Tag Archives: Antisemitism
German of the day (2025): Hausverbot
That means house ban.

“Nothing personal, nor is this anti-Semitism, I just can’t stand you.”
“Jews are not allowed here!!!!”
German shop sign banning Jews sparks wide condemnation, police action – Flensburg store owner claims ban ‘not even antisemitism. I just can’t stand you’; Israeli envoy: ‘The 1930s are back’; German official slams sign as Jew hatred ‘in its purest form.’
Is this crossing of ideological boundaries so unusual?
Or is this way more comman than we want to believe?

“Horst Mahler personified the way that antisemitism crosses ideological boundaries and can appeal to different, ostensibly opposing, extremist movements. Even though on the surface the far right and far left are enemies, they share a contempt for liberal democracy and a conspiratorial view of the world in which Jews, or Zionists, are seen as an obstacle to their political objectives. Given this shared anti-Jewish worldview, Mahler’s political migration from far left to far right is not as uncommon as people might think.”
Germans award literary prize to an author who compares Gaza to Nazi-era ghettos
Ain’t no big deal. Nazi talk has never been doing better in Germany.

The name-calling kind. It’s the latest rage, around the globe even. Join the fun. Everybody’s doing it!
Gessen was originally due to receive the Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought on Friday in the city hall of Bremen, in northwest Germany, but the sponsoring organization, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, and the Senate of the city of Bremen withdrew from the ceremony.
It sure is a catchy little phrase
Has a nice ring to it. It’s kind of cute, even.

Sure glad we displayed it on Brandenburg Gate so everyone could see that we displayed it on Brandenburg Gate.
But now it’s back to business. Now it’s time to accuse Israel of genocide. You know, for, well, letting Hamas attack it like that? How dare they fight for survival. Damned Jewish Nazis.
‘Never again is now’: 1938 Nazi pogrom anniversary marked in Germany – ‘Antisemitism is poisoning our society’ says Olaf Scholz at Berlin synagogue that was destroyed 85 years ago and is again target of firebombing.
Too challenging?
I don’t doubt that for a moment.

There are so many “too challenging” things in today’s enlightened leftist world already, don’t you think? Remembering the past belongs in the past. Or some things do, anyway. It’s not like that type of thing could ever happen again today.
Germans rename Anne Frank daycare centre to avoid upsetting immigrant children – Parents and staff said the name of the Dutch Holocaust victim was too ‘challenging.’
A German daycare centre named after Anne Frank has been renamed to avoid upsetting children from immigrant backgrounds.
The building in Tangerhütte, Saxony-Anhalt, is to be rebranded “Weltentdecker” (Explorers of the World) to spare local children from being exposed to the thorny issue of the Shoah and the murder of six million Jews.
Stand idly by and do nothing?
Consequences?
In Germany? There are never any consequences here.

It’s just like back home in the Banana Republic itself. Nice try, though.
Germany’s Habeck warns antisemitism bears consequences – Germany’s vice-chancellor has underlined the country’s commitment to the security of the state of Israel. He also condemned a rise in antisemitic incidents and warned some offenders could face deportation.
German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck has spoken out emphatically about antisemitism in Germany — and, in particular, an uptick in hate crimes since the Israel-Hamas war began.
In a video posted online, the Green Party politician also warned that there would be consequences for those who exhibit antisemitic hatred.
So, everybody in the country loses their citizenship, or what?
That doesn’t seem fair to me.

Anti-Semites cannot be granted German citizenship under new law – minister.
A law under consideration by the German parliament would mean that people who have committed anti-Semitic acts can never be granted citizenship, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Wednesday.
“Our draft for the new citizenship law, which we will now discuss in the Bundestag, provides a clear exclusion of anti-Semites,” Faeser said in a statement issued after she met with Israeli ambassador to Germany, Ron Prosor.
It Can’t Happen Here
Antisemitism? In Germany? No way.

Or… Way? And if way, what do you mean it’s not the Germans who are being the antisemites?
Antisemitism Among Muslim Migrants Unsettles a Germany Haunted by the Holocaust – Authorities prohibit pro-Palestinian demonstrations and displays of support for Hamas, as incidents of antisemitic crimes surge.

