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My missed chance

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B'Elana
Hitler was freed from prison some three years early. Who knows what would have happened had he stayed in prison for longer...+2DGI

GT
Or did the authorities fail to break up one of Hitler's meetings, when they could have arrested him and jailed him for a number of years?..... +2DGI

pebblederook
But seriously now,
Was this the writing of Mein Kampf, and did the authorities ban it, thus not allowing the free spread of Hitler's ideas that would have alerted more people to the danger he would pose? +3

tzjin_anthony_
ooo - one of the first american translations of mein kampf was edited out to reduce, or even remove the references to antisemitism. there was this fella named Cranston, who decided to publish his own uncut version. hitler sued him, won, and halted sales of the complete version +3 DGI

pebblederook
After the book Hitler rose through the ranks of the National Socialist Party so the missed chance would be something that might have impeded his progress. +2

Posted 2 Weeks Ago by Reddyfreddy
Did he not pay taxes on his royalties from Mein Kampf? +3

If he'd been jailed for tax evasion then he wouldn't have been able to rise to power? +3

Robyn Hoode
bribery or subterfuge +3

Any Last Ideas

Subterfuge: Did he donate the royalties to some organisation, and thereby avoid paying tax? But he got the royalties back because he owned the organisation? Or some similar form of tax evasion?

TRiG.

No He kept the cash but ......

DEclared it to be political party 'donations' (which were tax free) and not personal income.



GT

Getting closer some way to go though

the tax inspectors

he......

lined em all up and shot em

Half right (sort of)

he had someone shot????

Wrong Half

He lined them all up, and gave them an offer that they could not refuse!!!!


GT

+1 DGI there GT

Fill the gaps

he briebed the tax collectors

Must be getting close now!!!!!



GT

Very +3 Taff

One last shot how

he promoted the tax collector

good cut uniform, nice shinny buttons, female secratary

that sort of thing

Close enough Taff +3


Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1934 he had evaded paying 405,500 million Reichsmarks in tax.

It is believed that he earned 1.2 million Reichsmarks for sales of Mein Kampf alone, and avoided paying 600,000 Reichsmarks in tax on it.

The official who forgave Hitler’s tax debt was “rewarded” with a 2,000 Reichsmarks per month tax free allowance, teachers at the time were paid 4,800 per annum.

As for Hitler, he was forgiven his tax debts when he was elected, how odd.

Ich bin der Boss.............Vot are you going to do about it??????

Heinrich.......Take him to the special camp!!!!


Oy Vey!!!!!


Ich Verstehen!!!


GT

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Heinrich Pontin

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