[philwelch]

Not what Wikipedia suggests: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler_and_vegetarianis...

"Today, it is acknowledged by historians that Hitler - at least during the war - followed a vegetarian diet.[14][15] At social events he sometimes gave graphic accounts of the slaughter of animals in an effort to make his dinner guests shun meat.[12] An antivivisectionist, Hitler may have followed his selective diet out of a profound concern for animals."

"In the BBC series The Nazis: A Warning from History, an eyewitness account tells of Hitler watching movies (which he did very often). If ever a scene showed (even fictional) cruelty to or death of an animal, Hitler would cover his eyes and look away until someone alerted him the scene was over. The documentary also commented on the German animal welfare laws that the Nazis introduced, which were unparalleled at the time."