Arnold Schwarzenegger Who Missed Father’s Funeral, Finally Silences Talks on Their Estranged Relationship: “People Assume I Hate Him”

On 30 July 1947, Arnold Schwarzenegger was born to parents Gustav and Aurelia Schwarzenegger. Apart from being very poor, Arnold also didn’t have a good relationship with his father. Gustav was the police chief of his town and also fought in World War 2. However, Arnold never shies away from talking about his past or his father’s affiliation with the Germans. The former governor also ordered an investigation into his father’s past in the 90s.

Many people now assume that Arnold harbors resentment towards his father because of how he treated the seven-time Mr. Olympia. In a recent newsletter, Arnold finally silenced such assumptions.

Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn’t hate his father

The former bodybuilder talked about visiting Auschwitz. While talking about dealing with his family’s past, Arnold said it was necessary to let go of certain things. Arnold wrote, “You know what I never let go of? My love for my parents. On social media, when I share stories about my father, people assume I hate him. Absolutely not.” Arnie also wrote, “I hate the regime he was part of. I hate everything it represents.”

However, the Hollywood superstar also revealed, “I hate the hatred. But I love my father. I can separate him from the hate.” Even though Arnold never had a great relationship with Gustav, he harbors no ill will towards him. “My father created this will inside me that led me to be who I am today, how could I hate him?” wrote Arnold.

Arnie concluded the note about dealing with hatred by citing the necessity of education. Arnold said it was easy to avoid glorifying Hitler’s army because “I started to learn about them from an early age.”

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Growing up in a poor family, Arnold always dreamed of doing great things. He immigrated to America in 1968 to chase his dream. Within the next decade, the Austrian Oak had a successful brick-laying business, won the Mr. Olympia title six times in a row, and won a Golden Globe award.

A mentor who educated him

The former governor also revealed who educated him about Hitler’s regime. Arnold wrote, “I had a mentor, Fredi Gerstl, who told me all about the evil of the Nazis.” Gerstl had Jewish ancestry but converted to Catholicism when the Nazis took power. Later during the war, Fredi helped lead a resistance movement against the Germans near Arnold’s hometown.

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While many people on the internet assume Arnold hates everything about his past, that’s not the case. The seven-time Mr. Olympia faced hardships as a child but also credits his father for creating indomitable willpower inside him.