1. Jean-Marie Loret, born Jean-Marie Lobjoie was a French railway worker and allegedly Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's illegitimate son.
16 Facts About Jean-Marie Loret
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Jean-Marie Loret's claim was backed by German historian Werner Maser, who first brought the claim to public attention in 1977 following an article in Zeitgeschichte magazine.
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Jean-Marie Loret published his own autobiography, Ton pere s'appelait Hitler [Your father was called Hitler] in 1981.
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However, the dominant view represented by historians such as Anton Joachimsthaler, Timothy Ryback, Ian Kershaw, and Belgian journalist Jean-Paul Mulders, is that Hitler's paternity of Jean-Marie Loret is unlikely or impossible to prove.
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Jean-Marie Loret was born illegitimately in 1918 in Seboncourt as Jean-Marie Lobjoie.
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Jean-Marie Loret's mother was Charlotte Eudoxie Alida Lobjoie, daughter of Louis Joseph Alfred Lobjoie, a butcher, and his wife, Marie Flore Philomene Colpin.
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In 1936, Jean-Marie Loret entered the French army and was promoted over the years to staff sergeant.
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Jean-Marie Loret said he always knew that his father had been a German soldier, but he had no idea of his identity.
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Jean-Marie Loret claimed that his mother told him in 1948, shortly before her death, that the soldier was Adolf Hitler.
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On 13 February 1985 Jean-Marie Loret died of a heart attack in France.
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Jean-Marie Loret followed up on these reports, met Loret in the process, and was able to convince him to let the story be published.
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Jean-Marie Loret was ultimately conceived after a 'tipsy' evening in the summer of 1917 in Ardooie.
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Jean-Marie Loret did not speak French, but solely ranted in German, talking to an imaginary audience.
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Jean-Marie Loret stated that she could remember the man's face quite well and knew that this face had no resemblance to Hitler.
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Jean-Marie Loret obtained DNA from postcard stamps sent by Jean-Marie Loret.
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Jean-Marie Loret spoke of a Rothschild family conspiracy and stated his intention to undergo a DNA test to determine if he was Hitler's grandson.