HITLER'S DOUBLES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 181, 3 July 1940, Page 2

HITLER'S DOUBLES

THREE USED IN PUBLIC NATURAL SIMILARITY Pauline Kohre, in her book, "I Was Hitler's Maid," which was published in England early thisy ear, states that Hitler has three doubles, who appear for him in public as needed. "No one but the Gestapo, who with amazing efficiency found these doubles, knows their names," she writes. "At close quarters it is quite simple to differentiate between them, but when they are dressed in Hitler clothes and touched up by make-up experts it is impossible to tell them from the Fuehrer at 20 yards' distance. "Only one of these men, however, has a voice like Hitler"s. In his case the natural similarity was carefully developed until he was trained to make short speeches in the Fuehr rer's stead on unimportant occasions. "One of the doubles is always at Berchtesgaden, at Munich, and the third in Berlin, ready to proceed to any part of Germany or Austria at a moment's notice. "The chief task of the doubles is a stand-in for the Fuehrer for street processions, military reviews, or any similar functions on which, speech is unnecessary, but also on which the danger of assassination is ever present, "Not always is the sarae d<?ublc sfn .tiOned at Berchtesgaden. T'hethree take it in turns to stand by there, for there is rarely need for them in the Fuehrer's retreat, and it is consideed a very cushy spell off duty. The doubles are known by various nicknames at the Berghof, usually 'One,' 'Two/ and 'Three,' and also 'Little Willi,' 'Old Bismarck..* and Putzi.'