Hitler's Nephew, Stalin's Daughter and Other Famous Defectors
Here are four defectors whose stories you won't soon forget. 1.
Hitler's Nephew © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS William
Patrick Hitler was born in England to a German father, Alois
Hitler, and an Irish mother, Bridget Dowling. When William was
still a boy, his father moved back to Germany, but his mother
refused to go, raising her son alone in England. Alois kept in
touch with the family and so, when his famous Uncle Adolf rose
to power, young William moved to Germany in the hopes that he
would be given a high-profile job. After hounding him for
months, Uncle Adolf agreed to give William a cushy position as
long as he renounced his British citizenship and promised never
to return home. Sensing something wasn't right, William went
back to England and capitalized on his famous family by writing
an article for Look Magazine called, “Why I Hate My Uncle." The
popularity of the story gave William and his mother (pictured
above) the opportunity to tra