70th memorial of Vel D'hiver
I think it's important to post about the 70th year to the day of Vel D'hiver (via Voz is Neias), when 13,000 Jews in France were sent to Auschwitz by the French police - presumably Vichyites and definitely filth - which should serve as an important reminder how even in France, they weren't innocent. Here's another article on Ynet from 2010, focusing on survivor Madeline Testyler, some news on Ruth King's site.
Former president Jaques Chirac acknowledged in 1995 that it was French police officials who did this at the time and not just Germans, and then, as is clear by now, he proceeded to throw his perceived apology into the trash bin by attacking Israel. It's a shame that even as some European countries acknowledge their own complicity with nazism during WW2, they still continue to adhere to anti-semitism.
Former president Jaques Chirac acknowledged in 1995 that it was French police officials who did this at the time and not just Germans, and then, as is clear by now, he proceeded to throw his perceived apology into the trash bin by attacking Israel. It's a shame that even as some European countries acknowledge their own complicity with nazism during WW2, they still continue to adhere to anti-semitism.
Labels: anti-semitism, Europe, France, germany, Israel
