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| − | In his memoir ''Dreams From My Father'', Obama claimed he came across a ''Life'' magazine article<ref>Richard Cohen, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/26/AR2007032601583.html Obama's Back Story] ''The Washington Post'', March 27, 2007</ref> about an African-American man<ref> Kirsten Scharnberg and Kim Barker, [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-madelyn-dunham,0,1861887.story Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham] ''Chicago Tribune'', March 25, 2007</ref> who had tried to whiten his skin through some sort of chemical process. The result was a disaster. But the ' | + | In his memoir ''Dreams From My Father'', Obama claimed he came across a ''Life'' magazine article<ref name=OBS>Richard Cohen, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/26/AR2007032601583.html Obama's Back Story] ''The Washington Post'', March 27, 2007</ref> about an African-American man<ref name=OGMD> Kirsten Scharnberg and Kim Barker, [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-madelyn-dunham,0,1861887.story Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham] ''Chicago Tribune'', March 25, 2007</ref> who had tried to whiten his skin through some sort of chemical process. The result was a disaster<ref name=OBS/> and the man was physically and mentally scarred. But the magazine's own historians said ''Life'' never published such an article.<ref name=OGMD/> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 07:33, 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
On Memorial Day[1] in 2008 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.[2] Later the Obama campaign said he had confused Auschwitz with another concentration camp,[1] he actually meant to say Buchenwald, which was liberated by U.S. troops in April of 1945.[2]
Claim in his memoir
In his memoir Dreams From My Father, Obama claimed he came across a Life magazine article[3] about an African-American man[4] who had tried to whiten his skin through some sort of chemical process. The result was a disaster[3] and the man was physically and mentally scarred. But the magazine's own historians said Life never published such an article.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Obama Campaign Scrambles to Correct the Record on Uncle's War Service Elections.foxnews.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Obama: Uncle Helped Liberate Auschwitz FOX News, May 28, 2008
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Richard Cohen, Obama's Back Story The Washington Post, March 27, 2007
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kirsten Scharnberg and Kim Barker, Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham Chicago Tribune, March 25, 2007
