As a relative newcomer to living in Germany, in Berlin, but with over forty years of strong experience of life all over this country, I’ve long admired Germany’s appropriate acknowledgment of, and subsequent reparative action on, the Holocaust and its aftermath.
In comparison to, oh, let’s say Austria, whose almost complete denial of thei…
As a relative newcomer to living in Germany, in Berlin, but with over forty years of strong experience of life all over this country, I’ve long admired Germany’s appropriate acknowledgment of, and subsequent reparative action on, the Holocaust and its aftermath.
In comparison to, oh, let’s say Austria, whose almost complete denial of their responsibility is both shameful and repugnant, Germany’s post-WWII conduct has been commendable.
But on this latest state of savage and barbaric play from Israel in reaction to the terrorist actions by Hamas on Oct 7th, 2023, Germany is woefully and tragically wrong. As are most of the other major countries of the ‘western alliance’.
The Berlinale banning free expression? A special division of the police investigating speeches? And the banning of banners written in Arabic? And the harassment of individuals wearing the keffiyeh? Not so much 1984, more like 1933 all over again.
I would have thought Germans would have had enough of such authoritarian diktats.
A wrong is a wrong is a wrong is a wrong, and Israel most definitely is in the wrong at the moment. Germany should have the bollocks to say as much.
As a relative newcomer to living in Germany, in Berlin, but with over forty years of strong experience of life all over this country, I’ve long admired Germany’s appropriate acknowledgment of, and subsequent reparative action on, the Holocaust and its aftermath.
In comparison to, oh, let’s say Austria, whose almost complete denial of their responsibility is both shameful and repugnant, Germany’s post-WWII conduct has been commendable.
But on this latest state of savage and barbaric play from Israel in reaction to the terrorist actions by Hamas on Oct 7th, 2023, Germany is woefully and tragically wrong. As are most of the other major countries of the ‘western alliance’.
The Berlinale banning free expression? A special division of the police investigating speeches? And the banning of banners written in Arabic? And the harassment of individuals wearing the keffiyeh? Not so much 1984, more like 1933 all over again.
I would have thought Germans would have had enough of such authoritarian diktats.
A wrong is a wrong is a wrong is a wrong, and Israel most definitely is in the wrong at the moment. Germany should have the bollocks to say as much.
But I won’t hold my breath.