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Gustav Schwarzenegger. Gustav Schwarzenegger (17 August 1907 – 13 December 1972) was an Austrian police chief (Gendarmeriekommandant), postal inspector, member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), and military police officer. He was the father of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Growing Up in The Shadow of A Violent Father
- A Dark Secret Is Revealed
- He Broke Ties with His Father Long Ago
- Coming to America
The Schwarzenegger home was a rigid and unhappy place. Gustav, his father was a police chief and a strict Catholic who enforced extremely strict rules on his family. Gustav wasn’t just demanding – he was abusive. He was an alcoholic, and he was also violent and cruel. He was convinced Schwarzenegger was gay, so he chased him with a beltand beat him...
In 1990, news reports surfaced claiming that Gustav had been a Nazi. Schwarzenegger could have denied the stories and ignored them, but he decided to find out the truth. He spoke to Rabbi Marvin Hier, who was the dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights organization. Schwarzenegger was a longtime supporter of the cente...
When Schwarzenegger found out about his father’s dark past, Gustav had been dead for almost 20 years. Even before his death, Gustav and his son were estranged. Schwarzenegger was so determined to avoid Gustav that when Reinhard died in a car crash in 1971, he didn’t go to his funeral. Schwarzenegger didn’t return to Austria for Gustav’s funeral whe...
The decision to leave Austria was not an easy one. “You know that you have to struggle from the beginning; otherwise you wouldn’t be leaving your country. If you had this wonderful, rosy atmosphere, you would not want to leave.” Despite how hard it was to leave everything behind, he knew from the time he was 10 that America held the promise of a fu...
- Kira Martin
- Contributing Writer
Aug 14, 2003 · Austrian Archives Reveal Nazi Military Role of Actor’s Father. In July 1990, following news reports that his father was a Nazi, movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger approached his friends at the ...
- tracy.wilkinson@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Jun 7, 2023 · Jun 7, 2023 at 3:50 PM ET. Blockbuster actor and former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger is opening up about his childhood with his abusive Nazi father in a new three-part Netflix ...
- Josh Silverstein
Jun 8, 2023 · The physical abuse he and his brother endured seems to have been a common experience, as Arnold said that “everyone was going through the same thing… the kid next door was hit also by his father.” For Arnold, however, this abuse was a major contributor to his leaving for America, which he did in 1968 at just 21 years old.
Jun 27, 2023 · Arnold Schwarzenegger was born on July 30, 1947, in the quaint village of Thal, Styria, situated near the city of Graz in Austria. Nestled amidst serene pastures and rolling hills, Thal offered a peaceful and idyllic setting for Arnold’s early life. His parents, Gustav Schwarzenegger and Aurelia Jadrny, both hailing from solid Austro-Germanic ...
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Jan 10, 2021 · Arnold Schwarzenegger attends a Hollywood gala on January 6, 2018. ... was born in Austria two years after World War II ended and the Nazi regime fell. ... Schwarzenegger's father was a member of ...
