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WAR FILMS BLITZ THE

BIG SCREEN IN 2014

here are an abundance Stalingrad, who find themselves
of war films hitting our in battle with German troops.
cinema screens over the Romance ensues between a
next couple of months, German officer and a female
T taking in everything Soviet survivor…
from Greek mythology to the Released to international
present Afghanistan conflict. acclaim in the US last year, the
The Monuments Men (out 21 Oscar-nominated The Book Thief
February), directed by George (26 February) follows a young
Clooney and starring Clooney girl, who, subjected to the horrors
himself, Matt Damon and Cate of Second World War Germany,
THE MONUMENTS MEN TELLS THE STORY OF
THE PEOPLE WHO RESCUED 1,000 YEARS

OF CULTURAL HISTORY FROM THE NAZIS

Blanchett, tells the amazing true finds solace by stealing books
story of how the men and women and sharing them with others.
of the Fine Arts and Archives 300: Rise Of An Empire (7
unit of the Allied forces rescued March) is the sequel to 2006’s
more than a thousand years of 300, and sees Greek General
cultural history from theft and Themistocles leading the charge
destruction by the Nazis. against invading Persian forces.
Stalingrad (21 February) is the And finally, The Patrol (7
first Russian film to have been February) features the stories
completely produced with IMAX of British troops deployed to
3D technology and follows a Helmand Province in Afghanistan,
group of Soviet reconnaissance who question their role in the
troops occupying a building that war. The film was nominated for
shelters survivors of the Battle of a British Independent Film Award.

BOER WARS BUGLE
FOUND IN CHARITY iStockphoto Did Adolf Hitler survive
SHOP the war and flee to Brazil?

bargain-hunter s everyone knows, Adolf
in Coventry Hitler committed suicide
Acouldn’t believe Ain his Berlin bunker.
her luck when she came Or did he? In her book, Hitler
across a bugle in her In Brazil – His Life And His Death,
local charity shop – postgraduate student Simoni Renee
only to find that it was Guerreiro Dias claims that the Führer
fled from Germany in 1945 and went into
a relic of the Boer Wars. fled from Germany in 1945 and went into
hiding in her native village, in the Brazilian
Deirdre Haynes hiding in her native village, in the Brazilian
state of Mato Grosso. There, he saw out his days
spotted the gleaming state of Mato Grosso. There, he saw out his days
hunting for buried Jesuit treasure under the name of
brass instrument at the hunting for buried Jesuit treasure under the name of
,
Adolf Leipzig, before passing away in 1984 aged 95.
Adolf Leipzig
a
y in 1984 ag
ed 95.
w
before passing a
Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance shop, and decided to buy it as a Adolf Leipzig, before passing away in 1984 aged 95.
After seeing a photograph of Leipzig, known locally
present for her granddaughter, a budding musician. After seeing a photograph of Leipzig, known locally
as “the Old German”, Guerreiro Dias was shocked by
“The volunteer in the shop told me an old lady had brought it in wrapped up in paper,” as “the Old German”, Guerreiro Dias was shocked by
his likeness to the Nazi dictator and now she intends
his likeness to the Nazi dictator and now she intends
explains Deirdre. “She said it had been used by her grandfather, who blew it in Africa his lik eness to the Nazi dictator and now she intends
to prove her theor
to prove her theory using DNA samples from a relative
y using DNA samples from a relative
during the Boer Wars. That’s all she knew, and she said that the lady had been sad to give to prove her theory using DNA samples from a relative
it away. Now that it’s found a home, we want to know more about its history.” of Hitler living in Israel.
a Rodrigues,
However
However, Candido Moreira Rodrigues, a history
,
Candido Moreir
a histor
y
The Boer Wars were fought in South Africa between 1880-1881 and 1899-1902, However, Candido Moreira Rodrigues, a history
professor at Mato Grosso’s Federal University,
between the British Empire and the Boer Republic, and such bugles would have been used professor at Mato Grosso’s Federal University,
has dismissed the allegations, saying, “There's nothing
has dismissed the allegations, saying, “There's nothing
by boys in their early teens to send signals to troops to move around the battlefield. has dismissed the alle g ations, sa ying , “There's nothing
new in people who claim to be historians coming up with
new in people who claim to be historians coming up with
Traci Horton, assistant manager of the charity shop, says: “When it was handed in, new in people who claim to be historians coming up with
the most far-reaching theories about Hitler supposedly
the most far-reaching theories about Hitler supposedly
I wasn’t sure what to do with it. It’s so old, and it’s even got the military colours on it. the most far-reaching theories about Hitler supposedly Getty Images
living in South America and subsequently dying in one of the
living in South America and subsequently dying in one of the
“We’ve never had anything like this given in before, and I thought that maybe I would living in South America and subsequently dying in one of the
put it on eBay. In the end, I put it out but I sold it for a lot of money. Deirdre came in just countries in this region.”
after I’d put it on display and bought it straightaway.”
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