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| According to Nazi-era gossip Hitler had lost a testicle in a battle during the first world war. |
December 19, 2015, NewsCrunch
German researchers have found that a popular myth about Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is true - he had only one testicle.
According to German media, researchers at theUniversity of Erlangen
Landsberg prison files, which have details of Hitler’s examination by Dr Josef Brinsteiner in 1923, bring out his medical condition.
According to Nazi-era gossip, Hitler had lost a testicle in a battle during the first world war.
But the reason for the missing ball was more mundane, a birth defect called chryptorchidism, in which one or both testicles fail to descend during childhood.
German researchers have found that a popular myth about Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is true - he had only one testicle.
According to German media, researchers at the
Landsberg prison files, which have details of Hitler’s examination by Dr Josef Brinsteiner in 1923, bring out his medical condition.
According to Nazi-era gossip, Hitler had lost a testicle in a battle during the first world war.
But the reason for the missing ball was more mundane, a birth defect called chryptorchidism, in which one or both testicles fail to descend during childhood.
Cryptorchidism, the most common birth defect of the male genitalia, affects about 3% of full-term and 30% of premature infant boys.
It is associated with reduced fertility, increased risk of testicular tumors and psychological problems.