Posted on 01/24/2012 8:35:25 AM PST by Nachum
BERLIN - The German government released on Monday the findings of a two year inquiry into modern anti-Semitism in the Federal Republic, showing that latent anti-Semitism affects one of every five Germans.
The 202 page study, entitled "Anti-Semitism in Germany," covered a wide spectrum of German anti-Semitism, including hatred of the Jewish state as a manifestations of anti-Semitism within the Left movement and Islamic-animated loathing of Israel and Jews, especially from Iran's regime and the Turkish media.
Dr. Wahied Wahdat-Hagh, a member of the ten member commission, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday, that the "experts came to the conclusion that the ideology of the Iranian regime is anti-Semitic." According to the report, "The state anti-Semitism is, however, not only relevant on the propaganda level" in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The study notes that Iran's anti-Semitic ideology plays a role in Germany.
When asked what the report means by Iran's regime not limiting its anti-Semitism to its domestic agenda, Wahdat-Hagh said, Iran supports foreign anti-Semitic entities "militarily, financially and ideologically." He cited the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...
20% of Germans are anti-Semitic? Would that also be the 20% of Germans who are Muslim, I wonder?
I feel competent to discuss this from personal experience. German Germans (not Muslim immigrants) still often feel strange about Jews. A lot of lefties are big talk and not antisemitic, but the general public still feels Jews are different and weird, and not in a good way. That 20% number is pretty fair. And I am talking Germanic Europe, not just Germany. It’s not a fun place to be a Jew.
Nearly all Muslims are anti-Semitic as well as anti-Christian, anti-Hindu, anti-Buddhist, etc.
But I really DOUBT that 20% of the German population is Muslim.
Some people never seem to learn. WW1, WW2, and now, again, apparently.
Funny, when I was in college years ago, I played on a team with a lot of German nationals. I was pretty much the token Jew. They were very nice actually.
Things change though.
I agree; I live in the Czech Republic, which though ostensibly Slavic, is culturally more Germanic.
Anti-Semitism is still here....like you said, the population views Jewish folk as “different and weird, and not in a good way”. And Muslims migrants here are so minimal as to be practically non-existent. The 20%, I would argue, is much higher here....especially the further east you go in the country.
About 20% of Germans are also die-hard socialists and marxists. Coincidence?
My advice go with the Goldhagen thesis, no one will ever question the moral superiority and humane intentions of the people who do this.
Mark Twains, ‘ concerning the Jews’. Super funny and dead on. After that was published, every anti-semite position I’ve ever heard was destroyed.
Many, many people are good to us and not at all antisemitic. In fact, some people told me they feel personally responsible for the holocaust, very guilty, even though their closest connection was their grandfather as a hitler youth.
But there are those who still feel it’s a big deal, even while the younger people are becoming very secular. It’s weird.
Does this Germany have a history of anti-Semitism? /s
9 - 9 - 9 !
It was imported from Austria.
And the other 80 percent are liars...
Things change though."
I'm a German national and (sad to admit) antisemitic growing up. However, once I really studied the New Testament and then the Old Testament, my antisemitism seemed foolish.
The farther east you travel the higher this percentage grows.
He is still antisemitic. He defends Hitler and blames New York Jew bankers for WWII. Don’t believe me? Scan through his post history.
I once had a job with an older English fellow who was an RAF pilot during WWII. He was shot down over the English channel and I mentioned to him my distrust of Germans (despite my experience with Germans that had been good) and he told me that he could not carry a grudge.
Here was someone with a good reason to have a grudge against a former enemy, but he could not carry one. It taught me something. I try to judge everyone on their own, not as a group no matter who they are. People can change. they must, or we will never survive.
...and what percent of Americans support OWS?
Probably higher - in other words we have more of an antisemitism problem here than Europe does.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.