Talk:Rudolf Hess
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The article currently states that Rudolf Hess used an English racial slur (the n-word) in his 20 April 1940 radio address for Hitler’s birthday.
This isincorrect and comes from apropagandistic English paraphrase, not the original German.
Theoriginal German text (Bundesarchiv NS 10/220) reads:
“… die Engländer, dieNeger und Inder gegen uns in den Kampf werfen möchten …”
The German word“Neger” in 1940 meant“Negro(es)”, not the English n-word.
Authoritative translation standards (e.g.,Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Vol. VIII, USGPO 1946) translate “Neger” consistently as“Negroes.”
Sources:
Proposed correction:
Replace the inaccurate slur with:
“… claimed the British wanted to throwNegroes and Indians into the fight against Germany (German:Neger und Inder).”
This follows WP:NPOV, WP:RS, WP:V, and WP:UNDUE.Manteo2murphy (talk)17:34, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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