Brian Foley
01-29-06, 05:49 PM
A Statement from Jews Against Genocide (http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0601/S00368.htm)
Thursday, 26 January 2006, 10:40 am
Press Release: International Solidarity Movement
"Arbeit Meicht Frie" was written at the entrance of Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps. In spray painting on that sign we did not mean to say that Ramallah is Auschwitz. We did, however, wish to point out that there are many disturbing parallels between the tactics used by the occupation and those used by the Nazis. For example, the attempt to beautify dehumanizing institutions through empty phrases like "The Hope of Us All" and "Arbeit Macht Frie". We believe that it is important to heed these disturbing parallels as warning signals in order for another Holocaust never to happen again, to any people. We wrote a paragraph explaining our action in Arabic and English and distributed it to people as we were painting the sign, and we posted that paragraph next to the slogan.
In light of the current furore over the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proposed Holocaust conference to discuss the aspects of this 20th centurys human disaster . It is worth noting a recurrence of the conditions which led to that human disaster is being felt in a nation which on every 27th day of Nisann remembers the 6 million whom the Nazis murdered .
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Matthew 24:12
Thursday, 26 January 2006, 10:40 am
Press Release: International Solidarity Movement
"Arbeit Meicht Frie" was written at the entrance of Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps. In spray painting on that sign we did not mean to say that Ramallah is Auschwitz. We did, however, wish to point out that there are many disturbing parallels between the tactics used by the occupation and those used by the Nazis. For example, the attempt to beautify dehumanizing institutions through empty phrases like "The Hope of Us All" and "Arbeit Macht Frie". We believe that it is important to heed these disturbing parallels as warning signals in order for another Holocaust never to happen again, to any people. We wrote a paragraph explaining our action in Arabic and English and distributed it to people as we were painting the sign, and we posted that paragraph next to the slogan.
In light of the current furore over the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proposed Holocaust conference to discuss the aspects of this 20th centurys human disaster . It is worth noting a recurrence of the conditions which led to that human disaster is being felt in a nation which on every 27th day of Nisann remembers the 6 million whom the Nazis murdered .
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Matthew 24:12