The Jew who became Nazi in Hitler Youth

Mel Brooks, "Springtime for Hitler" from The Producers; Jewish Unpacked; Shauna Schwartz, Sheldon S., Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

How sweet. I'll take him. - He's Jewish by blood. - It doesn't matter. I must have him.

I resent the implication that you would think for a minute that I am a Nazi like Mr. Hitler.

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Who was the Jew who became a Nazi?

He's a good boy. Bring him with us to Argentina.

(Unpacked) Dec. 27, 2023: Jewish Shlomo Perel (Solomon Perel) was a Jewish teenager in Germany during the rise of Hitler and Nazism.

After escaping to the Soviet Union and destroying his identification papers, Shlomo transformed himself into “Nazi Joe,” the dedicated Hitler Youth Josef “Jupp” Perjell.

It wasn’t until the war’s end and his immigration to British Mandate Palestine that Josef would begin the lifelong journey of returning to his Jewish identity as Shlomo.

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• 00:00 Intro
• 00:27 Shlomo Perel's childhood
• 00:46 The rise of Hitler and Nazism
• 01:12 The start of WWII
• 01:32 The state of Polish Jewry
• 01:52 The trek to eastern Poland under Soviet control
• 02:57 Life in a Bialystok orphanage
• 03:08 German invasion of Bialystok
• 03:40 Lies about Jewish identity
• 04:21 Becoming a Nazi
• 05:04 Shlomo Perel or Josef Perjell?
• 05:27 Fellow Nazi discovers his ruse
• 06:07 Adoption by Nazi commander
• 06:55 The Hitler Youth school

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  If I say I admire Hitler, people misunderstand.

  07:17 Real Nazi pride
• 07:56 Girlfriend's mother discovers his ruse
• 08:31 Travel to Lodz ghetto
• 09:10 Fighting on the front
• 09:42 Return to his Jewish identity
• 11:01 Immigration to the British Mandate of Palestine
• 11:11 Fighting in the 1948 War of Independence and reuniting with brothers
• 11:25 Writing his life story

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  Some punks hate Nazis (DKs)

  11:32 Admitting truth to former Hitler Youth friends
• 11:44 Education and acceptance from former Nazis
• 12:18 Opposing identities
• 13:03 Survival at the expense of identity

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