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{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image           = Adorufu ni tsugu 01 fc.jpg
| caption         = Cover to the first volume in the "Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works" edition
| ja_kanji        = アドルフに告ぐ
| ja_romaji       = Adorufu ni Tsugu
| genre           = [[Political thriller]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Message to Adolf, Part 1 By OSAMU TEZUKA|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/548728/message-to-adolf-part-1-by-osamu-tezuka/9781945054068/|publisher=[[Penguin Random House]]|access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref>
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Osamu Tezuka]]
| publisher       = [[Bungeishunjū]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher|NA={{ubl|[[Vertical, Inc.]]|[[Viz Media]] (former)}}}}
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]}}
| magazine        = [[Shukan Bunshun]]
| first           = January 6, 1983
| last            = May 30, 1985
| volumes         = 5
| volume_list     = 
}}
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{{Nihongo|'''''Message to Adolf'''''|アドルフに告ぐ|Adorufu ni Tsugu|lead=yes}}, known in earlier English translations as '''''Adolf''''', is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Osamu Tezuka]]. Set before, during, and after [[World War II]], the story is centered on three men who share the name Adolf. Adolf Kamil is an [[Ashkenazi Jew]] living in [[Japan]]. His best friend Adolf Kaufmann is of both Japanese and German descent. The third Adolf is [[Adolf Hitler]], the dictator of [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]. The manga also features Sohei Toge, a Japanese reporter, and his quest for documents that could turn the tide of the war. The work explores the themes of nationality, ethnicity, racism, and war, and includes elements of [[coming of age]], [[spy fiction]], and historical drama.

''Message to Adolf'' is considered the last completed serialized work of Tezuka's career.<ref>{{cite web|title=Message to Adolf (Manga) - Tezuka in English|date = 29 January 2015|url=http://tezukainenglish.com/wp/?page_id=3371|access-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref> [[Viz Media]] published the manga as ''Adolf'' in English in the 1990s. [[Vertical, Inc.]] re-licensed the series and published a new translation in 2012.<ref>"[http://www.vertical-inc.com/books/adolf.html Message to Adolf]". [[Vertical, Inc.]] Retrieved on February 3, 2013.</ref>