In a 1936 document from the Nazi Security Service, the regime explored the possibility that their Spanish ally, Franco, might be Jewish. This reflects their obsession with race and how it complicated their relationships with international partners. At a time when Hitler's regime was actively persecuting Jews, it paradoxically aligned with Franco, chosen as their ally following his uprising against the Spanish republic. The inquiry underscores the contradictions in Nazi ideology as they navigated political alliances with figures they deemed racially suspect.
The Nazi regime's obsession with racial origins extended even to Francisco Franco, leading to a 1936 inquiry into whether their ally had Jewish roots.
A sealed document from the SS's Security Service revealed that the Nazis were concerned about Franco's ethnicity, reflecting the regime's contradictory antisemitism.
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