I was watching a documentary from readings of Joseph Goebbels diaries called The Goebbels Experiment today on Netflix. There were words across the screen for July 15, 1935 Saturday, and so I paused the screen to see if I could calculate that day of the week to confirm it was Saturday in my head. It took me a couple minutes (I am not a savant) but I was disturbed that I didn't get Saturday, but Monday. I even did the work twice.
So I asked Google and it confirmed it was a Monday.
Hmmm, I thought it was odd that someone keeping a diary would record the wrong day of the week.
Maybe someone mistranslated the diary for the film, afterall, what I saw wasn't the actual diary, just the English words in a film. I didn't noticed any other references to days of the week in the movie.
I noticed that they used a font that looked "old", I think it is Courier, monospaced lettering, but I only have an iPad with me at the moment, so I will have to investigate it later.
Update: I was able to use a drawing app and select Courier.
I think the words on the screen match this Courier print I was able to do with my iPad drawing app:
Even though Courier is old, it was invented in 1955, ten years after Goebbels death.
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I have noticed many errors such as this on the History channel documentaries. Such as showing German soldiers trudging through snow when the y first invaded Russia - calling Stukas fighters - and showing the same bits of footage no matter where the action is supposed to be.
Badger: I have wondered for a long time if Adolf Hitler actuaLLy ever kiLLed anyone even though millions of people died as a result of his orders to other people under his control.
Ha! I did the math and realized I have lived slightly longer than Hitler.
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