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Hessy Taft

Hessy Taft

Keynote Speaker: Jewish Woman Whose Photo was Used to Depict the ‘Perfect Aryan Baby’ by Nazi Propaganda

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Hessy Taft Biography

A woman whose photograph was chosen by the Nazis to depict the perfect Aryan baby has described how she was selected by Joseph Goebbels himself – despite being Jewish.

Hessy Taft’s visage was replicated across Nazi Germany on cards and posters, and she recently presented a copy a Nazi magazine with it on the cover to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Israel.

Now 80 and working as a chemistry professor in New York, Taft told Germany’s Bild newspaper how a Jewish baby became one of the key propaganda figures for the anti-Semitic regime.

She explained that her mother, Pauline Levinson, took her to famous Berlin photographer Hans Ballin to have her baby picture taken in 1935.

A few months after the studio session, Ms. Levinson was shocked to discover her daughter on the cover of the hugely popular “Sun in the House” family magazine, edited by a friend of Nazi leader Hermann Goering.

Confronting the photographer, Taft’s mother was told that he was fully aware the family was Jewish when he submitted the picture to the party, where it was reportedly selected by propaganda chief Goebbels himself.

“I wanted to make the Nazis ridiculous,” Ballin reportedly said.

Taft was kept hidden away as a baby from then on, with her family fearful that she could be recognized by people on the street. Both once talented singers, the threat of Gustapo arrest forced her parents to flee to Latvia, Paris and then Cuba before finally settling in the US.

Donating the “Sonne ins Haus” copy to Yad Vashem, Taft said: “I feel a little revenge. Something like satisfaction.”

And she told Bild: “I can laugh about it now. But had the Nazis known who I really was, I would not be alive today.”

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Hessy Taft is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Faith & Religion and Jewish Heritage.

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Hessy Taft is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Faith & Religion and Jewish Heritage. The estimated speaking fee range to book Hessy Taft for live events is $10,000 - $20,000. Please contact us for virtual event fees. Hessy Taft generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Ron Wolfson, Vanessa Ochs and Jessica Yellin. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Hessy Taft for an upcoming event.

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