Friday, November 9, 2018

Remembering 'Kristallnacht 80 Years Later



DW: German politicians remember Nazi Kristallnacht pogrom

Germany is marking the 80th anniversary of attacks on Jews that foreshadowed the Holocaust. November 9 has been a fateful date for Germany in other regards as well.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for "democratic patriotism" as the country commemorated three fateful moments of German history that occurred on November 9.

In a speech to the Bundestag on Friday morning, Steinmeier said the date was "marked by ambivalence" for Germany.

"On November 9, we Germans remember both things — the light and the shadows of our history," he told the chamber, referring to the Nazi Kristallnacht pogrom, or the Night of Broken Glass, of 1938, in which hundreds were killed and thousands of Jewish institutions were attacked.

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More News On Remembering 'Kristallnacht 80 Years Later

Kristallnacht: Lights left on to mark 80th anniversary -- BBC
Merkel marks Nazi 'Kristallnacht' against Jews with synagogue speech -- Reuters
Merkel warns against anti-Semitism on 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht -- The Hill
80 Years After Kristallnacht, I Call Berlin Home -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

So the Germans will have to wear sack cloth and ashes again and scourge themselves again on a world state.

Meanwhile back in the U.S. we have over 50,000 active anti-termite people and the press and others are groovy with it.

Bob Huntley said...

Anon

Remorse for past wrongs is a necessity that helps avoid creating future wrongs.


Anonymous said...

9 different black men in NYC have been caught on camera or just outright caught vandalizing or terrorizing Jewish congregations since Pennsylvania. How did Germany scourging itself help that in NYC?

In fact the scourging is causing more anti-Semitism not less.

Bob Huntley said...

I was talking about Germany. The US whether black, white or whatever is a different kettle of fish. There is no remorse of past wrongs going on in the USA. If there were, perhaps it would be a different country, one whose example the world would follow.

Gadfly Speck said...

Termites? Really?

Anonymous said...

Gadly,

Termites refers to what the liberal patriot calls Jews. He calls them termites. It rhymes with Semites.

Louis thinks is very clever with that world play.

He thinks he is clever in part because the press and Democrats let him get away with it.

Anonymous said...

Bob,

I do not see you moving back to Scotland or England. I ma sure there is an Indian tribe near you that you can give your domicile, its furnishings or your bank account to. For some reason you do not. You want to give other people's money sand apologize on behalf of others. Instead of von Munchausen by proxy where you abuse your kids, you have von Munchausen by proxy whereby you abuse your nation or civilization.

What remorse do you need when you vote correctly (Abraham Lincoln and since then) and put your life on the line?

There is only one kettle of fish Bob. I have found that foreigners are pretty much like anyone else. If you were not concern trolling and lying all of the time maybe you would know that and maybe you would still be married.

It is people like you that got the Jews killed in the 1st place and now you want to make a big deal about how much you care. That is either irony or chutzpah.

The last 2 or maybe 3 generations in Germany have had nothing to do with the Holocaust. Mostly they just wanted to get a decent job, listen to music, party and go on vacation. Then the idiot Merkel made their country into shit.

The way African Americans are being radicalized in America is the same way Germans were radicalized by the NAZIs. It is the same kettle of fish





Gadfly Speck said...

Thanks for the clarification. I’d figured it was an over enthusiastic spell checker.

Anonymous said...

Twitter shrugs off Louis Farrakhan 'anti-Termite' tweet about Jewish people


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/twitter-shrugs-off-louis-farrakhan-anti-termite-tweet-about-jewish-people

Bob Huntley said...

Anon

It took you a while to get to the point but praise the Lord you finally got there.

"The way African Americans are being radicalized in America is the same way Germans were radicalized by the Nazis. It is the same kettle of fish." You can add the Jews and native Americans to that comment.

There are still Nazi thinking people in Germany and it will take many more generations before they are "enlightened" if ever. Given human nature it is a genre of thinking that will keep coming up. In the meantime remembrances like the one exercised in Germany will be absolutely necessary. The state of Germany works very hard to shut down Nazi demonstrations.

On the other hand and side of the Atlantic Ocean the US works diligently to support the growth of violent groups such as the Nazis. They are not only free but encouraged by government to display their logo wherever and when ever they please, if not by direct than by tacit approval.

The point you arrived at? The US government is and has been for generations a shit pile, meddling in the affairs of other countries while ignoring the degeneration including, but, certainly not limited to the breakdown in infrastructure, education and healthcare, going on at home.

Congratulations on your Epiphany.

Bob Huntley said...

Anon

I am sorry but I won't be able to trade quips with you until tonight. I have just been called in to do a half shift at the Walk-in Clinic due to a flu outbreak so later maybe.

Anonymous said...

"It took you a while to get to the point but praise the Lord you finally got there."

No, you just misinterpreted.

"The way African Americans are being radicalized in America is the same way Germans were radicalized by the Nazis. It is the same kettle of fish." You can add the Jews and native Americans to that comment."

When I said it is all the same kettle of fish, I meant that people basically want the same thing unless they have been miseducated by liberals. For example my minority spouse wants a house. So it is the same value, but their parameter is different. My spouse wants a larger down payment than is the norm. Being a follower of Wolpoff's ideas, I believe most everyone has the same Mark 1 mod 1 brain unless they were dropped on their head as a baby like you.


"There are still Nazi thinking people in Germany and it will take many more generations before they are "enlightened" if ever. Given human nature it is a genre of thinking that will keep coming up. In the meantime remembrances like the one exercised in Germany will be absolutely necessary. The state of Germany works very hard to shut down Nazi demonstrations."

The stronghold of any NAZIS or whatever is and was East Germany. They were 2 generations under communism being taught the good stuff. Kind of telling and ironic that that is the birthplace of the NAZI movement nowadays.


"On the other hand and side of the Atlantic Ocean the US works diligently to support the growth of violent groups such as the Nazis. They are not only free but encouraged by government to display their logo wherever and when ever they please, if not by direct than by tacit approval."

"The US works to promote violent groups like the NAZIs" - idiot

Did you just have a brain aneurysm but still maintain some semblance of speech and other functions?

"The point you arrived at? The US government is and has been for generations a shit pile, meddling in the affairs of other countries while ignoring the degeneration including, but, certainly not limited to the breakdown in infrastructure, education and healthcare, going on at home. "

"The US government is and has been for generations a shit pile" - idiot
Read "The World was Going Our Way." I know you won't. You will just pick up another copy of The Guardian, but I have to try.

So I see here idiot, JH, has not defined the apex nor the length of a generations, because if his argument got that particular a 5 year old would be able to pick it apart. So JHJ deals in generalities.

Anonymous said...

JH,

You confuse people protesting a tsunami of immigration by people who do not want to fit in with people being NAZIs.

You missed that demonstration by thousands of white Germans for a black German, who was murdered by a immigrant thug that Merkel brought in.

You took note of the demonstration to opine There goes the NAZIs gain and purposefully mischaracterized it.

Have you ever been to Europe JH? I have. I haven't been th Eastern Europe, the Peninsula countries or the Nordic countries but I have been everywhere else. I know what it is like their unlike you. I talk to people form there. You on the other hand have this Marxist/Guardian cryon book idea of what it is like there.

Anonymous said...

JH,

I could find more skin heads in Moscow than I could in Germany. Explain that.