# Samoa leader apologises over Nazi salute in resurfaced 2007 video

https://mins.news/en/item/87367

- BBC News, 2026-10-06 02:36 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c862ylle91k7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Samoa’s Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt has apologised after a 2007 video showed him leading about a dozen people in a Nazi salute while saying “Heil Hitler” at a family gathering. He said the words and gesture were inappropriate and could cause offence and hurt, while rejecting Nazism, antisemitism, racism and political extremism.

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