It is sad that the name Adolf is somehow tainted forever.
And there have been dozens of notable warlords like Adolf Hitler in history, yet none of those get to be “banned”.
Why?
bangbangracer on
This makes sense. Adolf is a little too common of a name to just stop using it.
Cakeday_at_Christmas on
Plot twist: the street was originally named after the other guy and the disclaimer was put up after the war.
sudomatrix on
“AdolfHitlerMeinFuhrerStrasse*” *(not that one)
TopHatGorilla on
A likely story.
Paramanium on
Its not unusual for additional infos from the people the street is named after in germany. Some of them have like 2 lines of text underneath the actual street sign.
For this case though its almost necessary lol
ausstieglinks on
Joking aside, it’s not a disclaimer. Lots of streets in Germany, including mine, have little explanations like this about what they’re named after if it isn’t blindingly obvious (eg Berlinerstr)
kumanosuke on
Not the only street. Many streets have these when they’re named after a historical person which is not commonly known.
By now Adolf is definitely a very rare name, but a street named like it isn’t THAT odd. Especially because it was Hitler’s first name, but street names either have the whole name “Name-Lastname-Straße” or “Lastnamestraße”. It’s not ambiguous.
lowercase_underscore on
*Not that one we promise.
Kumimono on
There’s a street named after the other guy, too, but it’s fuhrer down the road.
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The ‘disclaimer’ was the reich thing to do..
I’m just surprised to see a Woolworth sign
It is sad that the name Adolf is somehow tainted forever.
And there have been dozens of notable warlords like Adolf Hitler in history, yet none of those get to be “banned”.
Why?
This makes sense. Adolf is a little too common of a name to just stop using it.
Plot twist: the street was originally named after the other guy and the disclaimer was put up after the war.
“AdolfHitlerMeinFuhrerStrasse*” *(not that one)
A likely story.
Its not unusual for additional infos from the people the street is named after in germany. Some of them have like 2 lines of text underneath the actual street sign.
For this case though its almost necessary lol
Joking aside, it’s not a disclaimer. Lots of streets in Germany, including mine, have little explanations like this about what they’re named after if it isn’t blindingly obvious (eg Berlinerstr)
Not the only street. Many streets have these when they’re named after a historical person which is not commonly known.
By now Adolf is definitely a very rare name, but a street named like it isn’t THAT odd. Especially because it was Hitler’s first name, but street names either have the whole name “Name-Lastname-Straße” or “Lastnamestraße”. It’s not ambiguous.
*Not that one we promise.
There’s a street named after the other guy, too, but it’s fuhrer down the road.