looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
A good human interest story.
He fooled Hitler and Mussolini, now Lismore celebrates local highwire hero Con Colleano
Almost a century after the "greatest tightwire artist of all time" built his career on hiding his Indigenous heritage, Con Colleano's legacy is celebrated through a special tribute in his home town.www.abc.net.au
"If he told Hitler he was Indigenous, he probably wouldn't have made it out of Germany."
Probably or probably not. Unfortunately, Rhodes doesn't give a single reason for his statement which makes it pure speculation.
Dictators often have a mind of their own and make decisions that do not conform with the usual practice or their convictions. (See Putin's treatment of Prigozhin)
It is known that Hitler made several exceptions out of a personal feeling ,e.g., he issued an order that his Jewish company commander in WWI was, at least temporarily, not to be touched. Another example was the Jewish doctor of his mother in Linz. Even though Hitler modified those orders later, the remaining parts of his protection helped those people survive. It is questionable if someone who also had a foreign passport was so important that Hitler would have personally persecuted him . The year they were meeting, in 1936, was also the year of the Olympics in which Hitler wanted to make the public believe that he wasn't a threat to Europe. The next stage in the process of radicalisation only began two a years later when Jewish shops and synagogues were raided and burnt down .
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I don't know yet when matches will be broadcast given the time difference. I guess live broadcasts will be during the night or in the morning which means that most people can't watch them and will have to watch replays if they're offered. Good start of the Aussie team. 
No, I just thought what a coincidence it is that the tournament is taking place down under and how weird if it blows over totally unnoticed. I can't promise anything anyway since I'm not sure to what extent I'm gonna watch it.
