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Wikipedia's first sentence called it "ss officer of the 1930s and 1940s who is remembered as a leader of the nazi party 's support during the 1930s f". Today it says "ss officer who is remembered as a leading supporter in the nazi party of some of the aims of zionism during the". We saved the article's opening at 4 moments between 2015 and 2025, and every claim links the exact revision.

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Leopold Itz, Edler von Mildenstein (30 November 1902 – November 1968 ) was an SS officer of the 1930s and 1940s who is remembered as a leader of the Nazi Party 's support during the 1930s for the aims of Zionism .¹ He sometimes worked as a writer and used the pen name LIM (his initials).² He was occasionally called an English " Baron " although his rank of Edler meant "nobleman" and has no exact English language equivalent, perhaps the nearest neighbor would be " Esquire ." After the Second World War Mildenstein continued to live in West Germany , where he joined the Free Democratic Party and was elected to its Press Committee.³ In 1956, he went to Egypt to work for a radio station, and after the capture of Adolf Eichmann in 1960 he claimed immunity as an intelligence agent of the U. Central Intelligence Agency , a claim which was neither confirmed nor denied. Nothing was heard of him after 1964, when he published a book on cocktails .

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The opening as it stood in 2020

Leopold Itz, Edler von Mildenstein (30 November 1902 – November 1968) was an SS officer who is remembered as a lead supporter in the Nazi Party of some of the aims of Zionism during the 1930s. He sometimes worked as a writer and used the pen name LIM (his initials). In English he has sometimes been called a " Baron " although his rank of Edler meant "nobleman" and has no exact equivalent; perhaps the nearest translation is " Esquire ". After the Second World War , Mildenstein continued to live in West Germany , where he joined the Free Democratic Party and was elected to its Press Committee. In 1956, he went to Egypt to work for a radio station, and after the capture of Adolf Eichmann in 1960 he claimed immunity as an intelligence agent of the US Central Intelligence Agency , a claim which was neither confirmed nor denied. Nothing was heard of him after 1964, when he published a book on cocktails .

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Leopold Itz, Edler von Mildenstein (30 November 1902 – November 1968) was an SS officer who is remembered as a lead supporter in the Nazi Party of some of the aims of Zionism during the 1930s. He sometimes worked as a writer and signed his work with his initials, LIM . In English, he has sometimes been called a " baron ", although his rank of Edler means "nobleman" and has no exact equivalent; perhaps the nearest translation is " Esquire ". After the Second World War , Mildenstein continued to live in West Germany , where he joined the Free Democratic Party and was elected to its Press Committee. In 1956, he went to Egypt to work for a radio station, and after the capture of Adolf Eichmann in 1960 he claimed immunity as an intelligence agent of the US Central Intelligence Agency , a claim which was neither confirmed nor denied. Nothing was heard of him after 1964, when he published a book on cocktails .

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The opening as it stood in 2025

German writer and SS junior officer Leopold Itz, Edler von Mildenstein (30 November 1902 – November 1968) was an SS officer who is remembered as a leading supporter in the Nazi Party of some of the aims of Zionism during the 1930s. He sometimes worked as a writer and signed his work with his initials, LIM . In English, he has sometimes been called a " baron ", although his rank of Edler means "nobleman" and has no exact equivalent; perhaps the nearest translation is " Esquire ". After the Second World War , Mildenstein continued to live in West Germany , where he joined the Free Democratic Party and was elected to its Press Committee. In 1956, he went to Egypt to work for a radio station, and after the capture of Adolf Eichmann in 1960 he claimed immunity as an intelligence agent of the US Central Intelligence Agency , a claim which was neither confirmed nor denied. Nothing was heard of him after 1964, when he published a book on cocktails .

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