Posted on 05/02/2022 2:49:55 AM PDT by RandFan
Israel's foreign minister has denounced as "unforgivable" remarks by his Russian counterpart that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler "had Jewish blood".
Russian FM Sergei Lavrov made the comments to try to justify Russia's portrayal of Ukraine as "Nazi" despite the fact that its president is Jewish.
Israel's foreign ministry summoned Russia's ambassador for "clarification" and demanded an apology.
Nazi Germany murdered six million Jews in the Holocaust in World War Two.
Mr Lavrov made the remarks in an interview with the Italian news channel Zona Bianca on Sunday, days after Israel marked Holocaust Remembrance Day, one of the most solemn occasions in the Israeli calendar.
When asked how Russia can claim that it is fighting to "de-Nazify" Ukraine when President Volodymyr Zelensky is himself Jewish, Mr Lavrov said: "So what if Zelensky is Jewish."
"The fact does not negate the Nazi elements in Ukraine. I believe that Hitler also had Jewish blood," adding that "some of the worst anti-Semites are Jews."
Israel's foreign minister reacted furiously to Mr Lavrov's statement, accusing him of anti-Semitism.
Mr Lavrov was also condemned by the head of Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial.
"Most of his remarks are absurd, delusional, dangerous and deserving of any condemnation," he tweeted. "Lavrov deals with the reversal of the Holocaust: turning the victims into criminals, based on the promotion of a completely unfounded claim that Hitler was of Jewish descent."
There have for decades been unproven claims that Hitler's unidentified paternal grandfather was Jewish, fuelled by an assertion by Hitler's lawyer Hans Frank.
In his memoir, published in 1953, Frank said he had been instructed by Hitler to investigate rumours that he had Jewish ancestry. Frank said he uncovered evidence that Hitler's grandfather was indeed Jewish - though the claim, which has gained ground among conspiracy theorists....
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
No. The Nazis today are actually RUSSIAN! The RNU [Russian National Unity] was founded in October 1990. During the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, Barkashov led RNU fighters in their defense of the Russian White House against Boris Yeltsin‘s forces. Barkashov was imprisoned on charges of organizing and inciting mass disorder and illegally bearing arms. Of course, in early 1994, the newly elected Duma granted amnesty to Barkashov!
In 1999, RNU was estimated to have 100,000 active members all over Russia. Members wear black and camouflage uniforms; the group adopted a red and white modified swastika emblem.
Very interestingly, when the 2014 war in Donbas started, many of RNU members joined pro-Russian forces in Ukraine.
During telephone conversation, Barkashov told a local Donetsk activist Boitsov Barkashov that he could CAll-OFF the referendum on independence of the territory. Barkashov said that it is not necessary to perform referendum the legit way saying that, “in the end no one would care about it. All that Boitsov has to do is to write whatever he finds suitable. If he wants, he can say that 99% of people voted for joining Russia.”
More "unpardonable" confirmation: Study Suggests Adolf Hitler Had Jewish and African Ancestors
you almost cannot say it out loud in some circles (obviously, per the article). but the speculation has been there, with some details.
also wasn’t there his bicycling partner also?
Another “rumor” was that Hitler’s biological father was not Alois Hitler (nee Schicklgruber) but his mother’s Jewish employer. Who can know? Schoolyard insults seem to be the thing to be upset about these days.
The Russian military has active Nazi groups up and down its ranks:
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/8680385/rusich-neo-nazi-mercenaries-collect-ears/
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russian-warlord-who-led-neo-26402909
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2017/01/20/enemy-of-the-state-or-its-founding-element
https://khpg.org/en/1608809502
The Belgian researchers who collected and studied the Hitler family DNA samples might know something about it See Here , as well as the Russians who still have some of Hitler's actual remains.
“Heritage makes no difference when it comes to an anti-Semite. A person who hates Jews is still a person who hates Jews regardless of their heritage.”
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A very good point. The “self-hating Jew” is as old as the Jewish people. Marx, Soros, Chomsky are just a few examples.
That has been out there for a long time, who knows it might have a grain of truth to it.
It doesn’t matter a wit. Hitler was warped as hell.
But the apoplectic pearl clutching is ridiculous.
As others have noted, there is another agenda to be served.
History is history and facts are facts. I do not know if this particular story is true or not. But instead of refuting it they choose to scream ad hominems.
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