Hitler tried to make dogs talk

Hitler tried to make dogs talk

Hitler tried to win World War Two with an army of talking DOGS, amazing research shows.The barking-mad pet-lover believed the animals were almost as intelligent as humans and hoped they'd learn to communicate with their SS masters.He set up a school to train them to talk, read and spell in the belief they could act as concentration camp guards - freeing up more soldiers to fight.Star pupil at the school near Hanover, Germany, was Aire- dale terrier Rolf. He tapped out letters of the alphabet with his paws and was said to have speculated about religion and learnt POETRY.He reportedly asked a visiting noblewoman: "Could you wag your tail?" Another mutt was said to have uttered the words "Mein Fuhrer" when asked who Hitler was - while another imitated a human voice to bark: "Hungry! Give me cakes" in German.Other ludicrous experiments saw so-called scientists test telepathic communications between humans and dogs.The bizarre tale of Germany's educated dogs has now been detailed by Dr Jan Bondeson, a senior lecturer at Cardiff University School of Medicine, in his book Amazing Dogs: A Cabinet of Canine Curiosities.Dr Bondeson, 49, said: "It is absolutely extraordinary stuff. There were some very strange experiments going on in wartime Germany regarding dog-human communication."It's a fascinating insight into a hitherto unknown facet of Nazi Germany, but there is no evidence it ever came to fruition."- www.thesun.co.uk