IT’S TIME TO PUT CONTENT INTO HIS WORDS: AN OPEN LETTER TO HEIKO MAAS – Mr. Maas said all the right words on Kristallnacht memorial, but Jewish life is at all time low since the end of the war | Taz
DEAR HERR MAAS
Again it was November 9th, 82 years after Kristallnacht, and again you had all the right words, especially to your fellow citizens. You reminded them how, when synagogues were set on fire, people just stood and clapped, or just didn’t protest it. You urged your fellow Germans to get involved when they encounter anti-Semitism. That’s the only way, you proclaimed, never again!!
But for us, Jews in Germany, your words are hollowed. You are like a father who buys himself a pack of cigarettes while explaining to his kids about the dangers of smoking. Everything you say about Jews in Germany and modern anti-Semitism smells of cover-up. We hear you say it, but we don’t believe it anymore. It’s like you are never missing an opportunity of Jewish pain or trauma in order to come up with a new sleek slogan. You know what we would like to hear as Jews, but frankly, we don’t buy it anymore. You can shop at McDonald’s once or twice, but at some point you discover that the advertisements and the nice wrapping are just there to cover a bad product….
Again it was November 9th, 82 years after Kristallnacht, and again you had all the right words, especially to your fellow citizens. You reminded them how, when synagogues were set on fire, people just stood and clapped, or just didn’t protest it. You urged your fellow Germans to get involved when they encounter anti-Semitism. That’s the only way, you proclaimed, never again!!
But for us, Jews in Germany, your words are hollowed. You are like a father who buys himself a pack of cigarettes while explaining to his kids about the dangers of smoking. Everything you say about Jews in Germany and modern anti-Semitism smells of cover-up. We hear you say it, but we don’t believe it anymore. It’s like you are never missing an opportunity of Jewish pain or trauma in order to come up with a new sleek slogan. You know what we would like to hear as Jews, but frankly, we don’t buy it anymore. You can shop at McDonald’s once or twice, but at some point you discover that the advertisements and the nice wrapping are just there to cover a bad product….
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