To the editors:
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They are just as hate-filled and reactionary as the Nazis who once persecuted them. The comments in the article on the Holocaust Museum concerning their supporters’ opposition to German reunification and hope that the German people “suffer” further was just one indication of this. For years now, Jewish religious, political and cultural organizations have been engaged in a shameful ongoing crusade to persecute 70, 80 and 90 year old retired janitors and the like who served as concentration camp guards, 50 years or more after these men were forcibly drafted into the German army during the war–serving no conceivable rational purpose at this late date. Where once the Nazis tried to impose some kind of collective or “racial” guilt on Jews, today many of these “Holocaust” fetishists similarly try to impose a collective or “racial” guilt on the entire German people, including millions who weren’t even born before Hitler came to power.
Yet the German people were themselves really among the greatest VICTIMS of Hitler’s regime, dying in an immoral war, having their country torn apart, having their democratic rights and organizations suppressed, etc. A number of years ago, while I was no fan of President Reagan in general, I was very moved by his visit to a German cemetery and his speech recognizing that the German soldiers of World War II were also among Hitler’s victims. It is long past time to both forgive and forget!
In all these ways, the “Holocaust” fetishists dishonor and spit on the memory of all the millions–of whatever background–who died in the battle against the fascists of World War II. They are truly the new Nazis and fascists of today.
