Debunking the Khazarian-Yiddish Myth: Exposing a National Socialist’s Hypocrisy and Propagation of a Debunked Narrative

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Author: @greywarden100
Date and Time: 02:49 AM EDT, Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Introduction
Kraut Daddy (@14Svyatoslav), a self-identified National Socialist on X, has been propagating a thoroughly debunked myth: the Khazarian Hypothesis. He claims that "elite" Jews granted Honorary Aryan status in the SS were distinct from the "bad" Jews, whom he labels as Khazars—allegedly Yiddish-speaking and "s@tantic freaks." This narrative stems from Arthur Koestler’s The Thirteenth Tribe (1976), a myth debunked by geneticists like Harry Ostrer and historical scholars. Kraut Daddy’s reliance on Koestler’s work is particularly hypocritical, as he treats it as an inspired truth while claiming his National Socialist ideology is the polar opposite of communism—yet Koestler was a Marxist Jew. As @greywarden100, I’ll refute these claims and expose this hypocrisy with facts.

The Khazarian Hypothesis: A Debunked Myth
Kraut Daddy propagates the Khazarian Hypothesis, a myth from Arthur Koestler’s The Thirteenth Tribe (1976), which claims Ashkenazi Jews are descendants of the Khazars, a Turkic people who converted to Judaism in the 8th–9th centuries. This narrative has been thoroughly debunked:

• Genetic Evidence: Harry Ostrer’s 20-year study on Jewish DNA, published in Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People (2012), shows that Ashkenazi Jews share significant Levantine ancestry with other Jewish groups (Sephardic, Mizrahi), tracing back to the Middle East. Studies like Behar et al. (2010) confirm minimal Turkic ancestry, refuting the Khazarian myth.
• Historical Evidence: Ashkenazi Jews emerged in the Rhineland by the 10th century, centuries after the Khazar Khaganate’s decline. There’s no evidence of a mass Khazar migration into Europe to form the Ashkenazi population, as noted in historical analyses of Jewish diaspora patterns.
• Kraut Daddy’s Propagation: Kraut Daddy propagates this myth to label Ashkenazi Jews as "bad" Khazars, contrasting them with the "elite" Honorary Aryans, but the narrative is baseless and unsupported by evidence.

Honorary Aryans in the SS: No Khazarian Distinction
Kraut Daddy claims the National Socialists granted Honorary Aryan status to "elite" Jews in the SS because they were different from the "bad" Khazars. This is false:

• Honorary Aryan Status: The National Socialists granted this status for pragmatic reasons, not because of a Khazarian distinction. Examples include:
  • Emil Maurice, a second-degree Mischling, declared an Honorary Aryan in 1935 due to his loyalty to Hitler, as documented in historical records of SS membership.
  • Erhard Milch, a first-degree Mischling, reclassified as Aryan for his role in the Luftwaffe, according to Luftwaffe personnel files.
  • Helmuth Wilberg, a first-degree Mischling, valued for his contributions to Luftwaffe doctrine, as noted in military histories.
• National Socialist Racial Ideology: The Nuremberg Laws (1935), a primary source of National Socialist racial policy, classified Jews based on ancestry, not on any Khazarian distinction. The National Socialists viewed all Jews as a singular "racial" enemy. The Khazarian Hypothesis, propagated by Koestler in 1976, was unknown to them during their era (1933–1945).

Yiddish and the Khazars: A Linguistic Falsehood
Kraut Daddy claims Yiddish was spoken by the Khazars, marking them as the "bad" Jews. This is baseless:

• Yiddish Origins: Yiddish is a High German-derived language with Hebrew, Aramaic, and Slavic influences, developed by Ashkenazi Jews in the Rhineland starting around the 10th century, as documented in linguistic studies of Jewish languages.
• Khazarian Language: The Khazars spoke a Turkic language, likely Old Turkic, as evidenced by inscriptions like the Kiev Letter, a 10th-century artifact discovered in Ukraine. Yiddish emerged centuries after the Khazar Khaganate’s decline and in a different region.
• No Connection: The Khazars did not speak Yiddish, and Yiddish does not mark a "bad" type of Jew.

The “Not All Jews Are Bad” Claim: A Modern Revision
Kraut Daddy claims he doesn’t believe all Jews are bad, only the Khazars. This is a modern reinterpretation, not rooted in National Socialist ideology:

• National Socialist Beliefs: National Socialists viewed all Jews as a monolithic enemy, often conflating them with other threats (e.g., "Judeo-Bolshevism"), as seen in National Socialist propaganda materials from the 1930s.
• Source of the Claim: Kraut Daddy’s selective anti-Judaism stems from his propagation of the Khazarian myth, which he uses to scapegoat Ashkenazi Jews.

Ideological Hypocrisy: Treating a Marxist Jew’s Debunked Work as Inspired Truth
Kraut Daddy’s propagation of the Khazarian Hypothesis reveals a glaring hypocrisy. He treats Arthur Koestler’s The Thirteenth Tribe as an inspired truth, despite Koestler being a Marxist Jew—two identities National Socialists historically vilified. Koestler, a Hungarian Jew, was deeply engaged with Marxist ideology, having joined the Communist Party in the 1930s, and his Marxist worldview influenced his early writings, as documented in biographical accounts of his life. Kraut Daddy claims his National Socialist ideology is the polar opposite of communism, often railing against Marxist ideas as part of his worldview. Yet, he cherry-picks Koestler’s debunked myth to support his anti-Judaism, ignoring the author’s identity as a Marxist Jew. This contradiction undermines his ideological consistency: how can he denounce communism while treating a Marxist Jew’s work as a foundational truth for his narrative?

Conclusion
Kraut Daddy’s narrative is a mix of historical revisionism, linguistic falsehoods, and anti-Jewish myth-making. The National Socialists did not distinguish between "elite" and "Khazarian" Jews when granting Honorary Aryan status; the Khazarian Hypothesis is a debunked myth, as proven by geneticists like Harry Ostrer; the Khazars did not speak Yiddish; and Kraut Daddy’s selective anti-Judaism is a modern fabrication, not a National Socialist belief. His hypocrisy in using a Marxist Jew’s debunked work as an inspired truth while claiming to oppose communism further discredits his claims. As @greywarden100, I urge readers to reject these myths and confront anti-Judaism with facts.

References

• Ostrer, Harry. Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People. 2012.
• Behar, Doron M., et al. "The Genome-wide Structure of the Jewish People." Nature, 2010.
• Koestler, Arthur. The Thirteenth Tribe. 1976.
• Nuremberg Laws, First Supplementary Decree to the Reich Citizenship Law, November 14, 1935.
• The Kiev Letter, 10th-century artifact, discovered in Ukraine.
• Historical records of SS membership and Luftwaffe personnel files.
• Linguistic studies on the origins of Yiddish and Jewish diaspora patterns.
• National Socialist propaganda materials, 1930s.
• Biographical accounts of Arthur Koestler’s life and Marxist engagement.