JAKARTA - A man named Adolf Hitler became world news after winning the local elections in Namibia. This Hitler was certainly not the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. But the question is, did he idolize Hitler and will follow in his footsteps?
The SWAPO Party politician whose full name is Adolf Hitler Uunona has managed to get a seat as a member of parliament in Ompunja, a small town in the province of Oshana, Namibia. He managed to beat his rival Mumbala Abner from the Independent Patriots for Change Party by winning 85 percent of the vote.
He is in the spotlight for using the name of the controversial Nazi Germany figure, Adolf Hitler. Moreover, he is a politician. Responding to this, he claimed to have no blood relationship with Adolf Hitler, let alone planning to dominate the world like the Nazi leader.
"It has nothing to do with Nazi ideology and has no plans to conquer the Oshana region," joked Adolf as quoted in the December 3, 2020 edition of the German Bild.
In an interview with Germany Blid, he said it was his father who gave him the name of the Nazi dictator. "Maybe you don't understand what Adolf Hitler means" said this 54 year old man.
Even though using the name of someone who is synonymous with the mass killings in the World War, this does not necessarily hamper Adolf's political path. This is evident because Adolf Hitler Uunona is a well-known politician in the Oshana area, he is also known as an anti-apartheid activist.
Quoting the BBC, Adolf said that in Namibia it was actually very common for someone to use the name Adolf. This is inseparable from the history of Namibia itself, which was a former German colony.
"As a child I saw him as a completely normal name. It wasn't until I got older that I realized that this man wanted to conquer the whole world." he admitted.
When asked why he didn't change his name, he said it was too late because it had been recorded in many official documents. The solution to the problem of his name is that he has long since introduced himself to the public as Adolf Uunona and ignored the name Hitler in the middle.
It's just that Adolf's full name remains on official documents. He also revealed that his wife and family preferred to call him Adolf, rather than Hitler. This is because the name Adolf Hitler was too badly viewed after World War II, especially in Namibia, which was under German rule.
At that time about 80,000 people in its territory were killed by German troops. After World War II, Namibia entered South Africa and became independent on March 21, 1990.
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