> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: woensdag 3 april 2002 5:59 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: RE: This week in the Middle East
> > Something that suddenly struck me: Hitler's mother (or was it his > > grandmother?) was Jewish (something he was careful not to mention, of > > course). Had he survived the war, the Law of Return would have given > > him the right to come live in Israel... > > If you are looking for reasons that people wonder about your feelings > about Jews this would be a good place to start. This flip joke is > hurtful. It displays an insensitivity to the feelings of Jews > concerning Hitler. > > Me: > It also displays a rather astonishing ignorance of history since it is > not, of course, true. Neither his mother or his grandmother were > Jewish. I remember watching some TV documentary in which it was mentioned. But even if my memory is fooling me, it is a gross exaggeration to call it an "astonishing ignorance of history". Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
