Berlin rabbi gets 'Holocaust II' threat

Haaretz ^ | 01/16/2003 | DPA

[yonif]

BERLIN - Berlin's chief rabbi has received a threatening letter full of ashes, according to a published report.

The envelope, on which was scrawled "Lie or Truth - Holocaust II" was sent anonymously to Rabbi Chaim Rozwaski. Inside it was a plastic bag containing a black, ash-like powdery substance, said the report in Friday's editions of Der Tagesspiegel newspaper.

Rozwaski, 67, a Holocaust survivor, told the paper, "It is tragic to have lived through this horror as a child and to experience now to what frightening extent anti-Semitism has grown in Germany today."

Rozwaski, who came to Germany from America four years ago, said he has encountered abuse on public streets in Berlin.

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[doberville]

Big mistake to leave US for Germany!

[Man of the Right]

Further proof of the re-emergence of anti-semitism in Europe. The level of anti-semitism is a prime indicator of the health of a polity. Europe is as sick as a dog. It's turned its back on Western civilization, it's lost its role in the world, it's looking for scapegoats, and it lacks creativity, so it turns once more to the Jews.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Further proof of the re-emergence of anti-semitism in Europe

Actually, I see this as the reemergence of German Socialism, National Socialism, in the same old clothing as the Brown shirts of the Third Reich. Ever since Kant gave them their transcendent reason, the socialists have driven Germany.

[Fiddlstix]

Rozwaski, who came to Germany from America four years ago......

Come back home, Rabbi

[Petronski]

Could there have been a Holocaust if every Jew, or even every third Jew, had met the Nazis at the door with a gun?

Or how about this famous quote from Solzhenitsyn:

And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?

Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling in terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?

[waxhaw]

The very great shame is that I fear we'll be seeing this in the U.S. eventually. For over 30 years the God of Abraham, Issac and Joseph has been steadily removed from our nation's pysche - the 10 Commandments are banned in public and I won't even go into the amount of effort expended in making sure Jeshua the Messiah (aka Jesus the Christ) is NEVER mentioned except as a curse word. And most sadly, as the now deceased Israel Shahak and the wise Rabbi Daniel Lapin have repeatedly warned, the secularizing of America has been a particularly Jewish enterprise. I happen to worship a Jew (so the charge of "anti-semitism" won't stick) and so I grieve when I read reports such as the above because I know enough of history to recognize when it's being repeated.

[monkeyshine]

Rabbi, get one of these:

[Caipirabob]

Actually, I see this as the reemergence of German Socialism, National Socialism, in the same old clothing as the Brown shirts of the Third Reich. Ever since Kant gave them their transcendent reason, the socialists have driven Germany.

Actually I believe your thought is supported by the current trend. I mean, from my perspective, Germany is being overrun by "foreigners" and their indigenous population has no voice over the abuse of their borders and their culture.

Their economy is finally showing signs of caving to the travesty we call the E.U. and in the words (as Germans gagg) of Rodney Dangerfield, "They don't get no respect".

...and they don't deserve it either.

Still, from that perspective I see the current environment as fertile ground for such a movement. All they need is a "Hitler".

Could the current issue confronting Germany be a clever ploy by the Socialists to "trigger" such a movement? What would happen to their beloved "minorities" who suckle at the teet of Socialism?

Let's keep our eyes on Hillary and if she makes any jaunts towards Europe any time soon.

[monkeyshine]

Well there aint a whole lot of Jews left in Europe to blame. I guess those European savages will just have to settle with murdering millions of Arabs this time.

[rmlew]

the problem with your thesis is that he Neo-Nazis are teaming up with the Muslim groups to attack Israel and harrass Jews.

The Neo-Nazis care more about killing Jews than saving Germany. I'm probably more nationalist on Germany than the wannabe Hitler Eugen.

[OldFriend]

And what excuse is there for the rabid anti-semitism in France? In Canada? In the United States?

There is no excuse but very little said to condemn such hatred.

[sheik yerbouty]

Good post. Your point is crystal clear. Disarmement emboldens tyrants.

[rdb3]

Ooooh! A Mark XIX .44 Desert Eagle!

I have two of my own. Ya got taste, monkeyshine.

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[Abar]

Jews around the globe are in for tough times.

Every time a bus full of Jewish schoolchildren, women, and elderly is blown up, and the Israeli government does nothing, we're all much less safe.

When (and if) Israel wakes up and actually show some balls, assuming a position of strength instead of cheek spreading, the world will be less inclined to attack us.

[Alouette]

Israel Shahak and the wise Rabbi Daniel Lapin

Shame, shame on you for putting Rabbi Lapin in the same category with the terrorist-supporting, Holocaust-denying, Communist Shahak.

[Optimist]

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Berlin rabbi gets 'Holocaust II' threat

[Centurion2000]

Ooooh! A Mark XIX .44 Desert Eagle!

I have two of my own. Ya got taste, monkeyshine.

Who are you, Lara Croft ?

:)

Got twin .454 revolvers myself. Never know when a collection of Grizzlies will storm Texas.

[rdb3]

Who are you, Lara Croft ? :)

No, just deadly serious in my defense. Seems like you are, too, with your choice of weapons. Nice picks!

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