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The self-proclaimed Nazi dad who was granted approval from Hunterdon County Superior Court to change his surname to Hitler had his name legally go into effect Monday.

Isidore Heath Hitler, formerly known as Isidore Heath Campbell, submitted a request to legally change his name to Hitler on Feb. 14. It was approved on March 24 and took legal effect on Monday, May 8.

"It's great. My driver's license is changed over, my insurance, my registration, all that I needed is changed over," he said. "I'm the new Hitler."

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May 8, the day his name took legal effect, is also the day that World War II in Europe ended — Victory in Europe Day — after Germany surrendered.

"Actually, I was commending all the Nazis, meaning I bowed my head that day yesterday," Hitler said. "I said a prayer for them for all they gave us."

His initials are now I.H.H., which he said stands for "I Hail Hitler."

Now that his name is legally Hitler, he has everything he's wanted — minus his children.

"I feel good about it," he said of his name change. "Now all I need is my kids back."

Hitler first gained national attention when a supermarket refused to decorate a birthday cake for his son.

Hitler, who listed a Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, address on court papers but once lived in Holland Township in Hunterdon County, has faced other problems in the past involving his children.

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In 2013, he marched into the Hunterdon County Courthouse dressed in a Nazi uniform to petition a family court judge to allow him to see his youngest son, Heinrich Hons Campbell, who had been removed from his father's custody shortly after he was born in 2011.

His other children, Adolf Hitler Campbell, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honzlynn Jeannie Campbell, were placed in foster care because of alleged violence in the family's home. Court papers say that Campbell refused to comply with an order that he seek counseling because "the psychologist was Jewish," he said.

"Let my four children know that I do love them," Hitler said. "And I will be there soon to get them."

Staff Writer Nick Muscavage: 908-243-6615; ngmuscavage@gannettnj.com