Just found this .
Adey -- as we fondly refer to him -- was quite a guy . The more I get to know him, the more I want to know .
Fancy Adey being such a great mimic .Bet he gave a great impression of that American cripple of a President .rofl .
Hitler had few hobbies since he kept a schedule that was both hectic and idiosyncratic, yet some show great insight into the man. He was a terrific mimic, who enjoyed doing wicked imitations of everyone from foreign leaders to German comics. Even Mussolini, whom he deeply admired, was not spared. A tea time of conversation at Berchestgarden followed by a short walk was another favorite. It gave Hitler the air of a country gentleman. After becoming chancellor he enjoyed taking cruises in the Baltic aboard newly minted German warships. He collected books by the thousands, yet oddly there is not a single instance of marginalia in any volume, unlike Stalin who made notes on all his reading. Building model cities of the future Reich, his beloved “Germania”, became a fixation for Hitler and not just a hobby. Hitler loved films, domestic and foreign, and would often watch two per night, preferably musicals. During the war he watched only newsreels of the fighting, a habit he shared with Churchill. He loved to whistle tunes, especially of great opera, which he had memorized entirely. This gives rise to an illuminating story: Once Eva Braun caught him singing the wrong tune from an opera, and pointed this out to Hitler. He quickly replied, “No. I am right. The composer made a mistake by not putting that tune there in the first place.”
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