# Samoa’s prime minister apologizes over Nazi gesture and ‘Heil Hitler’ video from 2007

https://mins.news/en/item/86246

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-05 10:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://bit.ly/4ATPMqI

> A 2007 video prompted an apology from Samoa’s Prime Minister Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt after it depicted him uttering “Heil Hitler” and using a Nazi gesture.

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