Adolf Hitler had a micro-penis and possibly had to sit down to urinate, it has recently been revealed. Naturally, now there’s speculation that the leader of the Nazi party was trying to overcompensate for his manhood’s miniature size when he terrorized Europe and slaughtered millions of Jewish people during the Holocaust. Perhaps, Hitler’s micro-penis also played a part in his hypocritical goal to establish an Aryan empire inhabited by “perfect” physical specimens unlike himself.

According to the Telegraph, historians Jonathan Mayo and Emma Craigie have discovered that Adolf Hitler suffered from a condition called hypospadias. This is a birth defect that has a drastic effect on the way the penis looks and functions—the urethra is located somewhere on the underside of the penis instead of on its tip. Hypospadias can make urinating difficult, and those who suffer from the condition often have to sit down to do so to avoid spraying urine all over the place. Some men might consider this a bit emasculating.

It their book, Hitler’s Last Day: Minute by Minute, Mayo and Craigie reveal that Hitler had a micro-penis because of his hypospadias, and this was not the only genital-related deformity that the dictator was cursed with; he also had one undescended testicle, a condition known as cryptorchism.

A bizarre fascination with Hitler’s genitals, and how he used them, has existed for decades. According to Slate, there’s an old urban legend that he lost a testicle while trying to urinate in a goat’s mouth. An anti-Hitler rhyme that was popular with schoolchildren in the late ’30s also described Hitler as only having one testicle, but it jests that his testicle was removed by his mother when he was a child.

“Hitler has only got one b*** / The other is in the Albert Hall / His mother, the dirty b***** / Cut it off when he was small.”

While rumors about Adolf Hitler’s cryptorchism have existed since World War II, talk about his hypospadias and his micro-penis is a more recent thing. According to Patient.info, hypospadias can make sexual intercourse difficult or even impossible, and some reports suggest that Hitler did have a hard time maintaining an erection. As Gawker reports, Hitler’s medical records reveal that he used bull semen injections to jump-start his libido before attempting to get it on with mistress Eva Braun. However, Hitler was obsessed with hygiene, and some reports claim that he never touched Eva during intercourse.

“I imagine Eva would stand a good distance away and lift her skirt and then there would be some sort of soggy climax on Hitler’s part and that would be that,” novelist Martin Amis said while speaking at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, as reports the Daily Mail.

Perhaps having a micro-penis also played a part in Adolf Hitler’s decision to keep his distance from Eva Braun while doing the deed.

Amis, author of Zone of Interest, describes Hitler as “asexual,” but this might not be quite accurate. Hitler’s physician, Dr. Theodore Morrell, did believe that he was sexually active, but those bull semen injections didn’t turn the Fuhrer into a sex-crazed animal.

“Morrell believes that Hitler, although not strongly inclined to sexual activity, did have sexual intercourse with Eva Braun, though they were accustomed to sleep in separate beds.”

Many of Adolf Hilter’s lovers didn’t live long enough to talk about his micro-penis or the rumors that he only had one testicle; two of his six supposed female lovers committed suicide, and two others attempted suicide. One of these women died a few years later.

Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun took their own lives on April 30, 1945. As Mental Floss reports, their bodies were burned by Nazi soldiers shortly after the deed was done. Had they not been set aflame, it’s likely that the world would have been mocking the Fuhrer’s micro-penis long before now.

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