Irving Wants Hitler’s Hair Back

A few days ago I posted a piece about how Hitler’s wife may have had Jewish ancestry. Now we have a follow-up to the story…

The following excerpt is from an article posted in the April 13, 2014 edition of dailymail.uk:

When Channel 4 paid David Irving $5,000 to obtain what the controversial historian claimed was a lock of Adolf Hitler’s hair, it was criticised for a ‘sick’ and ‘tawdry’ stunt.

Now, however, the broadcaster faces legal action after failing to return the Nazi dictator’s supposed crowning glory.

Irving, who is based in Florida, has made repeated requests to the producers of TV show Dead Famous DNA that they send back the hair used in last week’s episode, which claimed Hitler’s wife, Eva Braun, could have had Jewish ancestry.

Furious that the lock, which he lent them in June 2012, has still not been given back, Irving is threatening to take legal action against the TV company, Double Act Productions.

Read the full article.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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