Though I thnk this is so irrelevant, I'd rather not report it, you will hear it elsewhere and I get a fair number of Google searches on Arnold's nazi father. So let's get it out there and dispose of it. New information has surfaced that his father was a member of the Nazi brownshirts. Here's what you need to know about Arnold though.
"We know what the SA and the Nazi Party stood for," [Rabbi Marvin Hier] said. "Arnold knows this, and he's not proud of the fact that his father was a member of the Nazi Party and that his father was a member of the SA. This is a matter of deep embarrassment, but Arnold cannot be judged by his father."
Arnold Schwarzenegger has donated nearly $750,000 to the center, raised millions more, and helped the organization fight anti-Semitism. Born two years after World War II ended, he long ago distanced himself from his late father's views and in 1991 he received the Wiesenthal Center's National Leadership Award.
Posted by Justene Adamec at August 24, 2003 01:30 PM | TrackBackNew information? This stuff has been around for years. And it was discussed in various Internet sites the day after Arnold announced.
Posted by: MeteorBlades at August 24, 2003 01:37 PM (Permalink)Let's see. It is important that we know everything possible about Arnold's father's connection with the Nazi Party so we can make an informed judgement but Robt. Byrds KKK affiliation is in the past and not relevant to anything he says today.
Posted by: t6roller at August 24, 2003 03:12 PM (Permalink)Well there IS another nazi member in Arnold's family, but fortunately for Arnold his name is Joseph Kennedy.
Posted by: Sean at August 25, 2003 11:19 AM (Permalink)