As of today August 22nd: Hitler escapes from a car accident – “For a few seconds I was holding the story in my hands”

In the summer of 1931, on the full life of Munich, there is an incident that is almost changing the foreground of European and world history forever. 19 -year -old John Scott Elis, a young and risky English student and aristocrat, was passionately trying his new red Fiat 522. With a backdrop of an atmosphere full of concern and political turmoil, the British youthful enthusiasm encounters him. According to testimonies and historical reports, Elis with a friend made a turn, and his car dragged a pedestrian. He came out panicked, he apologized, and the man, without showing a trace of rage, was dusted and removed as if nothing had happened. “Do you know him?” The passenger asked – “no”. “You just hit Adolf Hitler.” Hitler, then, had not yet taken power but everyone knew what he was representing: a rising political force, a dark shadow in the heart of Germany. This meeting would not be unique. A few years later, in 1934, the […]
Source: News Beast

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