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Neo-Nazi march blocked in Dresden
Here’s a really cool article from the JTA about 10,000 protestors stopping a neo-nazi march in Germany’s eastern town of Dresden. You can read the full article here.
While most of the protestors were peaceful and simply formed a human chain to prevent the neo-nazis from moving forward some became violent, physically blocking their progress by burning trash bins and destroying the vehicles they had traveled in. This is my favorite part of the article,
Ultimately, police informed the right-wing marchers that authorities could not guarantee their safety, and urged them to call off the march.
I love reading these types of things and am especially thrilled by this because it happened in Germany. It’s poetic that the nation that caused the destruction of 6 million Jews has stopped what Lena Roth calls “the biggest neo-Nazi march in Europe.”
What’s even more amazing about this is that it all happened on the 65th anniversary of Dresden’s bombing, killing an estimated 25,000 civilians. At a time when it would be so easy to let the gears of war turn, 10,000 people turned the gears of peace.
Sign stolen from Auschwitz concentration camp
The sign at the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp was stolen today. Read the entire article here. I wonder who stole it, what their agenda is, and what story we will hear when it’s recovered.
May it be recovered soon. In the meantime, a temporary sign is in its place.
Corporate America’s Involvement in the Holocaust
This is a compelling read based on Edwin Black‘s newest book Nazi Nexus: America’s Corporate Connections to Hitler’s Holocaust. It’s quite tragic how involved and responsible corporate America was in the systematic destruction of Jews across Europe.
Had it not been for the continued conscious involvement of iconic American corporations in Hitler’s war against the Jews, the speed, shape and statistics of the Holocaust as we know it would have been dramatically different. No one knows how different, but the astronomical dimensions could have never been achieved.
via Op-Ed: American corporate complicity created undeniable Nazi nexus | JTA – Jewish & Israel News.
