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... The Hitler File A Novel of Fact By Sam Vaknin Draft For your consideration © 2006-... ...r your consideration © 2006-2007 All Rights Reserved Based on hundreds of newly-discovered documents in archives the world over – now … ... ...hives the world over – now … THE HITLER FILE Israel Sarid Roth is the only son of two survivors of the Holocaust. When his boss at the Genocide... ...father from the death camp Auschwitz? • What was in Hitler’s personal file, kept by the Nazi Party’s own intelligence service, the SD? • Who b... ...he strangest place. The scene of much mayhem throughout three millennia of tortured history, it still exudes an air of ethereal tranquility, a calmi... ...that Hitler’s grandfather was the 19 years old scion of a Jewish family from Graz, Austria – the Frankenbergs. This overactive youth is said to have... ... “If it was merely a tactical retreat, as you say, then it was the longest one in history. Hitler spent 8 years avoiding battle with the Jews and l... ...led from schools.” “A veritable Mother Theresa.” “Far from it. Throughout this period, in his private conversations, he made clear what he thou... ...as ‘the foreigner’. That incensed me. I told her that my family have been living in Austria and Germany at least as long as his, if not longer.” ...

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