Alia Bhatt’s great-grandfather Karl Hoezler ran an underground newspaper against Adolf Hitler. She is married to Ranbir Kapoor and shares a daughter Raha with him.
The actress’s great grandfather Karl Hoelzer used to run an underground newspaper against Adolf Hitler before World War II. In an interview with The Lallantop last year, she talked about the same as she shared, “My maternal grandmother is from Germany. Obviously, we know the situation about what was happening in Germany then. Her father, my great-grandfather, was running an underground newspaper against Hitler.”
In an interview with the Indian Express, Alia’s mother Soni Razdan said, “My mother’s side of the family is from Germany. They lived in East Berlin, just before Hitler came to power. My grandfather, Karl Hoelzer, ran an underground newspaper against Hitler. He was not Jewish but he was against fascism. He was imprisoned and put into a concentration camp. The only reason he was not killed was because he had a very good lawyer. Finally, he was released but was asked to leave Germany. By then, World War II had started and he moved to England with his family.” Soni was born in England to a German mother Gertrude Hoelzer and a Kashmiri Pandit father N Razdan.
Meanwhile, on the work front, Alia Bhatt will be seen next in Alpha. Alpha is the next installment in YRF Spy Universe after Ek Tha Tiger, Tiger Zinda Hai, War, Pathaan, Tiger 3, and War 2. Slated to release on December 25 this year on the occasion of Christmas, the film also stars Sharvari Wagh, Anil Kapoor, and Bobby Deol in the leading roles.
