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No, Walt did not hate Jews at all. This is a rumor that sprouted from the time that many animators went on strike and made a significant amount of rumors up about Walt to try and secure their new union's deal. Also, during World War 2, the Disney Studios was literally forced by the U.S. military to produce short Propaganda films. One of these was called "Da Fuhrer's Face" which showed Donald Duck working as a Nazi. However, it was portrayed as horrible and that the Nazi's were the "bad guys" in this particular film.

So no. Walt did not hate Jews. In fact, he trusted and opened up to the Sherman Brothers. They were the resident songwriters at the Studio. They were 2nd generation Russian-Jewish immigrants and Robert Sherman even practiced Judaism while working with Walt at the Studio. Many a time Walt would show his emotions to the Shermans, something he never did to his other employees.

Again, Walt had nothing against Jews. It's just a rumor that should be put to rest, as it has no validity whatsoever.

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