Hitler family be a spelling variation of the name "Hiedler", meaning one who resides by a "Hiedl" - in Austro-Bavarian dialects a term for a subterranean fountain or river. Or the "Hitler" surname may be based on "one who lives in a hut" (German "Hütte" for "hut"). The roots of the Hitler family tree go back to Stefan Hiedler (born 1672) and Agnes Capeller, whose grandson Martin Hiedler (17 November 1762 – 10 January 1829), married Anna Maria Göschl (23 August 1760 – 7 December 1854). This couple had at least three children, Lorenz (1800 - 1861), Johann Georg (baptised 28 February
Hitler oath Hitler oath The term Hitler oath (German: "Führereid" or "Eid auf den Führer", "Oath to the Leader") — also often referred to in English as simply the Soldier's Oath or Soldiers' Oath — refers to the oaths of allegiance, sworn by the officers and soldiers of the German Armed Forces and civil servants of Nazi Germany between the years 1934 and 1945. The oath pledged personal loyalty to Adolf Hitler in place of loyalty to the constitution of the country. On the day before President Paul von Hindenburg's death on August 2, 1934, Hitler's cabinet had enacted a law combining