Giro: A True Companion

Giro was a terrier (not an Alsatian, as often reported) who belonged to Dr Leopold von Hoesch, the German ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1932 1936, and died in 1934 when he was electrocuted while chewing on a live electrical cable. He is mistakenly called "The Nazi Dog," owing to the misconception that his master was pro-Nazi. In fact, von Hoesch was adamantly opposed to the Nazis, but because the Nazis were in power at the time of his death, his coffin was draped in the Nazi flag at the time of his state funeral. Read more about Giro and von Hoesch here (I think this is an accurate article, but for the breed of the dog): blackcablondon.net/2012/06/13/the-sad-tale-of-giro-dr-leopold