There were plenty of Jews amongst the leadership of Nazis, as Hitler was a firm Zionist (because there was a nifty plan to export Jews to a yet to-be-created Israel). The Jewish and Nazi ideologies conveniently agreed upon this idea.

The proper term for Azov battalion types is: Banderites - because they revere a man called Bandera. Yes they are Nazis, in full regalia, but in the past, their fathers and grandfathers were an especially murderous brand of Nazi that even the German Nazis distanced themselves from. And yes, they look like that. INB4: That's Racisss.

And so, when Russians talk about Banderites (who murdered not only Jews and 'gypsies' - really Hungarians or Romanians - but also Russian-speakers), Russians mean THOSE genocidal Nazis from what is now Western Ukraine. But this nuance escapes most Westerners, as they only have the word Nazi, and that archetype is Blonde and Tall, not looking like the meme of a handwringing merchant.

Hence the disconnect, and the 'Kosher-sounding' names, despite Nazi regalia. The ones who escaped from Stalin's purges to USA and Canada also changed their names to sound like Nuland, Freeland, Blinken, oh and Sullivan - there's a nice Gaelic name, or even German-sounding ones like Goldstein, Bernstein etc. And we are familiar with the slightly Arabic sounding names that Polish Banderites converted their names to, when they managed to get to Israel. Did you know that heaps of Israelis can speak Russian?

Shape-shifting before our eyes.

There were plenty of Jews amongst the leadership of Nazis, as Hitler was a firm Zionist (because there was a nifty plan to export Jews to a yet to-be-created Israel). The Jewish and Nazi ideologies conveniently agreed upon this idea.

The proper term for Azov battalion types is: Banderites - because they revere a man called Bandera. Yes they are Nazis, in full regalia, but in the past, their fathers and grandfathers were an especially murderous brand of Nazi that even the German Nazis distanced themselves from. And yes, they look like that. INB4: That's Racisss.

And so, when Russians talk about Banderites (who murdered not only Jews and 'gypsies' - really Hungarians or Romanians - they also murdered Russian-speakers), Russians mean THOSE genocidal Nazis from what is now Western Ukraine. But this nuance escapes most Westerners, as they only have the word Nazi, and that archetype is Blonde and Tall, not looking like the meme of a handwringing merchant.

Hence the disconnect, and the 'Kosher-sounding' names, despite Nazi regalia. The ones who escaped from Stalin's purges to USA and Canada also changed their names to sound like Nuland, Freeland, Blinken or even German-sounding ones like Goldstein, Bernstein etc. And we are familiar with the slightly Arabic sounding names that Polish Banderites converted their names to, when they managed to get to Israel. Did you know that heaps of Israelis can speak Russian?