Spain's Franco 'had one testicle', new book claims
A new book claims the late Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco, like Adolf Hitler, had only one testicle.
A new book claims the Spanish dictator, General Francisco Franco, may have had more in common with Adolf Hitler than previously known - having one testicle.
Much like the Nazi leader, Franco's loss stemmed from an injury he suffered in battle, his doctor's granddaughter told the historian Jose Maria Zavala.
Franco was wounded in the lower abdomen at El Biutz, near Ceuta, in June 1916.
Biographers have long speculated this affected the reproductive organs of the dictator, who ruled from 1939 to 1975.
However, he did have a daughter, Carmen Franco y Polo, in 1926.
Last year, documents came to light containing an account by a medic who treated Hitler during the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
Dr Johan Jambor told his priest that Hitler had been injured in the abdomen and had lost a testicle. He said the first question Hitler had asked him was: "Will I be able to have children?"
In his new book, Mr Zavala quotes Dr Ana Puigvert as recalling that her grandfather, Antonio Puigvert, a urologist known to have had Franco as a patient, had told her the dictator had confided in him.
"Franco was monorchid - he had only one testicle," she said.
Franco was a captain in the Spanish army when, in late June 1916, he was shot in the lower abdomen while defending the modern-day Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Morocco's Mediterranean coast.
In 1936, he joined the military uprising that led to the Spanish Civil War and assumed leadership of the fascist Falange Party.
Three years later, with the aid of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, he won the war and established a dictatorship. Franco kept Spain neutral during World War II, after which he declared Spain a monarchy with himself as regent.
In 1969, he announced that on his death he would be succeeded by Juan Carlos I, grandson of Spain's last reigning king, hoping that he would maintain his regime.
However, after his death in 1975, the new king moved to dismantle the authoritarian institutions and restore democratic rule.
Could this possibly explain their terrible deeds in some small way?
Who here on Debates has only one testicle?
Originally posted by FMFI believe it was only Hitler had only one ball, not Franco. This article mentions both.
[b]Spain's Franco 'had one testicle', new book claims
A new book claims the late Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco, like Adolf Hitler, had only one testicle.
A new book claims the Spanish dictator, General Francisco Franco, may have had more in common with Adolf Hitler than previously known - having one testicle.
[i]Much like the Nazi leade ...[text shortened]... their terrible deeds in some small way?
Who here on Debates has only one testicle?[/b]
I do have a question though: what kind of a sick pervert spends time looking at the testicles of fascist leaders?
Must have been a funny autopsy. A bystander would have heard the words, "Aren't you supposed to have two of these?"
Originally posted by shavixmirWell I'm sorry shav, but one of them, according to British troops from London, was definitely in the Albert Hall circa 1939-45.
As far as I can gather, it was a rumour spread by the English that Hitler only had one ball, and isn't actually true.
Originally posted by FMFNo, Hitlers 'terrible deeds' were all due to his mustache.
Could this possibly explain their terrible deeds in some small way?
People too often blame everything on the leader. Sure Hitler was a terrible person, but he was not the only bad German at the time and hardly the worst either. Next you'll be telling us that having one ball was a prerequisite to joining the SS.
Some have one testicle, some have one kidney, one have one ovula. Does this mean these are half a man, or half a woman? Does lack of one when the other is enough mean anything pejorative? I don't think so. Who does?
I think that those laughing at people having only one of two only has half of a brain. Why else laugh?
Originally posted by FabianFnasWhy else laugh? Ooh, I don't know. Maybe because their sense of humour is different from yours? For instance, you going on about people with only 'half a brain' doesn't seem the slightest bit funny. Does that answer your question?
I think that those laughing at people having only one of two only has half of a brain. Why else laugh?
Originally posted by FMFYes, that answers my question. Some half equipped people are laughable, some are not.
Why else laugh? Ooh, I don't know. Maybe because their sense of humour is different from yours? For instance, you going on about people with only 'half a brain' doesn't seem the slightest bit funny. Does that answer your question?
Originally posted by FabianFnasNot really. But the likes of Hitler and Franco are not spared any quarter. It may ring false to you, fair enough, but perhaps it's only a real problem if the ridicule extends to ordinary people. Maybe then the 'half a brain' metaphor kicks in for sure. I don't know.
Yes, that answers my question. Some half equipped people are laughable, some are not.
I don't know if you know that the context of this is the irreverent wartime song:
Hitler has only got one ball,
Goering has two, but very small;"
Himmler is very sim'lar,
And Goebbels has no balls at all.
* An alternate second line was:
The other is in the Albert Hall
Originally posted by FMFSo did Franco get his ball from Hitler or vice-versa?
[b]Spain's Franco 'had one testicle', new book claims
A new book claims the late Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco, like Adolf Hitler, had only one testicle.
A new book claims the Spanish dictator, General Francisco Franco, may have had more in common with Adolf Hitler than previously known - having one testicle.
Much like the Nazi leade their terrible deeds in some small way?
Who here on Debates has only one testicle?[/b]
Originally posted by FMFOf course, eventually Franco's Catholicism would have gotten in the way of Hitler's dream of European domination, assuming the latter would have survived the war.
Unable to directly intervene in the Spanish Civil War, Hitler helped Franco in every possible way he could.
Originally posted by FMFwasn't that a beatles song?
Not really. But the likes of Hitler and Franco are not spared any quarter. It may ring false to you, fair enough, but perhaps it's only a real problem if the ridicule extends to ordinary people. Maybe then the 'half a brain' metaphor kicks in for sure. I don't know.
I don't know if you know that the context of this is the irreverent wartime song:
Hitler ...[text shortened]... ls at all.
* An alternate second line was:
The other is in the Albert Hall
Originally posted by FMFThe Albert Hall Ballroom?
Not really. But the likes of Hitler and Franco are not spared any quarter. It may ring false to you, fair enough, but perhaps it's only a real problem if the ridicule extends to ordinary people. Maybe then the 'half a brain' metaphor kicks in for sure. I don't know.
I don't know if you know that the context of this is the irreverent wartime song:
Hitler ...[text shortened]... ls at all.
* An alternate second line was:
The other is in the Albert Hall
GRANNY.