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Behind the Aegis

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Wed Mar 4, 2015, 04:41 PM Mar 2015

Anti-Semitism Is On The Rise In German Schools

MUNICH -- Scrawling swastikas on synagogues, Jew-baiting during demonstrations, desecration of Jewish cemeteries: Once again, 75 years after the Holocaust, hatred against Jews is taking place openly in Germany, even in schools.

Current figures from the German government show that the anti-Semitism is not only a perception: The number of crimes linked to anti-Semitism in Germany increased dramatically over the past year. While 788 cases were registered in 2013, there were 864 cases registered in 2014 -- a 10 percent increase.

The word “Jew” is often used as a curse or swear word in German schoolyards. This became clear during last weekend's Jewish Youth Congress, held in Berlin, which was also attended by Hans-Georg Maassen, the president of Germany's Domestic Intelligence Service. At the Youth Congress, speakers stated that the bullying of Jewish students has grown so pervasive that many “pupils concerned have to leave regular school to attend Jewish schools,” according to the well-known German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Maassen states: “It is a fact that there are people who feel provoked by a kippa or the Star of David. One must be simply aware of that and, in those areas, one should act in an appropriate way.”

more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/04/antisemitism-germany_n_6794928.html

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one commenter had this to say:

You can't take at face value when a Jew says there's anti-semitism going on. Jews can be treated better than anyone, yet still complain that they're being abused. It's in their nature to be "perpetual victims" and that's how they get what they want.

Also, when there IS actual anti-semitism going on, no one asks the rational questions about what did these people do to make everyone so angery at them. Israel is prime expample of this. They'll abuse their neighbors and commit war crimes, and when people start protesting the criminality, the Jewish people in all nations flock to Israel's defence by claiming anti-semitism in their host countries. So public discussion about Israeli state crimes never get addressed.


Another distraction technique to comment on how some Jews are immigrating to Germany, as if that negates articles like this.
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Mother Macree shenmue Mar 2015 #1

shenmue

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1. Mother Macree
Wed Mar 4, 2015, 08:09 PM
Mar 2015

I had uncles who fought in World War II. When the whole family met to have dinner at my aunt's house, they would tell me war stories.

Every time I hear stories like this from the news, I wonder how stupid people can be, and how they can forget the last 80 years.

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