Kyrgyz Ambassador Jokes About Hitler's DNA
Moscow 28 Aug VESTI. Kyrgyzstan's ambassador to Germany, Omurbek Tekebaev, joked about Adolf Hitler, mentioning the 'Aryan genome'.
Consensus
- The Kyrgyz ambassador to Germany, Omurbек Tekebayev, made a humorous comment about Adolf Hitler.
- Tekebayev stated that if Hitler were resurrected and saw DNA analysis results, he would have cried.
- The ambassador claimed that the so-called 'Aryan genome' is found in only 18% of ethnic Germans.
- Tekebayev discussed a theory that the ancestors of the Kyrgyz people originated from a mix of Western Aryan and Eastern Turkic (Altaic) peoples.
- He referred to this ancestral group as 'proto-Kyrgyz'.
- The ambassador emphasized that nationhood is defined by internal identity, not biology.
Points of divergence
- On 22 July, media reported that Adolf Hitler's birthplace in Braunau am Inn, Austria, officially began functioning as a police station, with Austrian authorities aiming to prevent neo-Nazi visits. — vm
- On 9 May, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, stated that the Serbian people rejected fascism in the 20th century and would always say 'no' to any attempts to revive such ideology. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Kyrgyzstan's Ambassador to Germany Joked About Hitler and Recalled the History of the Kyrgyz Nation — Вечерняя Москва
- "He would have cried": Kyrgyzstan's ambassador in Germany joked about Hitler — Вести