Arnold Schwarzenegger Visits Holocaust Museum, Promises Return: ‘I’ll Be Back!’

Arnold Schwarzenegger recently made a visit to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.

He signed the museum’s official guestbook with his catchphrase from The Terminator films: “I’ll be back.”

The museum later clarified that he was simply writing this to promise a longer visit later, when some took issue with the phrasing after they shared it online.

This visit was part of Schwarzenegger’s recent honor he received, which was the Fighting Hatred Award from the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation.

The actor, bodybuilder and ex Governor of California, has been open about his childhood growing up in Nazi-occupied Austria. He has been outspoken about resisting fascism in Europe.

For his statement in response to receiving the award, Schwarzenegger said, “I am witness to the ruins of a country broken by the Nazis. I saw firsthand how this hatred spun out of control and I share these painful memories with the world in hopes of preventing future tragedies and educating soldiers about personal responsibility.”

Schwarzenegger has spoken about abuse he suffered at the hands of his father during his childhood. HIs father was a soldier in the Nazi army who served as a military policeman.

He said in 2004, “Many of the children I’ve seen were broken by their parents, which is the German-Austrian mentality. They didn’t want to create an individual. It was all about conforming. I was one that did not conform, and whose will could not be broken.”