Riecker Discounts Previous Claims That Hitler Began Hating the Jews After a Jewish Doctor, Eduard Bloch, Unsuccessfully Treated His Mother Klara Who Was Stricken With Breast Cancer and Died From the Disease in 1907.
<br><p>"Was Hitler Jewish?" is a frequently asked question but it is one that requires clarification to answer correctly. In essence, it encompasses two related sub-questions: "did Hitler have Jewish origins/family members?" and "was Hitler himself Jewish?" </p>
<p>To begin with the second question technically, in order to be Jewish, one must be born of a Jewish mother, or convert to Judaism (of course, the Nazis had their own ideas on what made someone a Jew). Hitler was born to a Catholic mother, and obviously never converted to Judaism. During his lifetime he was more or less a lapsed Catholic, at times dabbling in various German pagan-mystic beliefs. Hitler became a vehement racist and anti-Semite, and promoting a vision of the "Jewish threat," he ultimately sought the extermination of the Jewish population of Europe. </p>
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 paternal grandfather is unknown. The answer to that question seems to have been buried with his grandmother
Most of the claims about ‘Hitler’s Jewish blood arise from the fact that the identity of his paternal grandfather is unknown. The answer to that question seems to have been buried with his grandmother.
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