Talk:Blondi

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Death of Blondi?

In this article it says that the dog was killed "in order to prevent any harm to her by the invading Soviets." But on the The death of Adolf Hitler's Page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Adolf_Hitler) it says she was killed in order to test the cyanide caplets Hitler would later use on himself. do either of these suggestions have any evidence to support them?

Also, a few pages (including this one) list Ludwig Stumpfegger as the Doctor who killed her, and others list it as Werner Haase. Which is correct?

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.43.251.52 (talk) 21:25, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"German Shepherd Dog" is correct. "German Shepherd" is not. The German is deutscheschaferhund.

As a matter of fact, the German name is spelled "Deutscher Schäferhund" correctly. --Elwood j blues 18:25, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed grammar "and" not "or" perhaps. ----Steve Latinner 02:37, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

According to german writing rules and my search results Blondie should be the dogs real name. Dickbauch 16:55, 4 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not an expert on the subject, but: this site specifically discusses Blondi and says only that Blonda is an alternative name; I found Blondi in all of the following: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

A count by google shows half the number of sites for Blondi as for Blondie, but I'm not entirely convinced--names aren't always translated: what was it in german? Elf | Talk 20:17, 4 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well, in the german Wikipedia we agreed on de:Blondie (Hund). The deletion-request is for other reasons ("Adolfs doggie isn´t important") and won´t be executed because most people think that it is important. There are some dogs called "Blondi" in Germany, but most sources (especially historicans) call the dog "Blondie" and Blondie is much more common. Blondie means as much as "blond haired (small) person". It is used for dogs with a lighter fur-color. It´s "Blondie", trust me I´m german... ca. 16.500 against 5.500 search results in Google. (try www.google.de with "Seiten auf Deutsch" instead of www.google.com!) Dickbauch 14:07, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. Thanks for the clarification. I already fixed all the text and other links to use the Blondie spelling. Elf | Talk 05:51, 10 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Youre welcome, and sorry for my horrible English. I only created the account on the en: to prevent some people from destroying things using my german nick. I found this article about Adolfs doggie by accident. A nice colleague gave me the hint that your photo was much better than mine. So I "stole" it from here. ;o)

Oder verstehst Du zufällig Deutsch und ich hätte mir keinen abbrechen müssen?!? Dickbauch 13:20, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ich habe es in schule gelernt...but only a little and as you can see, very badly. I can also say "Ich habe ein auto in der hand" :-) but that's about it. Elf | Talk 15:42, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

How do we know that Hitler killed Blondie because he believed the Russians would torture her? I've heard other accounts suggesting he wanted to make sure the cyanide would work. Can someone give a source?

Hmm, article used to say that but someone changed it. I don't have a source; don't know how anyone would know since didn't everyone there die? But I readded it as alternate theory. Elf | Talk 05:34, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

NOTE: As of Sept 2, 2005, the german article appears to have been renamed to Blondi (hund). I don't read german so I can't decipher how that whole thing went down; I'll just move this page back to where it was originally. Elf | Talk 22:44, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the only reason why Blondi was killed, was because Hitler wanted to test the cyanide. I dunno the source though. Andries 20:20, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That's not true. The dog was killed on his order the day Hitler committed suicide. --Elwood j blues 18:25, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps the word dog should be added to the end of the opening sentence? As for name I've only ever known it as "Blondi" rather than "Blondie", rather than rely on what internet searches say are there no contemporary sources? -additional comment; Traudl Junge in her autobiograhy refers to "Blondi" and being Hitler's secretary she's likely to have known the correct spelling , plus at http://www.majorplm.com/catalogue/Cat-G-Personalities/Troost%20Gerdy-AH-Harras%20&%20Blondi-19nov03/Troost%20Gerdy-AH-Harras%20&%20Blondi.html

about half way down is a picture of a letter from Bormann's office which uses the same spelling. PhilipPage 20:57, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I neither don't think that he wanted to test the poison but rather take her with him, apparently even in that situation he cared for that - would it be caring to leave the dog in the bunker? Or as by Hitler's word "captured and killed by jewish pigs" when they'd reach the bunker?

A man who prefers dogs to pigs is a dangerous man indeed. If he'd been the sort who owned a pig and referred to his enemies as "dogs" then history would have been so much different. Multivitamin 08:02, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hitler was verey stupid to have a dog

He was verey stupid to have a dog. I wondered who killed his dog. HITLER HIMSELF? I do not verey know much but ys I agree!!!!!!

Why was he "verey stupid" (sic) to have a dog? He may have been a murderous dictator who was responsible for the deaths of approximately 50 million people, but I don't agree with your assertion that it was stupid of him to have a dog. I do, however, agree with you when you say that you "do not verey know much" (sic). By the way, before you post anything on Wikipedia, please run it through a spell check first. 172.129.164.101 15:08, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I agree with the first editor. After all, presumably the reason Blondi is considered notable enough to have an entry on Wikipedia is that Hitler's ownership of this beast sheds light upon Hitler himself. In particular, owning a large dog is entirely consistent with Hitler's decision to attack the Soviet Union, surely one of the stupidest decisions ever made. --Q4 11:00, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I used to own a large dog and I never invaded the Soviet Union — iridescent (talk to me!) 15:24, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

At least- Not yet, right? --72.43.251.52 21:24, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe this might be of interest; Hitler owned many dogs, during the second world war herr Hitler owned many dogs. They were kept for his protection. He only ever allowed himself be photographed with one at a time so as not to have this known. Try looking for pictures of him with his dog and you will find that very clearly there are many dogs. And he named them all blondie. henrybrenroy@gmail.com

An IP Address sent me some pictures from the "Hitler Home Movies" here here, and Here Should I replace the dog with these? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by WngLdr34 (talk • contribs).

Don't; images without information on their copyright status and source should not be uploaded or used on Wikipedia. -- Schneelocke 12:25, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tony Harries

Regarding the following paragraph added by User:86.137.250.32 on 2007-05-13:

Blondi is mentioned in the book Zeegpaw by Tony Harries. This is an allegorical story that supposes that one of Blondi's puppies escaped from The Bunker, and it follows the adventures of the eponymous hero. There are six books at the moment with plans to release a further three. The second adventure, Zeegpaw and The Cat Cult will be released in December 2007.

Is this actually worth being mentioned? The book seems to exist ([6]), but apparently was published by Lulu.com (quoting amazon.com: "Publisher: Lulu Enterprises, UK Ltd (April 17, 2007)"), a self-publishing service, so it seems to me that this might be a bit of advertising by the author. I assume it was added in good faith, but I think it's not relevant to the article at hand, so I'm going to delete the paragraph. -- Schneelocke 12:25, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clearly Hitler´s dog is knowledge of vital importance and must not be missing in any encyclopedia which prides itself on that label