LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Philipp Jenninger causes storm with Hitler speech

Genre

News report

TX Date

11 Nov 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:31

Description

The President of the Bundestag, the West German Parliament, has resigned after causing a furore with a speech in which he praised Hitler. Scores of MPs walked out in disgust as Philipp Jenninger gave his speech. Jesse Schulman reports.

Contributors

Jesse Schulman

Keywords

Members of Parliament; Jews; Nazis; War crimes; Politicians; Adolf Hitler; Resignation (political); Commemorative events; Germany FR; Philipp Jenninger

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