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Adolf Hitler confirmed to have lived in Argentina until 1957

Some conspiracy theorists place Hitler in the center of various plots aimed at toppling the US government. In actuality however his life could not be any more different. The post-war profile of Hitler that the profile FBI released had him raising chickens and planting cabbage for a living. 'Herr Schmidt' as he came to be known made the best sauerkraut in town. An older village resident remembered that 'Herr Schmidt fed his chickens in the courtyard every morning right after dawn making clucking noises as he threw feed onto the ground. Sometimes when he saw me he would run back into the house and return with a jar of sauerkraut as a gift.' Another resident shared that Hitler sometimes performed scenes from Tristan and Isolde under the full moon in front of the chicken shack to a poultry audience. The folks in town seemed to think of 'Herr Schmidt' as a strange man but all agree that they put up with him because his sauerkraut was so delicious.

Yes, we are all aware of the Argentinians' famed love of sauerkraut.