Published 10:34 IST, January 10th 2020
Jaaved Jaaferi apologizes for using 'not so exact' quote by Hitler's police chief Himmler
"I would like to sincerely apologize to all those who got extremely offended by my ‘not so exact’ quote of Heinrich Himmler," Jaaved Jaaferi wrote on Twitter.
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Bollywood actor Jaaved Jaaferi on January 6, took to his Twitter handle to share a quote by German Nazi politician, police ministrator, and military commander — Heinrich Himmler from 1934. He shared this after a massive attack was reported inside Delhi's JNU campus by a mob of masked persons who gared inside campus. Jaaferi minutes after sharing quote received flak and criticism as quote was 'fake'.
Many fans asked, 'Is re a source for this quote attributed to Himmler?', and many corrected and gave a fact-check. One user wrote: "In 1934, Himmler was ALREY a member of a private force kwn as Schutzstaffel. He did t have to create a new one. And such incidents happened in 1934. Completely FAKE!" [sic]
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On Friday, Jaaved issued an apology for above tweet and wrote: "I would like to sincerely apologize to all those who got extremely offended by my ‘t so exact’ quote of Heinrich Himmler. I understand that I have hurt sentiments of those who hold him and his ideology in high esteem and so as retribution, I quote below some of his ‘aunticated’ words of wisdom: best political weapon is weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for ir love; only for ir fear."
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statement furr re: “We came to question: How is it with women and children? I decided to find a clear solution here as well. I did t consider myself justified to exterminate men – in or words, to kill m or have m killed – and allow avengers of our sons and grandsons in form of ir children to grow up. difficult decision h to be taken to make this people disappear from earth”
“It is curse of great to have to walk over corpses”
And an ded quote by his erstwhile fellow nazi Reinhard Haydrich :
“Depriving people of ir national consciousness, treat m as a tribe and t a nation, dilute ir national pride, do t teach ir history, propagate ir langu as inferior, imply y have a cultural void, emphasize ir customs are primitive, and dismiss independence as a barbaric amaly."
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10:34 IST, January 10th 2020