Millionaire heiress and descendant of the Nazi Zyklon B supplier sails to Gaza in a controversial show of solidarity with Hamas-controlled territory.
A fresh flotilla bound for Gaza has ignited global controversy — not merely for its mission, but for one of its most notorious passengers. Among those on board is Marlena Engelhorn, heiress to a fortune worth tens of millions, and great-granddaughter of the Nazi industrialist who supplied Zyklon B gas to Hitler’s death camps.
Before setting sail, Engelhorn declared to the press, “I am for a free Palestine.” Her words have stirred outrage and disbelief, given her family’s historical legacy of complicity in one of humanity’s darkest genocides. Critics say her participation in the Gaza-bound convoy is not a gesture of peace, but a dangerous endorsement of Hamas’s agenda, cloaked in humanitarian rhetoric.
The flotilla’s voyage comes at a time of heightened tensions, as Israel warns that any such attempts to breach its blockade could aid the terror infrastructure in Gaza. For many, the sight of a descendant of a Nazi war profiteer sailing under the banner of “freedom” for a regime steeped in terror is a chilling twist of historical irony.
