Hajo Meyer with his beloved cello |
Tribute to Hajo Meyer
Hajo Meyer was a Dutch survivor of the Auschwitz/Birkenau
extermination camp. He lived his life in
the belief that ‘never again’ applied not only to Jews but to every victim of
racism and genocide. I can remember when
he came to Britain a few years ago and the Zionists (Jonathan Hoffman) tried to
unsuccessfully disrupt his meeting at the House of Commons Portcullis House on
Holocaust Memorial Day.
extermination camp. He lived his life in
the belief that ‘never again’ applied not only to Jews but to every victim of
racism and genocide. I can remember when
he came to Britain a few years ago and the Zionists (Jonathan Hoffman) tried to
unsuccessfully disrupt his meeting at the House of Commons Portcullis House on
Holocaust Memorial Day.
Hajo Meyer |
Barracks |
Gypsies deported to Janesovac – a Croatian extermination camp |
Soviets liberate Maidenek |
watchtowers at Maidenek |
Stangl – Commandant at Maidenek and later Belsen where the British hanged him with Kurt Franz |
Treblinka zoo and barracks |
wooden bunks where 3 slept to a ‘bed’ |
the infamous sign above most camps ‘work makes you free’ |
Zionism wants us to believe that because of the terrible
tragedy of the Holocaust when 6 million Jews and perhaps half a million gypsies
and half a million of the disabled, as well as 3 million Poles and 3 million
Russians, lost their lives, that Israel has a carte blanche to treat the
Palestinians as the untermenschen. The Lower Races. Our message is that the Holocaust gives
Zionism no such rights.
tragedy of the Holocaust when 6 million Jews and perhaps half a million gypsies
and half a million of the disabled, as well as 3 million Poles and 3 million
Russians, lost their lives, that Israel has a carte blanche to treat the
Palestinians as the untermenschen. The Lower Races. Our message is that the Holocaust gives
Zionism no such rights.
The record of Zionism during the holocaust they now exploit
was one of complete indifference. In
this review by notorious Zionist historian David Cesarani of Dina Porat’s Blue
& Yellow Star of David, itself an attempt to whitewash the record of Zionism
during the holocaust, he admits that three times as much was spent on growing
JNF trees as in ensuring that the Jews of Europe might be saved. But it was far worse. The major Zionist crimes were:
was one of complete indifference. In
this review by notorious Zionist historian David Cesarani of Dina Porat’s Blue
& Yellow Star of David, itself an attempt to whitewash the record of Zionism
during the holocaust, he admits that three times as much was spent on growing
JNF trees as in ensuring that the Jews of Europe might be saved. But it was far worse. The major Zionist crimes were:
Bodies of Jasenovac victims floating in river |
Koch-the Commandant of Maidenek |
i.
Ensuring that all rescue was directed towards Palestine
and obstructing any rescue work that had as its destination any other country.
Ensuring that all rescue was directed towards Palestine
and obstructing any rescue work that had as its destination any other country.
gas chambers at Maidenek |
ii.
Prioritising building the Jewish state not
saving the refugees.
Prioritising building the Jewish state not
saving the refugees.
SS behead a man with saw |
forest graves at Chelmno – the first extermination c amp |
iii.
At the height of an international boycott movement
which may have toppled Hitler in 1933, the Zionists negotiated their own trade
agreement Ha’avara to ensure that the wealth of German Jewry would be invested
in Palestine. Between 1933 and 1939 60%
of capital investment in Jewish Palestine was from Nazi Germany.
At the height of an international boycott movement
which may have toppled Hitler in 1933, the Zionists negotiated their own trade
agreement Ha’avara to ensure that the wealth of German Jewry would be invested
in Palestine. Between 1933 and 1939 60%
of capital investment in Jewish Palestine was from Nazi Germany.
Bodies at Maidenek |
iv.
Suppressing news of the holocaust, not simply in
1944 when Hungarian Jewry was threatened but throughout the war. This is not even denied. As Cesarani states between 1942 and 1945 the
Mapai leadership of Ben-Gurion and the Jewish Agency (the Zionist government in
waiting) rarely devoted a whole session to the extermination of European Jewry.
Suppressing news of the holocaust, not simply in
1944 when Hungarian Jewry was threatened but throughout the war. This is not even denied. As Cesarani states between 1942 and 1945 the
Mapai leadership of Ben-Gurion and the Jewish Agency (the Zionist government in
waiting) rarely devoted a whole session to the extermination of European Jewry.
The reason? ‘The leadership never… made rescue work more important
than efforts to achieve a Jewish state.’
than efforts to achieve a Jewish state.’
Waldlager Memorial |
Or as Shabtai Teveth, the
official biographer of Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first Prime Minister’s wrote:
official biographer of Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first Prime Minister’s wrote:
‘If there was a line in Ben-Gurion’s mind
between the beneficial disaster and an all-destroying catastrophe, it must have
been a very fine one.’ [The Burning Ground 1886-1948, 1987: 851, Houghton Mifflin,
Boston]
between the beneficial disaster and an all-destroying catastrophe, it must have
been a very fine one.’ [The Burning Ground 1886-1948, 1987: 851, Houghton Mifflin,
Boston]
Tony Greenstein
Crematoria at Maidenek |
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