Im there on a daily basis so the situation. That there are more than eighty percent of the first nation is in need of. Absolutely a man made a famine and with disastrous consequences thank you so much for joining us and providing. We make up of what we watch as i think that under budget hikes we are december seventh so. They want to shape the continents future to speak part of it and join our youngsters as they share their stories their dreams and their challenges the seventy seven percent platform for africa charedi. I in recent years the specter has once again reared its ugly head across europe the specter of Anti Semitism. For. A little over seven decades after the holocaust anti jewish attacks are on the rise again in europe. My suspicion was what crimes of jews committed to deserve two thousand years of persecution what do you think was the conceit that. Most of the salt in the mood among french jews is very gloomy right now because a dozen people have been killed in france in recent years simply because they were jews. If those are those that were in poland the genie is out of the bottleAnti Semitism is becoming acceptable. Ha ha ha said it is a State Of Mind that is not a matter of one country its an international phenomenon. Anti semitism has become much more common in europe the explanations for this phenomenon seem as varied as the proposals for how to deal with it for this report we traveled to berlin paris and warsaw to talk to people whove experienced antisemitism and to discuss possible solutions. What is it like to be a jew in general today. Was. In recent years jewish life culture and traditions have enjoyed a renaissance in germany. But prayer rooms and kindergartens are often located in closed areas away from the street and out of The Public Eye protected by police due to fears of antisemitic attacks. Today germany is home to about Two Hundred Thousand jews their numbers have increased almost continuously since the one Nine Hundred Ninety s. Many have emigrated from the former soviet union some have even come from israel. The most popular destination is berlin the very city where the nazis organized the extermination of european jews. Admit this most ninety seven system simply means hostility directed against jews as jews. They are subject to this hostility because of characteristics that are often attributed to the ice their hatred for being something they are not since those who were open and his image is most built in antisemitism is a wide ranging concept that some people use it to explain certain complexity third founded Todays Society it helps them to find scapegoats but. Do you begin to feel. This Country Semitism is an assault on the democratic culture of our society. Im so its more than just gun jews and such in. Berlin has the Largest Jewish Community in germany. In december twenty seventeen and ugly anti semitic it is displayed in the front window some of the art on the walls features
the star of david. The restaurant specializes in traditional sephardic jewish cuisine. One day owner your i find back and his girlfriend were standing outside taking a break when they were approached by a man who was apparently drunk second my guess i have a job in my yard i proffer no fire but by the course of my life im not going to get my toast and ya what got us Up Young Dusty Eyed source and john most of us into this is always a boyfriend not just in fact yards are tossed jamar the chrome and its a job you know its a go that dont think you got to come until noon should be read this you can fill the room but its exactly the opposite of what i do you know in my mind im just interested from you but first i didnt know what he wanted done as well and then things just got worse. And he started coming. With all these anti semitic
prejudices about jews and money and the holocaust and so forth. Locals do so its just people know its kate bush pushed. Him but you know why must i think he bought his base for the year i just did what he could said if i still do such and begin to kick some nice young folks john motson im fixin a. Good thing thats for sure you can support your. Defined bad case prompted a new discussion about Anti Semitism in berlin which has a particularly high incidence of verbal and physical attacks. Nine hundred and forty seven cases were documented in twenty seventeen sixty percent more than the year before. Criminal offenses or threats can be reported to an anti Semitism Research and Information Center in berlin. Beyond a shadow there are a number of right wing extremist and populist groups and then there are those that
can be described as left wing and anti imperialist and some groups are scribed to conspiracy theories. To use like an activist and then many of the socalled Anti Israel Activists who are opposed to the existence of the state of israel stop this stood there is also the islamist brand of antisemitism. And then we have a wide range of groups that occupy the political middle ground. By just because he has pointed me to highly ethical i would have to look at it theyre going to have to run the quoting two official figures right wingers are involved in the majority of antisemitic incidents that have been reported some farai politicians notably from the populist a. F. D. Call for an end to what they see as an excessive focus on germanys nazi past including the holocaust. You know. Its. Just a few dusty. It seems that comments that people used to make at their local pub or in the privacy of their home are now made fairly openly at Public Events and done social media sites. In the time that i did these kinds of accusations have always been part of German Society but theyve become socially acceptable to a certain extent mostly due to the popularity of the of tea party. Went nuts and. I think this was one just out what sorts of answers does to semitism provide. Well for example it allows people to identify with this certain philosophy and black
nationalism and that creates a sort of National Anti semitism where the jews are always the outside is. Also Anti Semitism helps some people to make sense of the words of modern society exactions leiden. Were now on our way toward the capital of poland. Until recently poland was widely regarded as the paragon of modern democratic progression in post communist eastern europe. But in the twenty Fifteen National elections a right wing Populist Party took control of both houses of parliament. A new spirit of nationalism has caused concern among many and not just in poland. The countrys Independence Day is november eleventh celebrations across poland often provide a platform for the expression of resurgent Ultra Nationalist sentiment. Radical right wingers have essentially taken over the main Independence Day celebrations in warsaw and activists from all over Europe Travel here to join them. Over the past decade attendance at this event has jumped from just five hundred to nearly one hundred thousand. This is the office of a group that features prominently in the Independence Day event the old polish Youth Organization the movement is based on a Student Group that was founded in One Thousand Twenty Two the ritual group favored anti semitic policies such as limiting the number of jews in universities some members supported italys fascist dictator Benito Mussolini todays version has the same model for the nation is the highest temporal good. The groups men. As are all under thirty six and all eerily polite. The neat and benito is the
office dogs name. My family and one difference young people appreciate the fact that we respect polands history in trying to preserve it we consider ourselves a National Movement and we try to show people that they are part of that nation because thats the. And thats why the Independence Day march is so popular. Not only. For us nationalists its not enough to just have a passport but says youre a citizen. Of peace theres a lot more to it thats just. A nation is composed of three basic elements. Ethnic cultural and religious affiliation. I would like to add that poland is proud of its history because there are hardly any dark chapters in that history. Feel coptic. Feels others they should study on. In their eyes dark chapters in polish history usually involve past attacks on the country by germany and russia while poland itself is always innocent but propaganda materials distributed by all polish jews often feature in nationalist symbols a certain patriotic mysticism and Soul Stirring music and this is where associations with former times resurface. In the last couple of years what we have seen in poland is the first book talk with the rise in different types of Xenophobia Expressions of experience we can the. Observe it very clearly since the Refugee Crisis in the. Way i think that this. Outbreak of snowfall being pulled down sinceTwo Thousand And Fifteen finally also resulted in an outbreak of of a new wave on sometimes half and half. I think it shows that when the Flood Gates Olds in the fall we are open sooner or later it also translates into their way before stupidity against the jews. Since the law and Justice Party came to power in twenty fifteen the mood in the country has changed earlier this Year Parliament approved a law that banned comments linking poland with Nazi War Crimes such as the Phrase Polish Death Camps most of them were located in occupied poland but were run by the nazis and Prime Minister much more of yet ski caused a global outcry after preferring to jewish perpetrators during the second world war. And you sure there is a. Theres nowhere to semitism forward. To sue me to
small forth theres never been an error in polish history a book each else not even so much as a decade of. Again or just raises a more significant. As events turn toward deeply rooted belief in christianity and specifically catholicism. That religious faith requires us to respect our neighbors. Senator john mccain was apparently unaware of this demonstration in fact suave in twenty fifteen featuring what is clearly an effigy of a jew. Some say it represented george soros a prominent jewish investor and philanthropist who promotes liberal and internationalist policies. Soros is despised by many on the far right around the world. Sure isnt
in poland is the. First for the right wing phenomenon its the conservative discourse its the discourse that tries to put into the wider context the matters of well independence pride. All there and it said try and some were the jewish history seems not to not to fit in apparently. And this has a good very dangerous record questions for us as for the Jewish Community. Every year crowds gather and votes while on Independence Day to hear the preachings of yachts a former catholic priest. Is that funny and even if most. Abundant is more islam is more hollywood is most marxists more. Stats then jamie i
thank you we are just so determined to. Find the match dont get tight how do you move the to. This to feel like they asked over just now and in america how far now so its. We drive to the central polish city of college to meet me at la his blog features a traditional nationalist motto translated into english god honor fatherland. During our interview on secretive looking premises outlined his views on the issue of jews in poland. Used to. Unfortunately right now both those who are hated by the jews and those who speak uncoachable truths are called anti semites so its important to note that every official Jewish Organization in polling. Identifies with values that could be attributed to cultural marxism. Even
those are values that we as Traditionalists Catholics Christian most right wingers are nationalists regard this fall psychology. This ideology of storm moral decay the fetus or. As Catherine The Great wrote the enslavement of entire countries. But. Weve returned to warsaw on the governments new law that would criminalize the brain in polish people for any crimes committed during the holocaust sparked International Criticism particularly from Israel Parliament later backed down and decided that violations of the law would result in only civil instead of criminal penalties. This is the museum of the history of polish jews the first jews arrived in what is now poland in the tenth century at the
beginning of World War Two poland had more jewish residents than any other european country about three point four million. Only about Two Hundred Thousand survived the holocaust. After the war many polish jews emigrated to israel and the us leaving a population of just Forty Thousand this is it is this video shown in the museum shows polish Student Demonstrations in One Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Eight the countrys communist government used the protest as an excuse to launch a campaign against socalled zionist sympathizers many jews were forced to leave the Communist Party others had to resign their Teaching Jobs at schools and universities by Nine Hundred Seventy One more than Fourteen Thousand polish jews had left the country in desperation and members compare things to the narrative has been drawn between the discourse. Nineteen sixty eight and todays discourse both
regarding just as the foreign factor in this state and diminishing the meaning of the holocaust. As the biggest tragedy in our history those who experienced more action item sixteen those who had to lift poland or who stayed in poland they see the similarities they can compare the climate Nine Hundred Sixty Eight days climate Core Vision Of. Present in in the european consciousness and i would say the Core Vision Of fascism is the vision of total cultural homogenized and its the vision. That is directed against all types of minorities ethnic religious ideology. Political. And of course the jews are the sort of power of the minority. The
risk is an outline made clothing label developed by jewish Designer Antoninus i met. Her fashions often featured jewish symbols and hebrew language phrases. Says she wants to Rebranded Jewish Identity and show its modern and positive aspects she says a lot of germans buy her clothes at the same time so metzger has strengthened her own jewish identity and her relationship with the local Jewish Community. The. Mistress of the posts. I believe that in poland the fear of outsiders is an emotionally charged issue and there are historical reasons for that. Throughout its history poland has been overrun by other states and people are still deeply afraid of such invasions. In addition. We are an ethnically homogenous society with everyones caucasian and they all look
similar when they want to treat the exam. A lot of people are surprised to learn that some x. Guy is jewish shes never experienced incidents of antisemitism and says that its safe for jews to wear a yarmulke or indeed her own clothing designs on the streets of warsaw. But shes still concerned about current developments. But no claim is the there are social tensions in poland just as there are in every country. Is that. But here the hatred is not directed exclusively against jews but. People also hate gays arabs and black people or. Nearly all in there are simply a lot of people who hate others because theyre different. And that hatred to can
take different forms but i dont think that the jews are any worse off than i am for example ok is. One period. Some polish jews like to joke that there would be Anti Semitism in poland even if there were no jews there. Our next stop is france home to europes Largest Jewish Community an estimated Five Hundred Thousand jews live here more than in any other country except israel and the United States but in recent years france has been hit by a new wave of antisemitic attacks and this is prompted many french jews to fear for their safety. In twenty fifteen four jewish hostages were gunne