- Adolf (manga)
Infobox animanga/Header
name = Adolf
caption = Cover to the first volume of "Adolf" from the "Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works" collection.
ja_name = Adorufu ni Tsugu
ja_name_trans = アドルフに告ぐ
genre =Drama ,Historical Infobox animanga/Manga
title = Adolf
author =Osamu Tezuka
publisher = flagicon|JapanBungei Shunju
flagicon|USAVIZ Media
publisher_other = flagicon|BrazilConrad Editora
flagicon|FranceTonkam
flagicon|GermanyCarlsen Verlag
flagicon|Netherlands Xtra
flagicon|SpainPlaneta DeAgostini
demographic =Seinen
magazine = flagicon|JapanShukan Bunshun
first =January 6 1983
last =May 30 1985
volumes = 5 [ann manga|id=1323. Accessed on2007-06-12 .]"Adolf", known in
Japan as nihongo|"Adolf ni Tsugu"|アドルフに告ぐ|Adorufu ni Tsugu|literally: "Tell Adolf" is amanga series made by Dr.Osamu Tezuka ."Adolf" was published in English by Cadence Books and
VIZ Media . The English manga is flipped to read left to right to conform to Western practice.The story is set before
World War II and is centered on three men with the name Adolf. Adolf Kamil (アドルフ・カミル) is aJew living inJapan . His best friend Adolf Kaufmann (アドルフ・カウフマン), who is of both Japanese and German descent. The third Adolf isAdolf Hitler (アドルフ・ヒトラー), the future dictator of Germany."Adolf" also features Sohei Toge (峠草平 "Tōge Sōhei"), a Japanese reporter.
Plot
The story of "Adolf" begins in 1936 as Japanese reporter Sohei Toge travels to
Berlin , Germany to cover the Berlin Olympic Games. Upon arriving, he finds that his younger brother, who has been studying in Germany as an international student, has been murdered. Furthermore, all traces of information regarding his younger brother's study in Germany has vanished. It was as if he had never existed. Investigating the matter, it is later learned that his murder is connected to a document he mailed to Japan with information regarding Adolf Hitler. This information is crucial to the Third Reich as it contains proof that Adolf Hitler has Jewish blood.A member of the Nazi party living in Japan named Wolfgang Kauffmann is ordered to find the documents. He expects his son, Adolf Kauffmann, to become a strong supporter of Adolf Hitler. However, Adolf Kauffmann has no interest in Nazi Germany as it would mean the killing of his good friend, Adolf Kamil, who is Jewish.
As events progress, the lives of the three Adolfs intertwine and become more and more tangled as Sohei Toge searches for his brother's murderer.
Was Adolf Hitler really Jewish?
This rumor plays a central role in this story. It concerns one of the most frequently asked question about Hitler's background. During the
Nuremberg Trials , testimony was given that Hitler's father was an illegitimate child of Hitler's grandmother and her Jewish employer when she lived inGraz ,Austria .Simon Wiesenthal asserted that this was not true. [ [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/hitlerjew.html Jewish Virtual Library.org] ]Characters
*"Sohei Toge:" A Japanese reporter sent to Germany to cover the 1936 Olympics only to find his younger brother murdered. He then proceeds to investigate who killed his brother and why, leading him into a dangerous web of espionage during
World War II .
*"Isao Toge:" A Japanese international student studying in Germany. When he discovers a shocking secret, he is brutally murdered.
*"Adolf Kauffmann:" A half-Japanese, half-German boy living in Kobe, Japan and who has no real interest in the Nazi party at first, but later joinedSicherheitsdienst , thenGestapo
*"Wolfgang Kauffmann:" Adolf Kauffman's father and a strong follower of Adolf Hitler. He works for the German Consulate General in Kobe, Japan.
*"Yukie Kauffman:" Wolfgang's wife and mother to Adolf. She is unaware of what her husband is doing for the Nazi party.
*"Adolf Kamil:" A Jewish-German boy who considers himself Japanese, and who accidentally learns the secret behind Adolf Hitler's ancestry.
*"Isaac Kamil:" Adolf Kamil's father and a Jewish man who seeks to actively help other Jews around the world. He was murdered by Adolf Kauffmann while in Germany.
*"Acetylene Lamp as "Lamp":" A member of the Nazi party and the Far East Chief of German Intelligence.
*"Adolf Hitler :" The infamous dictator himself.
*"Richard Sorge :" A Communist Russian spy who existed outside of fiction and plays a prominent role towards the end of the story.Awards
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