If Anti-Semitism is an evil, and in my opinion, it is, hatred of any other
nationality or ethnic group is evil too.
The statue of Kaiser Franz Josef was given to the city by a political
candidate who hoped to play on the sympathy of Western Ukrainians.
It was not paid for by the city.
Mimi
On 10/6/10 8:55 PM, "fred love" <fredhotman_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Andy
> I am amazed at how acts of erasures are being explained and excused.
> Antisemitism is a multifaceted evil.
>
> It can be violent or very subtle. Jews have lived in Czernowitz for hundred of
> years and beside building the city that
> is now,contributing to the culture and life to make it a unique place to live.
> I am aware the Ukrainean are the new owner who were given this place. It was a
> pacific transfer not a war conquest.One should
> not disregard the past, one should not erase a people that nurtured the city
> to
> what it is now.
> It pleases me that there are people who defend their rights disregarding the
> need to be equitable.
> They erected a statue to an Austrian Royalty but nothing for the thousand of
> Jews who perished except a modest little plaque
> that was attache to a wall tarnished and easily overlooked
> You should bear the Temple in your view and mind to give you an idea of
> violence
> and desecration a reminder,
>
> that all is not necessarily well in paradise
> Fred.Weisinger
>
>
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