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Rochus Misch

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Military Personnel

The Resume

    (July 29, 1917-September 5, 2013)
    Born in Alt-Schalkowitz, Germany (now Stare Siolkowice, Poland)
    Senior squad leader in the 1st SS Panzer Division Liebstandardte SS Adolf Hitler
    Served as courier, telephone operator and bodyguard for Adolf Hitler
    Last surviving witness to Hitler's last days in the Fuhrerbunker
    Wrote the memoirs 'The Last Witness' (2008)

Why he might be annoying:

    He said about his first meeting with Hitler, 'I felt cold, then hot. I felt every emotion.'
    He said about Hitler, 'He was so nice, so friendly. I can never imagine him as a mass murderer.'
    He said, 'I ask you, if Hitler really did all the terrible things people now say he did, how could he have been our Fuhrer? How is it possible?'
    An interviewer from the London Sunday Express wrote, 'He is the most unrepentant and unapologetic Hitler supporter you could ever have the misfortune to meet.' (2003)
    He sold on the internet CDs of Bavarian music to benefit veterans of the Waffen SS.
    When his daughter found out that his wife Gerda had been born Jewish, he refused to believe it.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His father died of combat wounds three days before he was born and his mother died of pneumonia when he was three.
    He was married to Gerda for 55 years until her death.
    He was shot in the chest during the invasion of Poland in WWII.
    After escaping the Fuhrerbunker, he was captured by the Soviets and imprisoned for eight years.
    He was tortured while the Soviets interrogated him about Hitler's last days.
    He said, 'I am an insignificant man, but I have experienced significant things.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 35 Votes: 5.71% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 20 Votes: 95.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 803 Votes: 39.48% Annoying