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Kristallnacht 75th Anniversary: What Really Happened in Nazi Germany?
By Katherine Smith, PhD
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The Night of Broken Glass
This weekend marked a traumatic event for Jewish people living in Germany in 1938.
Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, happened 75 years ago when Nazi thugs conducted a wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms on the streets of Berlin and other cities in Germany.
On November 9 and 10, 1938, Nazi storm troopers and non-Jewish civilians descended on towns throughout Germany and parts of Austria, destroying Jewish homes, schools, synagogues, hospitals and businesses. At least 91 Jews were killed in the two-day attack, and roughly 30,000 people were arrested and sent to concentration camps. This dark chapter in German history is seen as a precursor to the Holocaust.
U.S. President Barack Obama issued a statement to commemorate the anniversary of Kristallnacht, stating that “the event foreshadowed the systematic slaughter of six million Jews and millions of other innocent victims.”
That Kristallnacht foreshadowed the holocaust is a true statement.
But what foreshadowed Kristallnacht?
The story of Herschel Grynszpan, arguably the most pivotal teenager of the Holocaust next to Anne Frank, is largely ignored in the commemorations and articles about Kristallnacht.
In the 1930s and 1940s Grynszpan was a major media story but today, other than a fleeting mention as a prelude or pretext to the pogrom, he is mostly ignored.
The Jewish Week Media Group (TJWMG), which claims to provide great journalism to the Jewish community, published The Rest Of The Kristallnacht Story in November of 2010.
Jonathan Mark, Associate Editor for TJWMG reports that Kristallnacht happened just two days after a five-foot tall 17-year old .… Herschel Grynszpan entered the German embassy in Paris ostensibly to deliver a document. Ushered into Vom Rath’s office, Grynszpan announced: “In the name of 12,000 persecuted Jews, here is the document,” and he fired five bullets and killed Ernst Vom Rath, a Nazi assigned to the German embassy.
Things don’t just happen they are made to happen.
Not surprising, TJWMG, a Jewish publication, misrepresents, distorts and obfuscates the Herschel Grynszpan story in order to fulfill their mission to strengthen the Jewish community by failing to enlighten them about whatreallyhappend on November 7, 1938.
Veterans Day Hypocrisy
by Stephen Lendman
Some people confuse Veterans Day with Memorial Day. They're both federal holidays. The latter remembers combat related dead service personnel.
The former honors war and peacetime veterans. It largely thanks living ones. It does so disingenuously.
Veterans Day was formerly Armistice Day. It commemorates the war to end all wars. In 1918, guns on both sides largely fell silent. They did so on the 11th hour of the 11th day of 11th month.
In 1919, remembrance began. Woodrow Wilson proclaimed it, saying:
"To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations."
Zionist Crimes Against The Jews
By Dr. Elias Akleh
In mid last October, the Israeli main paper Yedioth Ahranoth (Ynetnews) published a historical study by Yigal Bin-Nun; an Israeli historian and professor in Bar Ilan University, confirming and documenting Zionists crimes against Moroccan Jews in North Africa in order to convince them to immigrate to Israel. In his study Bin-Nun has confirmed what I wrote back in 2007 (The Myth of Jewish Refugees from Arab Land).
Bin-Nun is originally a Moroccan Jew, who immigrated with his family to Israel. In his historical research he states that the Mossad; the Israeli secret service, had sent to Morocco in early 1960s a group of its agents, whose primary mission was to carry out terrorist attacks against the well-settled Jews, to convince them that they were the victims of persecution by the kingdom, and to encourage them to immigrate to, and to settle in Israel promising them all expenses paid throughout the whole process.
For many centuries Morocco (Al-Maghrib) had large prosperous Jewish communities, known as Mizrahi Jews, who lived peacefully with their Moslem Arab neighbors. This peaceful coexistence encouraged Spanish Jews (Sephardim) to escape to Morocco during the Spanish Reconquista period when Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand recaptured Spain in the 13th century, and ordered the Jews to either convert to Christianity or leave the country. After 781 years of flourishing existence under the Islamic Caliphate rule, many Spanish Jews escaped Christian persecution to the more welcoming Islamic Morocco.
No Deal in Geneva
by Stephen Lendman
Three days of Iran nuclear talks were fruitless. It didn't surprise. Multiple previous rounds failed. Will future ones fare better? Don't bet on it.
France was blamed this time. Washington bears most responsibility. So does Israel. Netanyahu called any deal a bad one. The Israeli Lobby exerts enormous pressure on Congress.
America negotiates in bad faith. Longstanding anti-Iranian hostility persists. Regime change plans remain firm.
Iran's nuclear program is a red herring. It's entirely legitimate. Western countries and Israel know it. Pretending otherwise doesn't wash. Nor does putting a brave face on failure.
IPCC warns not to stop chemtrails, aka 'solar radiation management'
By Rady Ananda
The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that, despite global side effects and long-term consequences, geoengineering techniques involving solar radiation management (SRM) should be maintained:
“If SRM were terminated for any reason, there is high confidence that global surface temperatures would rise very rapidly to values consistent with the greenhouse gas forcing.” [emphasis in original]
“Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis,” (referred to as “AR5”) supercedes the former report published in 2007. The IPCC's first Assessment Report was published in 1990. (In case the Summary containing that warning is changed, here is the version downloaded on Nov. 3, 2013.)
Arranging the Deck Chairs While Death Comes from Japan
By Timothy V. Gatto
Everyone has issues. I have issues. People can find a million reasons to be dissatisfied with the government. This is a good thing. Still, the people that believe they have the answer to everything that is going on should take their focus off of the shenanigans that the government is pulling on the people and focus on something that is happening now. Something that will eventually kill everyone that is living on the northern hemisphere of this planet.
I'm talking about Fukushima. I'm talking about Cesium 137, a radioactive isotope pouring into the pacific:
"Radioactive water from Fukushima Is Systematically Poisoning The Entire Pacific Ocean” (*), which claimed that every day and for 750 days (now over 800) tons of toxic materials have been pouring into the Pacific Ocean"
Overtime in Geneva
by Stephen Lendman
At issue isn't Iran's legitimate nuclear program. It's the Islamic Republic's sovereign independence.
It's decades of US/Israeli hostility. It's unrelenting. Whatever emerges from Geneva, it won't materially change.
America and Israel threaten world peace. They remain the main obstacles to peaceful conflict resolution. They deplore it.
They perpetuate violence and instability. They want pro-Western puppet governance everywhere.
Claiming an Iranian nuclear threat is red herring cover for longstanding regime change plans. If Iran had no nuclear program, another pretext would be found.
Mass Surveillance Violates EU Law
by Stephen Lendman
A new study says so. It's titled "Mass Surveillance of Personal Data by EU Member States and its Compatibility with EU Law."
Sergio Carrera is a Spanish jurist. Francesco Ragazzi is Netherlands-based Leiden University Professor of International Relations.
They co-wrote the study. They did so with Didier Bigo, Nicholas Hernanz, Julien Jeandesboz, Joanna Parkin, and Amandine Scherrer.
The European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs commissioned it.
The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) republished it with EP permission. It's called SEPS Paper in Liberty and Security in Europe No. 61/November 2013. More on it below.
The lead study authors hold America and EU nations responsible for violating European law. They want it stopped. They want European parliamentarians acting responsibly to do so.
Israeli Bombers: Al Qaeda’s Air Force
James Petras
Introduction
Israel has committed repeated acts of war against countries that opposed its Zionist policies of colonization and annexation of Palestinian territory in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Israeli leaders have secured arms and diplomatic support for their attacks through their Zionist proxies in the United States Congress and the Executive Branch.
The current series of Israeli bombing raids and missile strikes against Syria are designed to strengthen the armed Syrian opposition and Islamist mercenaries seeking to destroy the government in Damascus. Israel intends to sabotage the upcoming round of peace negotiations. The Zionist state does not want a peaceful resolution to the current regional conflict. Its foreign policy depends on perpetual regional wars and political instability. Toward this end, Tel Aviv has the unconditional support of the 52 Presidents of the Major American Jewish Organization and all other Zionist organizations in the US.
Reported Iranian Nuclear Deal: Hold the Cheers
by Stephen Lendman
November 7 and 8 nuclear talks at most may offer Iran modest temporary relief in return for major concessions.
How they're presented remains to be seen. How they're implemented is another matter.
Longstanding anti-Iranian hostility remains unresolved. Washington wants it that way. So does Israel.
Netanyahu wants no concessions offered. He calls any deal a bad one. It's "very dangerous for peace and the international community," he claims. It's hard imagining more convoluted thinking.
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