Video captures the moments after a man shouted “Heil Hitler! Heil Trump!” during a performance of the national tour of “Fiddler on the Roof” at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre on Wednesday. Audience members scattered to exits and dropped to the floor, fearing a shooting. The man was escorted from the theater by security.
Nov. 15, 2018
The man who shouted “Heil Hitler, heil Trump” at a Baltimore performance of “Fiddler on the Roof” apologized Friday for his outburst, saying he chose the wrong words when he was attempting to compare President Donald Trump to the Nazi leader.
Anthony M. Derlunas II, 58, said the play, which tells the story of a Jewish family facing persecution in tsarist Russia, reminded him of Trump’s immigration policies. His comparison “came out wrong” and was “beyond a mistake” he said during an interview at his home in Joppa.