Nazi ancestry? The chilling family story of Thiago Seyboth Wild, the tennis player who claims to be the grandson of ‘Hitler’s mentor’

The name of Thiago Seyboth Wild (172°) has always been linked to the world of tennis. However, his elimination from Roland Garros at the hands of the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (33rd) takes a back seat because of the legal mess in which he is involved in Brazil, his country of origin. The South American surprised everyone in Paris by dismissing Daniil Medvedev (2nd), but he will now face a trial.

The athlete has a pending case for a complaint of domestic and psychological violence against his ex-spouse. Something that was consulted after being knocked out of the Grand Slam. Of course, he took the situation badly. “I don’t think that’s a topic we should be talking about here. I don’t think that’s a question you should ask anyone. I don’t think it’s up to you if this is the place to talk about it,” he told the reporter.

In the middle of the judicial investigation that was carried out, an element caught the attention and was disclosed by O Globo. Among the conversations the tennis player had with his ex-girlfriend was one in which he claimed to be the great-grandson of “Hitler’s teacher”.

Thayane Lima, Seyboth Wild’s ex-girlfriend, told him: “Your mother doesn’t like gays, blacks or Jews, does she?” That’s when the answer that surprised the world comes. “My mother’s family was Nazi. My great-grandfather was Hitler’s predecessor. It was he who brought Hitler out of Austria and showed him the world,” the tennis player said. In the WhatsApp capture, a photo of who would be the athlete’s ancestor is included, but the low quality of the image does not make it possible to know who it would be.

In the rest of the chat, the 172 in the ATP ranking shows that he is not proud of his family past. “What I’m going to do is history. I thought if I told you tomorrow you would leave, so I preferred to tell you now, because if you wanted to, I would understand,” he said. .

Who is Seyboth Wild’s supposed grandfather? In the newspaper Marca, from Spain, they offer Anton Drexler as an alternative. The title of “Hitler’s mentor” may well apply to the one who was the founder of the Socialist Workers’ Party, which would later become the Nazi Party, and who marked the way in the escalation of the genocide to power in Germany.

The hypothesis of the Hispanic newspaper is not only based on the fact that he was the precursor of the far-right ideals that motivated Adolf Hitler to join this movement, but also theorizes on the fate of his children. Although Drexler died in Munich in 1942, Anton and Annemaría, his two descendants, lived longer and, according to what was stated by Marca, they may have landed in South America. Specifically in Brazil.

After the revelation of the talks, Thiago Seyboth Wild decided to break the silence. “In view of some published articles and messages, I want to clarify that the ongoing processes in Brazil, as well as a criminal proceeding in which I appear as a victim, are under secrecy. This means that I cannot not make statements, comments or expose conversations,” he said in a statement.