Citi has fired one of its personal bankers after she defended Hitler and the Holocaust in a vile anti-Semitic post following the Hamas terror attacks.
CUNY Brooklyn College graduate Nozima Husainova, 25, sparked outrage with the comment she posted on her now-deleted Instagram page and has since lost her job, the bank confirmed Thursday.
In response to a report about the Gaza hospital bombing, which Israel has denied, she wrote: “No wonder why Hitler wanted to get rid of them all,” complete with a smiley face emoji.
A Citi spokesperson branded Husainova’s comments as “abhorrent” and said hate speech would not be tolerated in their bank.
“We have terminated the employment of the individual who made the abhorrent anti-Semitic comment on social media. We condemn anti-Semitism and all hate speech and will not tolerate it in our bank,” a spokesperson told DailyMail.com.
Citi personal banker Nozima Husainova has now deleted her Linked in profile
Husainova’s comment on Instagram sympathizing with Hitler led to calls for her job
Customers accused the bank of tolerating “rampant anti-Semitism” among its staff and warned it was facing a boycott.
“Hey Citi, does your commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion include the Nazis?” wrote Daniel S Levy on X, formerly Twitter.
“What does it say about Citi,” Marian Kruss asked.
“This is NOT inclusivity and your organization should fire her.”
“Where can I send a complaint about one of your associates, Nozima Husainova, praising Hitler’s extermination of the Jews?” asked Lenny Luchese.
‘Or does Citi condone her words? Despicable and despicable.”
“We are investigating this matter and will take appropriate disciplinary action. We strongly condemn anti-Semitism and other hate speech,” the bank said in a tweet.
Husainova graduated from finance in June 2021 after five years at the university on Bedford Avenue in New York.
Her now-deleted LinkedIn profile shows that she is in her second year at the Wall Street bank, whose parent company Citigroup employs 240,000 people worldwide.
Personal bankers earn an average of $72,056 at Citi in the US, according to Salary.com, and the bank describes their role as “fostering relationships with customers to build loyalty and help increase sales to individual consumer customers.”
The outrage comes after a host of senior CEOs warned they would not hire students who blamed Israel for the Hamas terror attack that claimed 1,400 lives.
And one of America’s most prestigious law firms on Tuesday withdrew job offers from three students who blamed Israel in the aftermath of Hamas’s terrorist attacks.
Davis Polk has reversed employment offers from those the company reportedly believed led organizations at Harvard and Columbia universities that issued statements blaming Israel for the violence.
The company added that it would re-evaluate the decision for two of the students, who appealed the verdict, claiming they had not approved the letters, which were not signed.
The banker’s now-deleted Instagram page illustrates the young Brooklynite’s glamorous lifestyle
“We are investigating this matter and will take appropriate disciplinary action. We strongly condemn anti-Semitism and other hate speech,” the bank said in a tweet.
Davis Polk, who did not identify the students, said in a statement: “The views expressed in certain statements signed by law student organizations in recent days are in direct conflict with our firm’s value system.”
The company added that it will “continue to maintain a supportive and inclusive work environment” and said that “the student leaders responsible for endorsing these statements are no longer welcome in our company.”
In an interview with The New York Times on Tuesday, Neil Barr, managing partner and chairman of Davis Polk, emphasized that the firm does not want to hire supporters of the Hamas attacks.
The move also reportedly prompted a large number of law students who would be employed by Davis Polk to contact the firm to say they do not support the statements, according to Davis Polk spokeswoman Katie Moss.