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Swiss hotel sparks outrage by asking Jewish guests to shower before swimming
TheLocal.ch ^ | 15 August 2017 14:05 CEST+02:00

Posted on 08/15/2017 6:32:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai

A hotel in Arosa, in the eastern Swiss canton of Graubünden, has made international headlines for displaying signs singling out Jewish guests by asking them to shower before using the swimming pool.

The sign, displayed at the Aparthaus Paradies, was photographed by an Israeli family who were visiting the hotel, reported Swiss and international press including The Jerusalem Post.

“To our Jewish Guests. Please take a shower before you go swimming and although [sic] after swimming,” it said in English. “If you break the rules, I’m forced to cloes [sic] the swimming pool for you. Thank you for understanding.”

It was signed Ruth Thomann, whose name is listed on the hotel’s website as the main contact.

A second sign asked Jewish guests to access the hotel fridge at set times only. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; aparthausparadies; arosa; switzerland
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1 posted on 08/15/2017 6:32:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

How are their muzzie “guests” workin’ out?


2 posted on 08/15/2017 6:33:45 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Olog-hai
Most reasonable pools require all guests to shower. It's a matter of hygiene. Singling out Jewish guests is truly bizarre. Now I could understand if they had requested muslims to flea dip before swimming …
3 posted on 08/15/2017 6:35:52 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: SkyDancer; KC_Lion

Ping.


4 posted on 08/15/2017 6:36:05 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

They got their good Semites bad Semites confused.


5 posted on 08/15/2017 6:39:01 PM PDT by IWontSubmit (2)
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To: Olog-hai

*SIGH*


6 posted on 08/15/2017 6:43:31 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Olog-hai

Perhaps the Mossad might pay a visit...


7 posted on 08/15/2017 6:43:55 PM PDT by W. (What's crackin', bitch? Har!)
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To: Olog-hai

I remind everyone to shower before getting into our condo swimming pool. It does not matter what race or religion. There is one older person who does some weights in the gym and then dives into the pool, unwashed and sweating. I guess some people will be uncivilized no matter what.


8 posted on 08/15/2017 6:47:22 PM PDT by entropy12 (Why Republicans woo & pursue people who will never vote for them (liberals & media) ?)
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To: Olog-hai
Showering before getting into a pool isn't a bad idea for anyone...regardless of religion.
9 posted on 08/15/2017 6:56:58 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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To: Olog-hai

This is that canton

Downtown, I guess:


10 posted on 08/15/2017 6:57:21 PM PDT by gaijin
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Must have been an ongoing issue with Jewish people not showering before going into the pool. Should have just made a sign telling everyone MUST shower before getting into the pool though.


11 posted on 08/15/2017 7:06:30 PM PDT by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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To: escapefromboston

no this was an insinuation...anti-Semitism is on the rise in europe


12 posted on 08/15/2017 7:11:43 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: PCPOET7

Or maybe they just had some trouble with a specific group of people not showering before using the pool.


13 posted on 08/15/2017 7:15:43 PM PDT by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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To: gaijin

Dang, I suddenly wonder if the old Shirley Temple “Heidi” was filmed there after all.

(Probably an indoor set in California, but the set designer obviously saw a scene lie this at some point.)


14 posted on 08/15/2017 7:17:43 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: escapefromboston

Or maybe they didn’t.


15 posted on 08/15/2017 8:44:45 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Did they tell them, “It’s only a shower.”


16 posted on 08/15/2017 8:52:01 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: IWontSubmit
They got their good Semites bad Semites confused.

Quite possible: In my corner of Germany (Schwarzwald), b&b operators have had great trouble contending with "Israeli" guests who didn't know how to, e.g., separate waste streams or otherwise conform to basic standards of behavior - to the point that they have begun refusing to accept reservations from guests from Israel.

Of course, the articles describing this problem never choose to more-precisely identify the "Israeli" tourists (who are, in fact, probably not Jewish).

Regards,

17 posted on 08/15/2017 8:52:19 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: dfwgator

Sometimes a shower is just a shower.


18 posted on 08/15/2017 10:00:54 PM PDT by tumblindice ("Are you gonna bark all day little doggie? Or are you gonna bite?")
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To: entropy12

Sweat is sterile. There are much worse things a person can be covered with.


19 posted on 08/15/2017 11:19:04 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: Olog-hai

Ewww! I used to love swimming pools, but now I’m beginning to get grossed out just thinking about them.

I’ll have to get my own private one in the back yard of my Beverly Hills estate! :)


20 posted on 08/15/2017 11:41:19 PM PDT by Concentrate (ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election. Podesta the molest)
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