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'''Barack Hussein Obama II''' (born August 4, 1961) is an [[United States|American]] politician and the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the United States presidential election of 2008. | '''Barack Hussein Obama II''' (born August 4, 1961) is an [[United States|American]] politician and the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the United States presidential election of 2008. | ||
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| + | Obama claimed, "I had an uncle who was one of the — who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps. And the story in our family was that when he came home, he just went up into the attic and he didn't leave the house for six months". But the fact is that the US military never liberated Auschwitz, the Red Army of the Soviet Union liberated Auschwitz in January, 1945. This comment by Obama ignited a huge controversy in the blogosphere. Later the Obama campaign said he actually meant to say Buchenwald, which was liberated by U.S. troops in April of 1945.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,359061,00.html Obama: Uncle Helped Liberate Auschwitz] ''FOX News'', May 28, 2008</ref> | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:People]] | [[Category:People]] | ||
[[Category:Capitalists]] | [[Category:Capitalists]] | ||
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Revision as of 06:20, 21 October 2008
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the United States presidential election of 2008.
Controversies
False claim about Auschwitz
Obama claimed, "I had an uncle who was one of the — who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps. And the story in our family was that when he came home, he just went up into the attic and he didn't leave the house for six months". But the fact is that the US military never liberated Auschwitz, the Red Army of the Soviet Union liberated Auschwitz in January, 1945. This comment by Obama ignited a huge controversy in the blogosphere. Later the Obama campaign said he actually meant to say Buchenwald, which was liberated by U.S. troops in April of 1945.[1]
References
- ↑ Obama: Uncle Helped Liberate Auschwitz FOX News, May 28, 2008
