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Wrong. It is the equivalent to a US army private. But hey never let your source Wikipedia get in the way of looking like an democrat mascot.

I wonder why you feel it necessary to label another poster as "democrat mascot"? Is that part of your strategy for meaningful discussion?

yawn.

Thank you for that response...it reveals your agenda.

The translation of "gefreiter" varies from source to source. That being said, the general derogatory term for Adolf is the "Little Corporal", not the "little private".

Here are a few websites for your reading pleasure, detailing the rank of Adolf:

Adolf Hitler
"Hitler rose to the rank of corporal - not particularly good over a four year span and many believe that it was his lack of social skills and his inability to get people to follow his ideas, that cost him promotion."

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/warone.htm
"Corporal Hitler was a dispatch runner, taking messages back and forth from the command staff in the rear to the fighting units near the battlefield. "

Did Hitler really only have ONE testicle? A historian sorts the extraordinary truth from the far-flung myths about the Fuhrer | Mail Online
"Corporal Adolf Hitler (right) during World War I. "

The Legends and Traditions of the Great War: Hitler's War Service
"[COLOR=BLUE][COLOR=BLUE]For the record, here is a summary of the War Service of Lance Corporal Adolf Hitler:"[/COLOR][/COLOR]

First World War.com - Feature Articles - How a Right Can Make a Wrong
"...and 29 year old Lance Corporal Adolf Hitler of Braunau, Austria."

Trenches on the Web - Special: Rank Insignia of the German Army, 1914-1918
"Gefreiter
(Lance Corporal)"

Adolf Hitler: Biography
"Hitler proved an able, courageous soldier, receiving the Iron Cross (First Class) for bravery, but did not rise above the rank of Lance Corporal."

Adolf Hitler wounded in British gas attack — History.com This Day in History — 10/14/1918
"Among the German wounded in the Ypres Salient in Belgium on October 14, 1918, is Corporal Adolf Hitler, temporarily blinded by a British gas shell and evacuated to a German military hospital at Pasewalk, in Pomerania."

and...not to ignore Wiki:
Military career of Adolf Hitler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The military career of Adolf Hitler can be divided into two distinct portions of Adolf Hitler's life. Mainly, the period during World War I when Hitler served as a Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) in the Bavarian Army, and the era of World War II when Hitler served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht through his position as Führer of Nazi Germany."

Have a great day!

For the sake of a meaningful conversation, please stop. I'm invoking Godwin's law.

I'm not American, but I really need to butt in and ask this question; this is a political appointment, right? The guy is a politician? Aren't all politicians privates?

Ok, bad joke.

Gefreiter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gefreiter (abbr. Gefr.) is the German, Swiss and Austrian equivalent for the military rank Private (NATO Rank Code OR-2). Gefreiter was the second rank to which an enlisted soldier could be promoted. As a military rank it has existed since at least the 16th century. From the 1920s on Gefreiter has expanded into several additional ranks, those being Obergefreiter, Hauptgefreiter, Stabsgefreiter and Oberstabsgefreiter (NATO Rank Code OR-3 and OR-4). Adolf Hitler held the rank of Gefreiter during his service in World War I.

like Obama, Hitler also brought about hope and change. Like Obama he also hated the rich (Jews).