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You’ve possibly heard of the strange claim that Adolf Hitler, the worst human being that ever walked the earth, had Jewish ancestors himself. This conspiracy theory is as weird as it is false and in this video will tell you everything you need to know about it. It examines how the myth is used today, where its origins are, who spread it and why it’s important that we stick to the historical facts and not allow ourselves to get carried away by speculation.

Sources:
BBC News: Israel outrage at Sergei Lavrov's claim that Hitler was part Jewish, 03.05.2022, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle... (accessed on 07.11.2024).
BBC News: Putin sorry for Lavrov's claim Hitler was part Jewish - Israel PM, 05.05.2024, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle..., (accessed on 07.11.2024).
Der Spiegel: Nr. 24 (1957), 11.06.1957.
Frank, Hans: Im Angesicht des Galgens. Deutung Hitlers und seiner Zeit auf Grund eigener Erlebnisse und Erkenntnisse, Munich 1953.
Online version can be found here: https://archive.org/details/hans-fran...
Habe, Hans: Leben für den Journalismus, Vol. 1. Reportagen und Gespräche, Munich 1976.
Österreichisches Abendblatt, Year 1, Nr. 80, 12.07.1933.
Österreichisches Abendblatt, Year 1, Nr. 86, 19.07.1933.
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Literature:
Jetzinger, Franz: Hitlers Jugend. Phantasien, Lügen und die Wahrheit, Wien 1956.
Hamann, Brigitte: Hitlers Wien. Lehrjahre eines Diktators, 4th Ed., Munich et al. 1996.
Kershaw, Ian: Hitler 1889-1936, Stuttgart 1998.
Sax, Leonard: Aus den Gemeinden von Burgenland. Revisiting the question of Adolf Hitler’s paternal grandfather, in: Journal of European Studies 49 (2019), Nr. 2, pp. 143–162.
Chapter:
0:00 The Meaning of the Conspiracy Theory
2:53 Hitler’s Family Tree
4:57 The Search for a Public Scandal
11:34 The Frankenberger Thesis
18:47 Conclusion
20:20 Outro