Former MK Rachel Azaria shared with his followers on social media that her great-grandmother, Frieda Friedman, received a handwritten letter from Adolf Hitler in response to a letter she had sent German President Paul von Hindenburg, who had appointed the Nazi leader as the head of the government in 1933.
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Azaria's post was in commemoration of her great-grandmother on Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, which was observed Wednesday night and Thursday. Azaria said that her grandmother that upon his rise to power, she wrote the German president about the new attitude toward Jews despite their contribution to the country.
She went on to explain that her fiance was killed in World War I, as were two of her brothers, while fighting for Germany. Her only surviving brother was blinded due to his injuries. All three brothers received medals for their sacrifice, she said, "but now there are open calls to take violent action against Jews. Is the incitement against Jews a sign of courage or cowardness, considering that Jews comprise just 1% of Germans."
The president said he took her complaints seriously and gave it to Hitler for comment. The newly appointed German chancellor wrote back, in handwriting, that she was making baseless accusations and that there were no calls for violence against Jews. The handwritten letter was later seized by the British as it is considered the first time Hitler publicly showed his handwriting as chancellor. It is now at an archive in Koblenz.
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