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Jean-Marie Loret (born 18 or 25 March 1918 in Seboncourt near Saint-Quentin in Picardy; died 1985 in Saint-Quentin) was a French railway worker who claimed to be Adolf Hitler's illegitimate son. According to Loret, in 1948 his mother revealed to him shortly before her death that the "unknown German soldier" with whom she'd had an affair during World War I was Adolf Hitler. His claim was backed by German historian Werner Maser, who brought the claim to first public attention in 1977 newspapers followed by a February 1978 ''Zeitgeschichte'' magazine article. Loret published his own autobiography, ''Ton père s'appelait Hitler'' (Father's name was Hitler'' ) in 1981. However, the dominant view, as represented by historians such as Anton Joachimsthaler, Timothy Ryback, and Sir Ian Kershaw, is that Hitler's paternity of Loret is unlikely or impossible. == Biography == Jean-Marie Loret was born illegitimately in 1918 in Seboncourt as Jean-Marie Lobjoie. His mother was Charlotte Eudoxie Alida Lobjoie (1898–1951), daughter of Louis Joseph Alfred Lobjoie, a butcher, and his wife Marie Flore Philomène (Colpin) Lobjoie. According to the birth registry of his home town, Loret's father was an unidentified German soldier during World War I. Since Adolf Hitler had stayed in the localities of Seclin, Fournes, Wavrin, and Ardooie during the years 1916 and 1917, and according to eyewitnesses supposedly had a relationship with Charlotte Lobjoie, Hitler being Loret's father was the subject of discussion on various occasions. Charlotte Lobjoie was a dancer, though she apparently only took up the profession after she moved to Paris, months after the birth of Jean-Marie and the end of the war. Jean-Marie spent his first seven years with his grandparents, with whom Charlotte had no contact after moving to Paris. On 22 May 1922, Charlotte married Clément Loret, a lithographer, who declared he would support his wife's illegitimate son and would allow him to bear his own last name. According to Jean-Marie, his grandparents had "treated him badly." After their deaths in the mid 1920s, his aunt, Alice Lobjoie, worked to have her nephew adopted by the family of the wealthy construction magnate Frizon from Saint Quentin. From then on, Jean-Marie attended consecutively Catholic boarding schools in Cambrai and Saint Quentin. In 1936, Jean-Marie entered the French army and was promoted over the years to staff sergeant. After World War II, he was a businessman, but had to give that up in 1948 because of insolvency. Loret said he always knew that his father had been a German soldier, but he had no idea of his identity. He claimed that his mother told him in 1948, shortly before her death, that the soldier was Adolf Hitler.〔''Autobiographie'' (), pp. 127–149〕 During World War II Loret worked as ''chargé de mission'' with the French police in Saint-Quentin, Aisne. He claimed he got the job by Hitler's order, though there is nothing concrete to support this. Charges that he had collaborated with Gestapo units in France are also unproven. There were no charges of collaboration against him after the war, which makes it appear most unlikely. Loret has said that Hitler ordered all material on Loret to be destroyed. However, Loret was considered only an average individual and not overly diligent. It would have been unusual for him to have gained such a high post on his own merit when still in his early twenties. Loret was married and had nine children. Some sources claim his wife separated from him in 1948 when she learned he was Hitler's son. Some newspaper articles mention his wife as Muguette, who was still living with him at the time. It is unclear whether she was his first wife or a new one. On 7 June 1978, during a public discussion, historian Werner Maser moved Loret to his own house in Speyer, Germany, to seclude him from the intense scrutiny by the press of Loret's home in Saint-Quentin. Maser and Loret visited several places, including the former concentration camp at Dachau, where Loret supposedly said, "I didn't choose my father." Maser took Loret with him as he traveled to lecture on his parentage, even bringing him to Tokyo. However, the Frenchman was reluctant to give interviews. In 1979, Loret and Maser had a falling-out and separated.〔Brief Lorets an Frau Christine Schroeder vom 21. Juli 1979 (letter to Frau Christine Schroeder of 21 July 1979 ), contained in Frau Schroeder's bequest.〕 Subsequently, Loret, in collaboration with René Mathot, published his autobiography, ''Ton père s'appelait Hitler'' (Father's name was Hitler'' ) (Paris, 1981). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean-Marie Loret」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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