I knew about the Gypsy Caravan & accusations of communism, but the born in Russia thing is new to me… the hell? hiphopoverpolitics: Charlie Chaplin a Russian Jew!?…according to US authorities. The mystery surrounding his origins emerged when the US authorities asked MI5 to look into the comic actor’s background after he left America in 1952 under a cloud of suspicion over his communist links. They investigated suggestions he was born in Fontainebleau, near Paris, or nearby Melun, while the Americans claimed his real name was Israel Thornstein and raised the idea he may have been a Russian Jew. However, British intelligence rejected American claims that Chaplin was a high-risk communist, concluding that while he may have been a “sympathiser” he was no more than a “progressive or radical”. MI5 concluded: “It would seem that Chaplin was either not born in this country or that his name at birth was other than those mentioned.” click here to read more

I knew about the Gypsy Caravan & accusations of communism, but the born in Russia thing is new to me… the hell?

hiphopoverpolitics:

Charlie Chaplin a Russian Jew!?…according to US authorities.

The mystery surrounding his origins emerged when the US authorities asked MI5 to look into the comic actor’s background after he left America in 1952 under a cloud of suspicion over his communist links.

They investigated suggestions he was born in Fontainebleau, near Paris, or nearby Melun, while the Americans claimed his real name was Israel Thornstein and raised the idea he may have been a Russian Jew.

However, British intelligence rejected American claims that Chaplin was a high-risk communist, concluding that while he may have been a “sympathiser” he was no more than a “progressive or radical”.

MI5 concluded: “It would seem that Chaplin was either not born in this country or that his name at birth was other than those mentioned.”

click here to read more