March 12, 2020 - Droog Magazine periodical for investigative journalism

Hitler the composer?

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2020 | Hitler the composer of an opera?

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Once again the world media reported about an alleged Hitler related item, without checking  the facts. Hitlers sells, including news agencies articles, that's for sure.

An anthology of ill informed journalism:

Celine Jankowik. Hitler's attempt at an opera goes on display for the first time in Austria. Times of Israel, Jerusalem,29-02-2020.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hitlers-attempt-at-an-opera-goes-on-display-for-the-first-time-in-austria/

Luke Andrews. Never-before-seen manuscript of Hitler's OPERA goes on display along with other items including his architectural sketches and police documents in Austria. The  Daily Mail, London, 28-02-2020. 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8056367/Never-seen-manuscript-Hitlers-OPERA-goes-display-Austria.html

GEO/AFP - Composition musicale, dessins.. En Autriche, une exposition révèle les ambitions aretistiques du jeune Hitler. GEO, [France], 02-03-2020
https://www.geo.fr/histoire/composition-musicale-dessins-en-autriche-une-exposition-revele-les-ambitions-artistiques-du-jeune-hitler-200109

Revelan que Adolf Hitler compuso una ópera. Eju.tv, [Spain?], 01-03-2020.
http://eju.tv/2020/03/revelan-que-adolf-hitler-compuso-una-opera/

EFE - El joven Hitler: los años de formación de un dictador. Expreso, [Ecuador], 28-02-2020
https://www.expreso.ec/actualidad/mundo/joven-hitler-anos-formacion-dictador-5967.html

Der Junge Hitler: Prägende Jahre eines Diktators - Impressionen einer Ausstellung. Sputnik News, Moscow, 29-02-2020.
https://de.sputniknews.com/bilder/20200229326523233-junge-hitler-ausstellung/

Ausstellung mit neuen Erkenntnissen. Sputnik News, Moscow, 27-02-2020. https://de.sputniknews.com/panorama/20200227326515442-hitler-antisemitismus-ausstellung/

Beate Arnold. Schrieb Hitler eine Oper? - Dokument aufgetaucht. Sputnik News, Moscow, 28-02-2020.  https://de.sputniknews.com/kultur/20200228326515971-hitlers-oper-aufgetaucht/

AFP - Hitler's operatic efforts go on display in Austria. Breitbart [USA], 29-02-2020.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/hitlers-operatic-efforts-go-on-display-in-austria-2/

Bhavvya Sukheja. Hitler's Opera Manuscripts To Go On Display In Austria. Republic World, Mumbai (India), 01-03-2020.
https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/hitlers-opera-manuscripts-to-be-showcased-in-austria.html

AFP - Hitler's justly forgotten opera attempt goes on display in Austria. The Local, Vienna, 01-03-2020.

Exposición en Austria presenta objetos, cartas, pinturas y una ópera de Hitler. National Geographic en Español, 03-03-2020.
https://www.ngenespanol.com/agenda/exposicion-en-austria-presenta-objetos-cartas-pinturas-y-una-opera-de-hitler/

Opera Work by Hitler Revealed at Exhibition in Austria. Asharq Al-Awsat, London, 04-03-2020.
https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/2161956/opera-work-hitler-revealed-exhibition-austria

Les velléites artistiques de jeunesse d'Adolf Hitler exposées en Autriche. Le Fifaro, Paris, 10-03-2020.
https://www.lefigaro.fr/arts-expositions/les-velleites-artistiques-de-jeunesse-d-adolf-hitler-exposees-en-autriche-20200310.



And so on - these are only a few of the many criticless news reports on the concoctions. 

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