I was in Jerusalem in 1960, and 1966, ‘67, and ‘70. I lived and worked there. My grandparents are buried there. My father was smuggled out of Germany in a milk truck. His father missed that truck, so he caught the next one, to Auschwitz.
My father shared the opinion of many of his German friends that if the Jewish people had not been the …
I was in Jerusalem in 1960, and 1966, ‘67, and ‘70. I lived and worked there. My grandparents are buried there. My father was smuggled out of Germany in a milk truck. His father missed that truck, so he caught the next one, to Auschwitz.
My father shared the opinion of many of his German friends that if the Jewish people had not been the target of the Third Reich, they would have been its most enthusiastic lieutenants. That’s a hard one, I know. But it conforms with what I experienced there after the 6-day war, and it conforms with what I’m seeing in Gaza today. So to me, the news that Ha’Aretz published yesterday, which corroborates the findings of Aaron Maté months ago, is not surprising.
The opinion of Einstein and Arendt, published in the NYTimes in 1948, was this: “Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our times is the emergence in the newly created state of Israel of the Freedom Party" (Tnuat Haherut), a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy and social appeal to the Nazi and Fascist parties.”
I was in Jerusalem in 1960, and 1966, ‘67, and ‘70. I lived and worked there. My grandparents are buried there. My father was smuggled out of Germany in a milk truck. His father missed that truck, so he caught the next one, to Auschwitz.
My father shared the opinion of many of his German friends that if the Jewish people had not been the target of the Third Reich, they would have been its most enthusiastic lieutenants. That’s a hard one, I know. But it conforms with what I experienced there after the 6-day war, and it conforms with what I’m seeing in Gaza today. So to me, the news that Ha’Aretz published yesterday, which corroborates the findings of Aaron Maté months ago, is not surprising.
The opinion of Einstein and Arendt, published in the NYTimes in 1948, was this: “Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our times is the emergence in the newly created state of Israel of the Freedom Party" (Tnuat Haherut), a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy and social appeal to the Nazi and Fascist parties.”
It’s such a sad commentary on human nature that the sins visited upon a population are often repeated when that population is out of danger.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7uflp0
👆🏻Here’s a BBC documentary about the genocide of German Christians after World War II by Czechs and Russians.
Fascinating. I had never heard of this letter before, thank you for sharing!