'Ideal Aryan Baby' on Cover of Nazi Magazine Revealed to Be Jewish

Photo Credit: USC SHOAH FOUNDATIONA baby in a photo that was chosen by a Nazi magazine as the image of an ideal Aryan baby has been revealed to be Jewish.

Hessy Taft was six months old and living in Berlin in 1935 with her parents, Jacob and Pauline Levinsons, both singers.

At the time, Pauline Levinsons took Hessy to a popular photographer to have her portrait taken, The Telegraph reports.

Months later, Taft’s photo appeared on the cover of Sonne ins Hause, a popular Nazi family magazine.

Fearing that the family’s religion would be exposed, Pauline Levinsons demanded an explanation from photographer Hans Ballin, who said he knew the family was Jewish and submitted the photo in a contest.

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