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Jewish Transman Says He’s Hitler Reincarnated
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By Xolile Mtembu
The internet is a hot spot for all things bizarre, from comedy skits to satire and even people who romanticise fascism.
TikTok, the fastest- growing social media platform, is home to some of these. Anyone with a smart- phone can upload almost anything on it.
Felix Cipher, who is Jewish and transgen- der, says he is the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler.
In a video that has gone viral, Cipher explains the nose ring that TikTok users say looks like Hitler’s moustache.
‘’It’s time to address the nose ring drama... People are essentially calling me every name under the sun because I had the Reichsadler (German Imperial Eagle) on my jacket.
‘’So, I need to tell you guys a little some- thing about me. And you can call me crazy
or whatever you like, any name under the sunbutIamveryin tune with my past lives. My last just happened to be a very infamous one,’’ Cipher said.
The Nazi leader, Hitler, killed himself in his Berlin bunker on April 30, 1945. He reportedly took a cyanide pill then shot himself.
Cipher says the sui- cide is one of his first memories.
’It came to me when I
was five years-old, in my nightmares. You can see right where I shot myself. That and so many other things connected me to my past.’’
TikTok removed the video but by then, hundreds of thou- sands of people, including Holocaust survivors, had seen it.
Gidon Lev, a Holocaust survivor who teaches his TikTok followers about anti-Semitism, trauma and his time in the Theresienstadt
concentration camp, responded to the video.
He stitched Cipher’s video and shook his head silently. The caption of the clip read: ‘’Your cosplay is not cute. Grow up.’’
In a now-infamous comment, Cipher said, ‘’Haha, it’s me! Sorry my men had you in a camp, ol’ pal, but I am back for a reason.’’
After the controversy, the supposed Hilter incarnate disap- peared from the inter- net and many specu- lated about his whereabouts. However, he recently popped up again on Tik Tok, with a new video.
In the clip, Cipher says he has been having mental health issues and was forced to step back from the app. Although he apolo- gizes to Lev, he still believes he is Hitler reincarnated.
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