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Who is the "perfect Aryan baby"

"Perfect Aryan" child

The perfect Aryan baby

The newlyweds came to Berlin as students. They are Latvian Jews who want to become famous by singing. 1934, just after Adolf Hitler took control of Germany, the young Jewish woman became pregnant with a child, which was soon called "the perfect Aryan".

The newlyweds came to Berlin when they were students. They are Latvian Jews and want to be famous by singing. 1934, just after Adolf Hitler took control of Germany, the young Jewish woman became pregnant with a child, which was soon called "the perfect Aryan baby".

Photos are everywhere. It first decorated a Nazi magazine, which held a beauty contest to find the "perfect Aryan", and later it was printed on postcards and shop windows.

However, little known is that this "Aryan" girl is actually Jewish.

Photos are all over the street. It first appeared on the cover of a Nazi magazine, which held a "beauty contest" to find the "perfect Aryan baby", and then it was widely circulated in postcards and shops.

However, little known is that this "Aryan" girl is actually Jewish.

The 80-year-old girl, named Haixi levinson Taft, recently presented the cover of a magazine with pictures of her baby to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, and provided her story to the German newspaper Bild. ?

But she found an expanded version of what happened in the oral history of 1990 to the American Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Gelsi levinson Taft, an 80-year-old girl, recently showed the cover of a magazine with a picture of her baby to the Israeli Holocaust Memorial Hall and told her story to the German newspaper Bild. But in 1990, she gave a detailed version of what happened in her oral history to the American Holocaust Museum.

It started at 1928, when her parents came to Berlin. Her father Jacob levinson crooned in a chocolate-smooth baritone. His wife Pauline levinson studied at the famous Riga Conservatory of Music in Latvia.

The story begins at 1928, and her parents come to Berlin. Her father, Jacob levinson, sang in a chocolate baritone. His wife Pauline levinson studied at the famous Riga Conservatory of Music in Latvia.

Jacob's daughter told the Holocaust Museum that Jacob accepted a position in a local opera house and adopted the stage name of Yasha Renson. ?

It was a period of high anti-Semitism in Berlin. When "they found out that his real name was levinson", she said, "They decided to cancel his contract."

Jacob's daughter told the Holocaust Memorial Hall that Jacob had accepted a job at the local opera house under the stage name Asuna Renson. It was a period of high anti-Semitism in Berlin. "They found out that his real name was levinson," she said. "They decided to cancel his contract."

"penniless" and living in a "very, very crowded one-room" apartment, Mr. and Mrs. levinson welcomed the birth of Haixi on May 17 and 1934.

Hessy Levinsons told the museum that when she was 6 months old, "My mother took me to see the photographer. One of the best in Berlin! He did it-he took a very beautiful photo. "

1May, 934 17, levinson, who was "penniless", lived in a "very, very narrow one-bedroom" and ushered in the birth of Hersey. Gelsi levinson told the Holocaust Memorial Hall that when she was six months old, "My mother took me to meet one of the best photographers in Berlin! He did it-he took a very beautiful photo. "

They liked it so much that they framed it. They thought this photo was a private family photo. But not long after, a woman who helped clean the room came with some surprising news.

"You know," the woman said, "I saw Haixi on the cover of a magazine in town."

They liked it so much that they framed it. They think this is a private family photo. But not long after, a woman who helped clean the apartment brought some surprising news.

"You know," said the woman, "I saw Hirsch on the cover of a magazine in town."

My parents were frightened. Why did their Jewish baby appear on the cover of Nazi magazines praising Hitler's achievements?

According to Hessy's description, they contacted the photographer. "What is this?" Daughter said her mother asked. "How did this happen?"

My parents were scared. Why did their Jewish baby appear on the cover of Nazi magazine, praising Hitler's achievements?

According to Hirsch's description, they contacted the photographer. "What is this?" Daughter said her mother asked. "How did this happen?"

The photographer told her that he was asked to "submit my 10 best photos to the Nazi beauty contest. So are nine other outstanding photographers in Germany. So 10 photographers submitted their 10 best pictures. I also sent a photo of your child. "

The photographer told her that he was asked to "submit the best 10 photos to the beauty contest held by the Nazis. So are nine other outstanding photographers in Germany. Therefore, 10 photographers submitted their best 10 photos. I sent a photo of your child. "

"But you know this is a Jewish child!" Exclaimed the mother.

"But you know this is a Jewish child!" Mother exclaimed.

The British Telegraph quoted Taft, a chemistry professor at St John's University in New York, as saying, "I can laugh now." . "But if the Nazis knew my true identity, I wouldn't be alive."

"I can laugh it off now," Taft, a chemistry professor at St. John's University in New York, was quoted by the British Daily Telegraph. . "But if the Nazis knew my true identity, I wouldn't be alive."

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Hershey's overnight fame meant her parents' sudden fear. They are afraid that they will be recognized when they take their daughter out, and then they know that she is Jewish, so they have to let her stay at home every day.

Jews were in dire straits in Germany at that time. After several migrations and escapes, Hirsch and his family finally came to the United States in 1949. However, even if he arrived in the United States safely, his father would not let his family discuss the baby photos. He said, "Jews should keep a low profile."

It was not until 1987 that Hershey wrote his past for a book about the survivors of the Jewish Holocaust that the story was made public. "Someone once asked me if I was angry with the photographer's behavior. The answer is just the opposite. Thank him for exposing Nazi stupidity in this way. From my own point of view, I am very happy to do even a little bit for this. "