by Pier Marton | Nov 12, 2012 | Jewish, Magyar, Media, Politics, Shoah
The BBC cannot acknowledge their guilt. This is as close as they can go. The BBC and the Hungarian Holocaust on BBC 4 โHindsightโฆ It was not the job of the BBC to warn the Jewsโฆ startlingโฆ fatigueโฆ (had they known) those Jews who died would have died fighting, and...
by Pier Marton | Oct 29, 2012 | Antisemitism, France, History, Jewish, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Wars
โฆ a sizable section of the European left has been reluctant to take a clear stand when anti-Zionism spills over into anti-Semitismโฆ Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the militant group Hezbollah, famously commented: โIf we searched the entire world for a person more...
by Pier Marton | Oct 1, 2012 | Antisemitism, Books, Highlights, History, Ideas, Jewish, Politics, Quotes, Shoah
(from โWhy Auschwitzโ โ in an โauto-interviewโ) ย It is the duty of everyone to meditate on what happened. Everybody must know or remember that Hitler and Mussolini, when they spoke in public, were believed, admired, adored like gods. They were โcharismatic leadersโ;...
by Pier Marton | Sep 25, 2012 | Antisemitism, Death, France, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Juif, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time, Wars
Tristan Bernard, romancier et auteur dramatique, avant de partir pour Drancy: ยซ โ De quoi avez-vous besoin M. Tristan Bernard ? ยป ยซ โ Dโun cache-nez. ยป Tristan Bernard, the noted writer/journalist/lawyer upon his arrest to be sent to Drancy: ยซ โ What will you need Mr....
by Pier Marton | Aug 18, 2012 | Antisemitism, Doc, Jewish, Middle-East, Racism, Shoah, Wars
A film documenting the stories of Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman (who just died), two slave labourers who escaped from Treblinka extermination camp in a dramatic revolt in August 1943. For five more days (or more!) on BBC website:ย Death Camp Treblinka: Survivor...
by Pier Marton | Jul 28, 2012 | Antisemitism, Doc, Film, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time
โฆ in the same venomous spirit as Alois Brunner (in hiding in Syria after being helped by the CIA) states in 1987 in the Chicago Sun Times: โThe Jews deserved to die because they were the devilโs agents and human garbage. I have no regrets. If I had the chance I would...