Old school journo. #resistancegenealogy creator. Lover of receipts and baked goods. Co-founder Holocaust Reunion Project.
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Jan 17, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Well, well, well.
If it isn't George Santos' mother's USCIS file, clearly stating that her parents were born in Brazil in 1918 and 1927, respectively. Belgium? Ukraine? Holocaust survivors? Yeah, no.
Still waiting on that apology, George. h/t @alccalz #resistancegenealogy
"My grandfather [fled] Ukraine in the 1920s to Belgium. Then [fled] Belgium to Brazil in 1940. It's a story of survival. Of tenacity. Of grit."
As a professional Jewish genealogist specializing in the Holocaust, I cannot reiterate how disgusting this is.
Dec 29, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I literally have the index listing for his mother's birth in Brazil in 1962.
I'm somehow madder than I was before. This is bullshit. They don't have a Jewish background. nypost.com/2022/12/26/rep…
“I never claimed to be Jewish,” Santos said. “I am Catholic. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was `Jew-ish.'”
And before it was the grandfather supposedly coming from Ukraine to Belgium who was Jewish but now it's the grandmother who never left Brazil? This guy is a piece of work. And I'd like him to apologize to my mother, his constituent. Who really did lose family in the Holocaust.