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Богемный еврейтор Bohemian corporal was a derogatory term used (privately) in World War II for Adolf Hitler by German generals (many of whom were Prussian aristocrats: von) dissatisfied with Hitler’s military leadership and detailed control, e.g. Gerd von Rundstedt, Erich von Manstein and Friedrich Paulus. Rundstedt said often during and after the war, 'Without Hitler’s consent, I can’t even move my own sentry from my front door around to the back!' Wilhelm Keitel once said to Hitler 'Do you realise that Rundstedt called you a Bohemian corporal?' Hitler replied 'Yes, but he’s the best field marshall I have' Rundstedt used the term Dieser böhmische Gefreiter which he got in the 1930s from World War I hero Chancellor Paul von Hindenburg. Hindenburg (he and Hitler took an instant dislike to each other on first meeting) mistook Hitler’s home town of Braunau in Austria (Braunau am Inn) for another town of the same name (Broumov; "Braunau" in German) in Bohemia; initially he said that Austrian corporal but later used Bohemian corporal; a pejorative term as he regarded Bohemians as essentially gypsies unlike the more cultured Prussians or even Austrians. |
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