Growing Anti-Semitism

     After World War I the Allies exacted enormous reparations from Germany, thus triggering a long diplomatic hassle and provoking the depression which bred Nazism. That the Jews should have become the victims of the vehement German resentment was an unexpected consequence.
     After World War II the West wisely helped Germany recover, but now it is the Jews who are demanding reparations. The result is growing anti-semitism in Germany and in other western countries which are charged by the Jews with collaborating with the Nazis. The question being asked is: Why not reparations for the many non-Jews who suffered in the war started by the Nazis, including the families of those, including Americans, who lost their lives? The French state rail company is being sued by a Jew whose parents were sent to Auschwitz by train.
     The Economist, which no one can accuse of being anti-semitic, asks (2/20): "Can justice be counted in money? There is something distasteful about the quest for 'compensation.'...The relentlessness of some Jewish groups, the ambitions of American politicians seeking ethnic votes, the lawyers contingency fees. Several American lawyers say that, despite the [compensation funds] they will fight on. They should think again."
     My comment: This whole business is not only stimulating anti-semitism; it is damaging even further the reputations of American lawyers and politicians. The Economist is constantly warning of the danger of another depression. If it comes...

Ronald Hilton - 02/24/99