Adolf Hitler

Did Adolf Hitler have Jewish roots? Sergei Lavrov's claims about Nazi leader debunked - and Israel's reaction. Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has ...

Wise Jewish people say that the most ardent anti-Semites are usually Jews." "I could be wrong, but Hitler also had Jewish blood. “Hitler was not of Jewish origin and the Jews did not murder themselves in the Holocaust. The lowest form of racism against Jews is blaming the Jews themselves for antisemitism.” Israel has asked to meet with their Russian ambassador for “clarification” around the comment and has asked Russia to apologise. In an interview with the Italian media, Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that Hitler had “Jewish blood”. The comments were made as Lavrov defended Russia for invading Ukraine to “denazify” the country, even though Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Jewish.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the startling suggestion that Nazi Germany leader Adolf Hitler had Jewish roots -- prompting Israel's prime ...

“The Jews did not murder themselves in the Holocaust,” Lapid said. “As I’ve already said, no war today is the Holocaust nor is it like the Holocaust,” he continued. “The basest level of racism against Jews is to blame the Jews themselves for anti-Semitism.”

Israel lambasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday for claiming that Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, saying it was an "unforgivable" ...

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Israeli leaders on Monday demanded an apology and denounced Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for saying Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood” ...

Financial support from readers like you allows me to travel to witness both war (I just returned from reporting in Ukraine) and the signing of historic agreements. The Ukrainian president later said the meeting with Pelosi included discussions of defense supplies to Ukraine, financial support and sanctions against Russia. “Hitler did not have ‘Jewish Blood’ and repeating this abhorrent falsehood puts blame for the worst antisemitic crime in history on Jews,” he said in a statement. Moscow has also recently publicly criticized Jerusalem, over its decision to supply defensive gear to Kyiv and a suggestion by Israel’s ambassador to Ukraine that streets be renamed in the Ukrainian capital for those who saved Jews during the Holocaust. Added Lapid: “We are making every effort to maintain good relations with Russia, but there is a line, and this time the line has been crossed. “This is an unforgivable and scandalous comment, a terrible historical error and we expect an apology,” Lapid said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recent statement about Adolf Hitler has ruffled the feathers of a large number of people, and irked Israel.

According to Encyclopedia Britannica, a Swedish legislator nominated Hitler for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939. The BBC report further said that Frank had been instructed by Hitler himself to find out if he indeed had Jewish roots. According to the BBC, unproven facts have been swirling around for decades that Hitler had Jewish blood.

Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While WION takes utmost care to ...

While WION takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos. The Russian ambassador to Israel has been summoned by Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid for "a tough talk". The Russian ambassador to Israel has been summoned by Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid for a 'tough talk'

Most of the claims about 'Hitler's Jewish blood,' repeated Sunday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, arise from the fact that the identity of his ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov caused outrage Sunday when he declared that “Hitler had Jewish blood.” Speaking on Italian television, he said of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: “So what if Zelenskyy is Jewish? The fact does not negate the Nazi elements in Ukraine. I believe that Hitler also had Jewish blood. The wise Jewish people said that the most ardent antisemites are usually Jews. Every family has its black sheep, as we say.” The answer to that question seems to have been buried with his grandmother

Israel denounced Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today for suggesting that the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, saying his comments were ...

Mr Lapid said that to claim Hitler was of Jewish descent was like saying Jews had killed themselves, adding that accusing Jews of being anti-Semites was "the lowest level of racism". "The Ukrainians aren't Nazis. Only the Nazis were Nazis and only they dealt with the systematic destruction of the Jewish people," said Mr Lapid, whose grandfather died in the Holocaust. Speaking on Kan radio, Mr Dayan said Mr Lavrov was spreading "an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory with no basis in fact".

Justifying Vladimir Putin's call to “denazify” Ukraine, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov argued that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky's Jewish ...

Now, as we renew our campaign and launch this petition in the wake of the unfolding Ukrainian crisis, we are calling on the government to go further and faster to ensure help is delivered. Mr Zelensky has often used his own history to say that Ukraine is not the hate-filled nation that Mr Putin paints it to be. To sign the petition click here. “Our soldiers won't base their actions on a specific date. Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid calling the statement "scandalous and a horrible historical error". “This is just pure Nazi behaviour.

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, President Putin described it as a "special military operation" to remove leaders he claimed were neo-Nazis. Israel has ...

Israel has called Mr Lavrov's remarks "unforgiveable" and summoned Russia's ambassador for an explanation. Russia's foreign minister has been criticised for claiming Adolf Hitler "had Jewish origins" and "some of the worst antisemites are Jews". Israel has called Sergei Lavrov's remarks "unforgiveable" and summoned Russia's ambassador for an explanation.

Israel has reacted with fury after Russia's foreign minister claimed that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler "had Jewish blood". Sergei Lavrov made the comments to try to ...

Frank said he uncovered evidence that Hitler's grandfather was indeed Jewish - though the claim, which has gained ground among conspiracy theorists, has been treated with scepticism by mainstream historians. FM Lavrov could not help hiding the deeply-rooted antisemitism of the Russian elites. "Most of his remarks are absurd, delusional, dangerous and deserving of any condemnation," he tweeted. Over recent months, Israel, which has a large Russian population, has tried at times to act as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine. In a video address, President Zelensky said: "I have no words... Wise Jewish people say that the most ardent anti-Semites are usually Jews."

Israel condemns comments by Sergei Lavrov, who said Hitler 'had Jewish blood' and the 'most rabid antisemites tend to be Jews'

“We demand that he give the order to release all civilians and stop resisting. The network acted as a sounding board for Russian propaganda by letting Lavrov speak undisturbed, denying the crimes he is committing without any cross-examination”. Yair Lapid, Israel’s foreign minister, said Israel made “every effort” to have good relations with Russia “but there is a limit and this limit has been crossed this time. “Or perhaps they have never learned those lessons.” “There is no family without a monster.” In March, shortly after Russia began its war in Ukraine, Lavrov told US broadcaster ABC News: “I think the Nazis and neo-Nazis manipulate [Zelenskiy].”

"This is an unforgivable and outrageous statement and a terrible historic mistake and we expect an apology," Israel's foreign minister said.

In an interview with an Italian television show on Sunday, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said he believes Adolf Hitler had Jewish roots and suggested Jewish people may be the worst anti-Semites. The country's foreign minister Yair Lapid told the Israeli news site Ynet that the Russian ambassador to Israel, Anatoly Viktorov, would be summoned to discuss the remarks. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett denounced the comments in a statement, saying the use of the Holocaust as a "political tool" must stop immediately.

Berlin: The suggestion by Russia's foreign minister that Adolf Hitler had Jewish blood is just the latest version of a conspiracy theory exploiting a gap in the ...

“Jews did not murder themselves in the Holocaust,” Lapid added. Frank claimed to have discovered that, at the time, she was employed as a cook for a Jewish family by the name of Frankenberger, in the Austrian city of Graz. Frank said Hitler had told him that actually his grandmother and her future husband had let the Jewish man think he was the father in order to get the money out of him. “This must have been towards the end of the 1930s,” wrote Frank, in an extract published by Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine at the time. Sandgruber, who last year published the first biography of Alois Hitler, explained that the rumours first began circulating in the 1920s, as Adolf Hitler began his rise to power. Berlin: The suggestion by Russia’s foreign minister that Adolf Hitler had Jewish blood is just the latest version of a conspiracy theory exploiting a gap in the dictator’s ancestry.