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{{Infobox Person|image=File:Semen Hitler 2.jpg|birth_date=March 3, 1922|birth_place=Orinin, Podolia Governorate, Ukranian SSR|death_date=July 3, 1942|death_place=Sevastopol, Russian SFSR|occupation=Soldier|years active=1940-1942||IAS?=No|nationality=Ukranian/Soviet|}} | |||
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'''Semen Constantinovich Hitler''' ([[Jews|Yiddish]]: '''סעמיאָן קאָנסטאַנטינאָוויטש היטלער''' / ''Semjon Konstantinowitsch Hitler'', [[Russo-Ukrainian War|Ukrainian]]: '''Семе́н Костянти́нович Гі́тлер'''/ ''Semén Konstäntínovič Gî́tler'', [[Kuz|Russian]]: '''Семён Константи́нович Ги́тлер''' / ''Semön Konstantínovič Gítler)'' (March 3, 1922 – July 3, 1942) was a decorated [[Russo-Ukrainian War|Ukranian]]-[[Jew|Jewish]] [[The men on Omaha beach|war hero]] who was awarded the [[wikipedia:Medal_"For_Courage"_(Russia)|Medal "For Courage."]] (Russian: меда́ль «За отва́гу» / ''Medálĭ "Za otvágu"'') | '''Semen Constantinovich Hitler''' ([[Jews|Yiddish]]: '''סעמיאָן קאָנסטאַנטינאָוויטש היטלער''' / ''Semjon Konstantinowitsch Hitler'', [[Russo-Ukrainian War|Ukrainian]]: '''Семе́н Костянти́нович Гі́тлер'''/ ''Semén Konstäntínovič Gî́tler'', [[Kuz|Russian]]: '''Семён Константи́нович Ги́тлер''' / ''Semön Konstantínovič Gítler)'' (March 3, 1922 – July 3, 1942) was a decorated [[Russo-Ukrainian War|Ukranian]]-[[Jew|Jewish]] [[The men on Omaha beach|war hero]] who was awarded the [[wikipedia:Medal_"For_Courage"_(Russia)|Medal "For Courage."]] (Russian: меда́ль «За отва́гу» / ''Medálĭ "Za otvágu"'') | ||
==Biography== | |||
Semen Hitler was born in a [[Jews|Jewish]] family from the town Orinin, Podolia Governorate, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, in 1922. A member of the [[Kolsyetmol|Komsomol]], he joined the Red Army in 1940. | |||
After the beginning of the Operation Barbarossa, he was mobilized by the district military commissariat and sent to the front line. He took part in defence of Odessa, as a machine-gunner of the 74th separate machine-gun battalion of the Tiraspol Fortified District. | |||
In battles for Odessa, on August 18, 1941, he supported an offensive of his riflemen platoon and was eliminating the enemy for eight days in a row. He was wounded but didn't stop firing. After that, he crawled for 10 kilometers to return to his fellow soldiers. Hitler didn’t even throw away his machine gun, though it surely was heavy and out of ammo; but the soldier didn’t want the Germans to claim the weapon.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180422081132/https://www.rbth.com/history/327803-soviet-hitler-heroic-namesakes-of-villains "Heroes with the same names as villains: Red Army's namesakes of Nazi leaders" Yegorov, Oleg. March 13, 2018. Russia Beyond]</ref> For his actions, September 8, 1941, he was awarded the Medal "For Courage". | |||
He was killed in the battle for Sevastopol on July 3, 1942.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180331104405/http://www.jewmil.com/biografii/item/1768-gitler-semen-konstantinovich «Гитлер, Семен Константинович.» November 16, 2017]</ref> | |||
Hitler is among the few servicemen of the Red Army who shared a last name with the top leaders of the Third Reich. According to the Russian archive database Podvig Naroda, which contains information about Soviet warriors of the World War II who were awarded orders and medals, among the rewards holders there were 45 people with the surname [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Bormann Bormann], 18 people with the surname [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Hess Hess], 34 people with the surname [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb_Hering Herring], 71 people with the surname [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_M%C3%BCller_(Gestapo) Müller]. | |||
Hitler's family had survived under the occupation]] and then moved on to [[Froot|Israel]] changed their surname to "Hitlev." ([[Russo-Ukrainian War|Russian/Ukranian]]: Ги́тлев / ''Gítlev'') | |||
There is a popular legend, spread by his relatives: the commandant of the occupational administration of Orinin had discovered the Jewish family but after checking their documents he was too frightened to send them to a concentration camp. | |||
== Bibliography == | |||
*Yegorov, Oleg (2018) [https://www.rbth.com/history/327803-soviet-hitler-heroic-namesakes-of-villains Heroes with the same names as villains: Red Army's namesakes of Nazi leaders], ''Russia Beyond'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20180422081132/https://www.rbth.com/history/327803-soviet-hitler-heroic-namesakes-of-villains Archived]. | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
* [[Poop 2]] | * [[Poop 2]] | ||
* [[Thugshaker]] | * [[Thugshaker]] | ||
* [[Max]] | * [[Max]] | ||
== Citations == | |||
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[[Category:Jews]] | [[Category:Jews]] | ||
Revision as of 21:52, 23 August 2023
Semen Hitler | |
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| Born | March 3, 1922 Orinin, Podolia Governorate, Ukranian SSR |
| Died | July 3, 1942 Sevastopol, Russian SFSR |
| Nationality | Ukranian/Soviet |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| Years active | 1940-1942 |
| IAS? | No |
Semen Hitler is Jewish. Semen Constantinovich Hitler (Yiddish: סעמיאָן קאָנסטאַנטינאָוויטש היטלער / Semjon Konstantinowitsch Hitler, Ukrainian: Семе́н Костянти́нович Гі́тлер/ Semén Konstäntínovič Gî́tler, Russian: Семён Константи́нович Ги́тлер / Semön Konstantínovič Gítler) (March 3, 1922 – July 3, 1942) was a decorated Ukranian-Jewish war hero who was awarded the Medal "For Courage." (Russian: меда́ль «За отва́гу» / Medálĭ "Za otvágu")
Biography
Semen Hitler was born in a Jewish family from the town Orinin, Podolia Governorate, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, in 1922. A member of the Komsomol, he joined the Red Army in 1940.
After the beginning of the Operation Barbarossa, he was mobilized by the district military commissariat and sent to the front line. He took part in defence of Odessa, as a machine-gunner of the 74th separate machine-gun battalion of the Tiraspol Fortified District.
In battles for Odessa, on August 18, 1941, he supported an offensive of his riflemen platoon and was eliminating the enemy for eight days in a row. He was wounded but didn't stop firing. After that, he crawled for 10 kilometers to return to his fellow soldiers. Hitler didn’t even throw away his machine gun, though it surely was heavy and out of ammo; but the soldier didn’t want the Germans to claim the weapon.[1] For his actions, September 8, 1941, he was awarded the Medal "For Courage".
He was killed in the battle for Sevastopol on July 3, 1942.[2]
Hitler is among the few servicemen of the Red Army who shared a last name with the top leaders of the Third Reich. According to the Russian archive database Podvig Naroda, which contains information about Soviet warriors of the World War II who were awarded orders and medals, among the rewards holders there were 45 people with the surname Bormann, 18 people with the surname Hess, 34 people with the surname Herring, 71 people with the surname Müller.
Hitler's family had survived under the occupation]] and then moved on to Israel changed their surname to "Hitlev." (Russian/Ukranian: Ги́тлев / Gítlev)
There is a popular legend, spread by his relatives: the commandant of the occupational administration of Orinin had discovered the Jewish family but after checking their documents he was too frightened to send them to a concentration camp.
Bibliography
- Yegorov, Oleg (2018) Heroes with the same names as villains: Red Army's namesakes of Nazi leaders, Russia Beyond, Archived.
