That's a reoccurring myth that has been genealogically debunked. The more current myth of Hitler having 'Jewish DNA' is a remake of an earlier propaganda that Hitler's grandfather was 'Jewish' or 'half-Jewish'. This lie originally circulated as "black propaganda" by communist opposition before the NSDAP came to power, then it was circulated again by Allied propagandists during the war, and repeated by Hitler's lawyer after the war in an attempt to avoid execution as a war criminal. The myth persisted until the 1970s when author and respected historian Werner Maser did a full reconstruction of Hitler's family genealogy from county church records, going back 200 years. His conclusion: Hitler's grandfather was not even a little Jewish. Werner Masers' seminal work is called -- "Hitler,: Legend, Myth, & Reality".
So true. Thank you for sharing this. I also found this book to be quite enlightening by Alfred Konder, a professional genealogist--which also gives his full pedigree, refuting this falsehood: https://archive.org/details/KonderAdolfHitlersFamilyTree
The myth that Hitler was a Jew originated with Austrian communists seeking to smear him. It was a common insult to hear at the time that "Hitler was the misbegotten son of an Austrian Jew," as alleged by the communists.
This was the only instance in history of a government imprisoning an international banker, and holding him for ransom for his crimes against their country.
They also started the myth that he was funded by bankers. Hitler won a libel suit against this lie even before he got elected, when the whole court system would have been entirely against him.
That's a reoccurring myth that has been genealogically debunked. The more current myth of Hitler having 'Jewish DNA' is a remake of an earlier propaganda that Hitler's grandfather was 'Jewish' or 'half-Jewish'. This lie originally circulated as "black propaganda" by communist opposition before the NSDAP came to power, then it was circulated again by Allied propagandists during the war, and repeated by Hitler's lawyer after the war in an attempt to avoid execution as a war criminal. The myth persisted until the 1970s when author and respected historian Werner Maser did a full reconstruction of Hitler's family genealogy from county church records, going back 200 years. His conclusion: Hitler's grandfather was not even a little Jewish. Werner Masers' seminal work is called -- "Hitler,: Legend, Myth, & Reality".
So true. Thank you for sharing this. I also found this book to be quite enlightening by Alfred Konder, a professional genealogist--which also gives his full pedigree, refuting this falsehood: https://archive.org/details/KonderAdolfHitlersFamilyTree
The myth that Hitler was a Jew originated with Austrian communists seeking to smear him. It was a common insult to hear at the time that "Hitler was the misbegotten son of an Austrian Jew," as alleged by the communists.
Also, it seems a bit strange that Hitler would have done this to one of his supposed cousins: https://www.jta.org/1955/01/17/archive/baron-louis-de-rothschild-dead-paid-21000000-ransom-to-nazis
This was the only instance in history of a government imprisoning an international banker, and holding him for ransom for his crimes against their country.
Some more interesting little factoids:
They also started the myth that he was funded by bankers. Hitler won a libel suit against this lie even before he got elected, when the whole court system would have been entirely against him.