi leader’s self made image as a brave soldier.

The book claims that this was a myth.

Now producers of Oscar-nominated film Downfall,  a biopic showing the last days of the Nazi leader, will make the show after a French TV network purchased the series.

The show will be called Hitler.

Production of the 10-hour series begins next year.

Prof Weber said: “It is a privilege to see my book and the research behind it dramatised in this way for a large TV audience.

“Over the years a great deal has been written about Hitler but so little of this focused on his life in the years of the First World War.

“Hitler’s First War uncovered many myths in regard to his service and motivations following the conflict. More importantly it demonstrated how Hitler’s lies about his war years became political tools in his hands for the rest of his life.

“The series is a great opportunity to demask Hitler.”

There is an urban legend that Marischal College was Adolf Hitler’s favourite building in the United Kingdom and that he would have liked to have used it as a residence if the outcome of the Second World War had been different.

This was revealed to be a well worked fabrication by students at the university.

Michael Sheard, Aberdeen born television and movie star played the Fascist dictator in 1989 Hollywood blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Indy and Adolf
When Indy met Aberdeen born Adolf