I'm trying to find information to re-educate an 8yr old child who believes Hitler had nothing to do with Poznan
Seriously? Are you trying to resurrect that old rumor based solely on the testimony of one old man who was an alleged witness to that event but never confirmed by neither any other eyewitness testimony nor any kind of official documentation though many historians tried. According to him, Hitler’s’ secret visited to the castle in 1939 lasted only couple of hours but do you seriously think that a megalomaniac like Hitler would be able to resist himself and keep it a secret? The kid and his father are right; Hitler had nothing to do with Poznan and if I were you I would leave Hitler and Elvis sightings where they belong, the science fiction section.
It is said the grandfather was an SS officer. Maybe family traditions. I hear he beat the cr*p out of an elderly guy that asked for money on a tram near Olszynka in Poznan on Friday.
More rumors I see; “It is said”, “I hear” etc. Just another fishing expedition on your part.