Arnold Schwarzenegger is addressing the recent rise of anti-Semitism.The Austrian-born actor took to his YouTube channel Monday to deliver a passionate speech against hate and anti-Semitism following a recent visit to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where approximately 1.1 million Jews were killed by the German SS during World War II.«When you walk through a place like Auschwitz, you feel a tremendous weight,» Schwarzenegger said. «There are reminders everywhere of the horrors that happened there.»«Let me tell you something,» he continued, after listing the visual remains of the atrocities that took place there. «The weight on your back hits ya heavier than a squat I've ever done, and it never goes away.»The 75-year-old actor and former governor of California then directed his message at those who have «stumbled into the wrong direction.»«If you've heard some conspiracies about Jewish people, or people of any race, or gender, or orientation, and thought, 'That makes sense to me.' I want to talk to you if you found yourself thinking about anyone is inferior and out to get you because of their religion or the color of their skin or their gender,'» Schwarzenegger said.He continued, «I don't know the road that has brought you here, but I've seen enough people throw away their futures for hateful beliefs.
So, I want to speak to you before you find your regrets on the end of the path.»Schwarzenegger referenced his father amongst his group — a member of the Nazi party, who he called «a broken man.»«Besides the guilt and the injuries, they felt like losers.
Not only because they lost the war, but also because fell for a horrible, loser ideology,» he said. «They were lied to and misled into a path that ended in misery...they.
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