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Sunday, April 20, 2014

Ukrainian Jews: In serious danger?

WW II Holocaust in Ukraine   (Chart by Dna-Dennis)
U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry, whose family history is tied to Judaism, recently had this to say about an anti-Semitic pamphlet that is circulating in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk:  [this pamphlet] is not just intolerable; it’s grotesque, is beyond unacceptable…  

According to Adam Taylor of The Washington
Post, this pamphlet demanded that “all Jews over
16 years old register as Jews…  supply a detailed
list of all the property they own, or else have their
citizenship revoked, face deportation and see their assets confiscated.”

These types of prejudicial stipulations can easily raise the specter of Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union.  Getting to the bottom of who is responsible for this vicious act seems therefore of the utmost importance.

Some theorize that it is “the work of pro-Russian separatists.”  Others wonder whether it is instead a ploy to undermine the separatist movement.

Taylor reports that Ukrainian Jews do not at this point seem particularly alarmed by these leaflets.  However, a vigilant stance seems certainly in order…

Resources
http://wwrn.org/articles/42210/?place=eastern-europe

Copyright April 20, 2014 by Linda Van Slyke   All Rights Reserved




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