Did the phrase "One of ours all of yours" originate in Nazi Germany after all the residents in a Czech village were killed in retribution for the killing of an SS officer? No, that's not true: The phrase, which was displayed on a lectern at a DHS press conference, is not present in historical records of Nazi slogans, nor is it on the website of the Department of Homeland Security. The entire Czech village of Lidice was wiped out by Nazis in 1942, but there is no record of this phrase, in English, German, Czech, or Spanish, being associated with any subsequent Nazi or fascist propaganda.
The undocumented claim about the phrase appeared in a post (archived here) published on Facebook on Jan. 11, 2026. It opened:
"One of ours, all of yours" is a line from Nazi Germany. It was coined when an SS officer was killed in a Czech Village and the Nazis killed every single resident of that village in response. This very line appeared on a U.S federal government podium. Let that sink in.
This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot from facebook.com/penny.mangas/posts/pfbid02K1XamkWkg3R7vWwDadEAzdApZXtmDEg28n7o53adinV2U53kvtvs6U4ddrAAJr8wl.)
This photo is real and appears on the Alamy.com editorial photo website (archived here). The photo is captioned:
New York, USA. 08th Jan, 2026. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference at One World Trade Center, New York, NY, January 8, 2026. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA) Credit: Sipa USA/Alamy Live News
The lectern has a placard with a Department of Homeland Security web address, dhs.gov/wow (archived here) and the phrase:
ONE OF OURS
ALL OF YOURS
The phrase in English does not have a clear historical footprint, with Google search results pointing to duplicate social media posts about this sign on the lectern, and conversations surrounding it. Lead Stories used Google to translate the phrase into German, Czech, and Spanish. Respectively:
Einer von uns, alle von euch
Jeden z našich, celý tvůj
Uno de los nuestros todos tuyos
The story mentioned in the social media post (above) of the Nazi destruction of the village of Lidice (archived here) has some inaccuracies. These are outside the scope of this fact check. On June 10, 1942 The Czech village was razed and all the men over 16 years old were killed. Most of the women and children were killed in concentration camps. The Lidice Memorial website (archived here) says in all 340 people were killed and 143 women survived the war and returned to the rebuilt village.
Google searches for the phrase in German or in Czech only return results discussing this question from the past several days (pictured below). Several assert that it is a fascist slogan but do not provide any documentation to support that this was a World War II fascist propaganda slogan.
(Image Source: Lead Stories screenshots from google.com/search.)
Another theory was posted on Threads on Jan. 12, 2026, suggesting the phrase was originally a Spanish slogan (pictured below). The post, featuring a slightly different Spanish phrasing than Google Translate offered, reads:
Historical Parallel: Critics pointed out that the phrase closely mirrors fascist rhetoric. Specifically, it has been linked to a slogan from the Spanish Civil War used by Francisco Franco's supporters: "Uno de los nuestros, todos de los vuestros" ("One of ours, all of yours"), which was used to justify collective reprisals--the practice of punishing an entire community for the actions of a single individual.
Nazi Association: While the Spanish Falange used the most direct equivalent, the concept aligns with the Nazi practice of Sippenhaft (kin liability) and general collective punishment used by the Third Reich to enforce total obedience.
(Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot from threads.com/@hawkoftheinternet/post/DTYwtY9iMTI.)
Searching Google for both Spanish language translations did not produce results pointing to Francisco Franco's supporters during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. The phrase "Uno de los nuestros" tops the results because it is the Spanish language title for the 1990 film Goodfellas.
