[Alberta's Child]

I once had a long conversation with a guy whose name a lot of Freepers would recognize. He was a prominent Soviet who was world-renowned in his expertise and defected to the U.S. years ago. He was never known as a political figure but had some remarkable insights on the Soviet political system.

He was Jewish, and I was surprised at the borderline contempt he had for Jews in Eastern Europe in the 1930s. He said they never used the term "Holocaust" in his circle of Jewish friends in the Soviet Union. He had a hard time finding the right English words to get his point across, but he said the general feeling at the time (this would have been the 1980s) is that they looked on German Jews as complicit players in the rise of fascism, not victims. His one point really hit home with me. He said something to this effect: "They replaced their worship of God with the worship of the State, and then acted surprised when that State turned and came for them."

No offense to any Jewish Freepers out there, but I'd say this guy's sentiment applies to most American Jews -- perfectly.

[dpetty121263]

A very true statement, its often made me wonder why Jews always move to the Left as the left are the ones who has done the worst to them.

[headstamp 2]

“They replaced their worship of God with the worship of the State, and then acted surprised when that State turned and came for them.”

+1000

[hinckley buzzard]

I would be leery of taking the word of Russian Jews Re: German Jews in WWII. It is true that German Jews were thoroughly assimilated into the German community, but that is far from saying they were complicit in the rise of fascism. After all, Germany had recovered from the wounds of the Versailles Treaty and their economy was humming by the mid thirties. That Jews may have benefitted from general prosperity is not to be doubted. What their private sentiments may have been, however, no Russian would have known.