In1937,inPraguemenacedbyHitler,aJewishacquaintancetoldmehisrabbiwaspreachinginthesynagoguethatHitlerwas“theJewishMessiah”(apiouselderwhosoughttointerpreteventsintermsofLeviticalprophecy).

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In 1937, in Prague menaced by Hitler, a Jewish acquaintance told me his rabbi was preaching in the synagogue that Hitler was “the Jewish Messiah” (a pious elder who sought to interpret events in terms of Levitical prophecy).