Posted on 12/24/2004 7:18:49 AM PST by RepCath
Two expressions from World War II are coming back to haunt the Jews of Israel. One expression is Judenrein and the other is "I was just following orders." Some historical perspective is in order.
The term Judenrein was used by the Nazis to designate areas that had been 'cleansed' of Jews. First, Jews were rounded up and their property confiscated. Then, the Jews were shipped off to concentration camps where, ultimately, millions of men, women and children were exterminated. On their map of Europe, the Nazis would mark each region Judenrein when all the Jews were gone. The aim was to make all of Europe, and eventually the whole earth, Judenrein.
The Nazis did not invent mass murder or ethnic cleansing of Jews. At the time of Mohammed, 1,400 years ago, the newly converted Muslims were already engaged in slaughtering, robbing and expelling the Jews of Mecca and Medina in the process of also making Arabia Judenrein.
And now the latest phase in the process is to make parts of Eretz Israel Jew-free for the heirs of the Nazis. The irony is fitting that its being carried out by an Israeli government.
Why is this posted in "The Hobbit Hole"?
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