Hessy Levinsons Taft (born Hessy Levinsons; 17 May 1934), [1] a Jewish German, was featured as an infant in Nazi propaganda after her photo won a contest to find "the most beautiful Aryan baby" in 1935. Taft's image was subsequently distributed widely by the Nazi party in a variety of materials, such as magazines and postcards, to promote Aryanism.

2017年6月29日 · After learning about Hessy Levinsons Taft, the not so perfect Aryan baby, read about Julian Bilecki, the teenager who saved dozens of Jews from Nazi death squads. Then, discover the little-known story of John Rabe and the other Nazis who helped defend Chinese civilians from being massacred by the Japanese just prior to World War II.

On August 15, 2015, I excitedly hopped onto a plane to interview and connect with my grandmother’s first cousin, Hessy Levinsons Taft, a dynamic woman with such an extraordinary life story.

In June 2014 Hessy Taft (nee Levinson) visited Yad Vashem with her husband to present a unique gift to the Archives. While recounting a rare story that occurred to her as a baby, Hessy handed an original issue of the Nazi family magazine "Sonne ins Haus" (Sunshine in the House) with her baby picture on the front cover to Yad Vashem's "Gathering ...

2024年10月6日 · Discover 34 fascinating facts about Hessy Levinsons Taft, the Jewish baby once used in Nazi propaganda. Uncover her incredible story and legacy.

2018年11月29日 · One Berlin photographer, disgusted by the Nazi obsession with race, secretly submitted a photo of Hessy Levinsons, the little Jewish girl born to Latvian parents. Her photo was chosen. Hessy Levinsons Taft now works as a professor of chemistry in New York.

2014年7月9日 · Jewish Survivor, Hessy Taft on being the "Aryan poster child." In the mid-1930s, a few years after Adolf Hitler took on the German chancellorship, a Berlin-based photographer took a jab at...

Hessy 一家潜逃到法国南部的“自由地带”（zone libre）。 1941 年，他们获得赴美国的签证，但在签证到期之前无法离开，同时又无法使签证延期。 1942 年，他们设法获得古巴签证并移居该国，1949 年，他们移居美国。 要想获得移民美国的签证非常困难，你需要证明自己能够独立谋生，不会沦落到靠社会福利生活的地步，不会成为国家内任何人的负担，要身体健康等等。 但即使这样，我们还被告知要在九十天内到达美国海岸。 随着时间的推移，父亲发现没有办法在剩余 …

2014年9月8日 · Now a part-time chemistry instructor at St. John’s University in New York City, Taft recently gifted a copy of the infamous magazine to Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Israel.

2014年7月4日 · “完美宝宝”塔夫特 (Hessy Taft)如今已经八十岁，并在美国成为化学教授。 其母亲带着当年半岁大的塔夫特拍照，其后发现女儿的照片被刊登在纳粹家庭杂志《Sonne ins Hause》的封面。