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A fact from Leo Skurnik appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 September 2019, and was viewed approximately 5,358 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that when offered the award of the Iron Cross from Nazi Germany, Leo Skurnik, a Jewish major in the Finnish Army, refused, reportedly saying "I wipe my arse with it"?
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Hello all. I recently removed the "I wipe my arse with it!" quote from the article because, after much investigation, I could find no corroborating sources. Only the article published by The Telegraph seems to claim this quote, and it seems dubious that such a highly specific, off-the-cuff remark from so long ago would be preserved like that in its entirety. All attempts to find others sources simply led me the article by The Telegraph. The quote has been reproduced in innumerable places on the internet, but every single instance always loops back either to this article on Wikipedia or the Telegraph article.
