Research based on the dictator’s DNA revealed that he suffered from Kallmann syndrome, which is often characterized by abnormal development of sexual organs.
During the Second World War, popular songs often poked fun at Adolf Hitler’s intimate anatomy. Researchers at the University of Bath (UK) succeeded in sequencing the genome of a Nazi dictator for the first time. The mocking statement was justified.
According to a documentary to be broadcast Saturday on the British channel Channel 4, the leader of the Third Reich suffered from Kallmann syndrome, which often occurs in men with low testosterone levels and abnormal development of sexual organs, in this case the micropenis.
Not a war wound, a congenital problem
This syndrome is often associated with cryptorchidism (undescended testicles). Many historians state that Adolf Hitler was wounded in the groin during the First World War. But this absence is inherent…
DNA analysis made it possible for the first time to corroborate historical documents stating that he suffered from right-sided cryptorchidism, researchers said in the documentary.
In an interview with the Guardian, Turi King, a geneticist at the University of Bath who led the scientific study, said: “We can’t say for sure that Hitler suffered from any of these conditions, only that he was in the highest percentile in terms of genetic predisposition to some of them. » This was a warning that the film’s editors didn’t fully take into account, the scientist complained.
Autism and schizophrenia
The test also reportedly showed “very high” scores (above 1%) for predisposition to autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
But researchers emphasize that these riots cannot explain Hitler’s policies, which led to the deaths of tens of millions of people, including the genocide of six million Jews.
This sequence “debunks the myth”
But the researchers didn’t stop with anatomy. The sequence “debunks the myth” that he had a Jewish grandfather, a persistent rumor during his lifetime and to this day, say the authors of the documentary “Hitler’s DNA: a dictator’s blueprint.”
According to analysis of a piece of cloth from the sofa on which he committed suicide on April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler was not the result of an extramarital affair between his grandmother and her mistress, who was Jewish.
But researchers reportedly found a genetic match between the dictator and the male line in Hitler’s family.
If the rumors are true, “we will not have a DNA match with Hitler’s family, but we have this match (…) which puts an end to this rumor”, explained Turi King.
