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To: C210N

This article may help discernment:

https://checkyourfact.com/2022/03/18/fact-check-zelenskyy-nazi-hate-symbol-shirt/

FACT CHECK: Did Volodymyr Zelenskyy Wear A Shirt Featuring A Nazi Hate Symbol?
4:43 PM 03/18/2022 Hannah Hudnall | Fact Check Reporter

An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wearing a shirt with a Nazi symbol on it.

Verdict: FALSE

The symbol on Zelenskyy’s shirt is the emblem of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, not a Nazi symbol. A spokesperson for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) confirmed the symbol is not a hate symbol.

Fact Check:

A picture shared on Facebook appears to show Zelenskyy giving a virtual address in which he is wearing a green shirt with a cross symbol on it.

The Iron Cross was originally a German military medal dating back to the 19th century, according to the ADL. When the Nazis came to power in the 1930s, they co-opted the symbol by PLACING A SWASTIKA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CROSS.

The screengrab included in the Facebook post was captured during a Mar. 4 virtual address, in which Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, criticized the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) decision not to close the airspace over Ukraine.

The cross on his shirt is not, however, an Iron Cross. Upon closer inspection, it is clear the symbol on his shirt is the cross-shaped emblem of the Ukrainian military, as seen here on the Ukrainian government’s website.

“I checked with our hate symbols expert and they confirmed that that’s the Ukrainian coat of arms symbol,” said Jake Hyman, an ADL spokesperson, in an email to ‘Check Your Fact.’ “Not a hate symbol or iron cross.”

This is not the first time social media users have tried to link Zelenskyy to a Nazi symbol.


37 posted on 05/08/2023 6:44:15 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God's intervention to stop Putin's invasion)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Isn’t Zelenskyy Jewish? It makes no sense that he would want to have anything to do with Nazis.


41 posted on 05/08/2023 6:54:23 PM PDT by windsorknot
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