Israel recognises 'new Schindler'
The news is mentioned because its rare, most of people awarded were your typical avarage "Joes" who decided to risk their lifes to save innocent persecuted people, often women and children. As to "Nazis" awarded the largest number of people come from non-nazi countries like France or Poland...Or are these awards presented only to nazis ?
http://www1.yadvashem.org/righteous/ind ... teous.html
Poles are the largest group of people presented with that award.and other Polish families that underwent huge risks
As to the emotions of people who surivived Holocaust-a certain amount of human dignity would suggest that we shouldn't judge too harshly people who lived through living hell like that.
And of course many Jews are greatefull and respective of Polish efforts to help them. Marek Edelman or for another example Adam Rotfeld-who while being saved as a child during WWII lived to become current Polish foreign policy minister.
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Mr Mills wrote:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... c&start=15
Also mr Mills wrote:
May I enquire why mr Mills is using the term 'Jewish Establishment' again? (I say 'again' as mr Mills wrote in this thread:As the above shows, the award of the status of "Righteous Gentile" by the Jewish Establishment is a totally arbitrary affair, dependant on the whims of Jewish survivors.
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... c&start=15
Also a definition of 'Jewish establishment' might be useful in this case, as there probably is, in the vision of mr Mills 'a' Jewish Establishment and a German Jewish Establishment.A link to the speech by Paul Spiegel, head honcho of the German Jewish Establishment:
Also mr Mills wrote:
It amazes me that someone who is generally making statements and claims backed up with literature or documents, now sticks to simple allegations.Political considerations do seem to play a role in the determination of just who is a "righteous gentile", as in the case of Bishop Sheptytsky of Lviv, applications of behalf of whom have consistently been turned down, no doubt due to his support of Ukrainian nationalism.
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good guy - bad guy
I am beginning to feel sorry that I reacted at all to the post.
I did not intend to be "spitefull" against those who received the "honor" as a righteous gentile.
Probably what I was trying to convey is that ANY decent person would help people in need of help.
But I do stand by my personal conviction that a lot of the hoopla is political expediency rather than gratitude.
Enough said !
I'm bowing out.
HN.
I did not intend to be "spitefull" against those who received the "honor" as a righteous gentile.
Probably what I was trying to convey is that ANY decent person would help people in need of help.
But I do stand by my personal conviction that a lot of the hoopla is political expediency rather than gratitude.
Enough said !
I'm bowing out.
HN.
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I use the term "Jewish Establishment" rather than "The Jews" in order to indicate that I am not attributing a single will to all individual Jews, but rather speaking of the actions of organised Jewish groups.
By "Jewish Establishment" I mean Jewish politicians, Jewish political organisations, Jewish activists, etc. Like any Establishment it consists of a number of separate groups that may at times be in opposition to each other. However, it does have a common, uniting cause in pursuing what it perceives to be the best interests of Jews as a group, and on such matters tends to speak with one voice.
With regard to Bishop Sheptytsky, I would welcome input from anyone who has up-to-date information. My comments were based on the chapter "Metropolitan Andrii Sheptyts'kyi and the Complexities of Ukrainian-Jewish relations", by Shimon Redlich, in the 1997 book "Bitter Legacy: Confronting the Holocaust in the USSR". The chapter itself is a reprint of an article written in 1989, so there may have been later developments.
The chapter ends with this paragraph:
By "Jewish Establishment" I mean Jewish politicians, Jewish political organisations, Jewish activists, etc. Like any Establishment it consists of a number of separate groups that may at times be in opposition to each other. However, it does have a common, uniting cause in pursuing what it perceives to be the best interests of Jews as a group, and on such matters tends to speak with one voice.
With regard to Bishop Sheptytsky, I would welcome input from anyone who has up-to-date information. My comments were based on the chapter "Metropolitan Andrii Sheptyts'kyi and the Complexities of Ukrainian-Jewish relations", by Shimon Redlich, in the 1997 book "Bitter Legacy: Confronting the Holocaust in the USSR". The chapter itself is a reprint of an article written in 1989, so there may have been later developments.
The chapter ends with this paragraph:
As far as the historical image and memory of Sheptyts'kyi are concerned, various - and at times conflicting - views prevail. The Jewish memory of the man and his deeds is seriously affected, not only by his stands vis-a-vis Ukrainian nationalists and Nazi Germany, but also by the traditionally negative Jewish view of Ukraine and the Ukrainians. The utterly hostile Soviet approach to Sheptyts'kyi may also exerted its influence upon official Israeli decision makers. The fact reamins that in spite of numerous appeals to the Yad Vashem Remembrance Authority, the granting of the "Righteous among the Nations" title to a man who intitiated the survival of some 150 Jews and expressed his criticism of Nazi anti-Jewish policies - has been denied. As this essay shows, Sheptyts'kyi's attitudes toward Jews were marked by tensions, inconsistencies and conflicts. Yet, compared with the churches and populations of Nazi-occupied Europe, Sheptyts'kyi's statements and deeds on behalf of Jews place him among that humane and courageous minority who during the time of trial believed that they were their brothers' keepers.
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Re: Reply to Simsalabim
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Interesting enough, Ukrainians are on number 4 on the list of nations of members of the Righteous of Nations with 2079 members. So the 'Jews' didn't consider 'them' as bad at all.
The first paragraph seems to contradict the second to me, but I leave this to the other readers.I use the term "Jewish Establishment" rather than "The Jews" in order to indicate that I am not attributing a single will to all individual Jews, but rather speaking of the actions of organised Jewish groups.
By "Jewish Establishment" I mean Jewish politicians, Jewish political organisations, Jewish activists, etc. Like any Establishment it consists of a number of separate groups that may at times be in opposition to each other. However, it does have a common, uniting cause in pursuing what it perceives to be the best interests of Jews as a group, and on such matters tends to speak with one voice.
mr Mills wrote:
From the article:With regard to Bishop Sheptytsky, I would welcome input from anyone who has up-to-date information.
'May', I read. I am not familiar with the article you posted, but it looks like just an allegation, like yours.The utterly hostile Soviet approach to Sheptyts'kyi may also exerted its influence upon official Israeli decision makers.
Interesting enough, Ukrainians are on number 4 on the list of nations of members of the Righteous of Nations with 2079 members. So the 'Jews' didn't consider 'them' as bad at all.
Mr Mills:
When the Professor wrote "meshuge" [= crazy] I am quite sure he meant it that they were crazy enough to hide people, in face of the extreme risks in doing such an act. It does not literally mean that the person is mad. The yiddish word meshugge is often used in a jokingly way (i.e "He´s gone completly meshugge) and does not imply that a person is mad.
I see that not much has changed here at the forum and that Michael Mills continues to pursue some kind of shady revisionist agenda.
When the Professor wrote "meshuge" [= crazy] I am quite sure he meant it that they were crazy enough to hide people, in face of the extreme risks in doing such an act. It does not literally mean that the person is mad. The yiddish word meshugge is often used in a jokingly way (i.e "He´s gone completly meshugge) and does not imply that a person is mad.
I see that not much has changed here at the forum and that Michael Mills continues to pursue some kind of shady revisionist agenda.
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It is perfectly obvious what Professor Thaler meant.
He was saying that gentiles who assisted Jews were not motivated by some sort of higher moral principle, that they were not "righteous", merely "crazy". They were not essentially different from the vast majority of gentiles who did not assist Jews and whom Professor Thaler wrote off a "anti-Semitic"; they were just a bit eccentric and hence acted differently from the majority in this respect.
It is blatantly obvious that when Professor Thaler used the word "meshugge", he was not being complimentary to the gentiles who helped Jews.
He was saying that gentiles who assisted Jews were not motivated by some sort of higher moral principle, that they were not "righteous", merely "crazy". They were not essentially different from the vast majority of gentiles who did not assist Jews and whom Professor Thaler wrote off a "anti-Semitic"; they were just a bit eccentric and hence acted differently from the majority in this respect.
It is blatantly obvious that when Professor Thaler used the word "meshugge", he was not being complimentary to the gentiles who helped Jews.
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Please try to read carefully, Beppo.
Go back over the thread and read the messages again, and try very hard to understand what they say.
If necessary, repeat the words aloud until their meaning dawns on you.
It was a Jew, himself a person who had survived owing to assistance from Gentiles, who voiced the opinion that Gentiles who helped Jews were "meshugge", crazy.
Since he also thought that all Gentiles anti-Semitic, he must have considered those who did help Jews to be in some way abnormal, hence a bit crazy, since their actions diverged so much from what he considered the Gentile norm.
The Jewish historian I was quoting from, Professor Shimon Redlich, also a survivor whose family was helped by a simple Ukrainian woman, suggested that the motivation for helping Jews was a mixture of greed and compassion, and I would not disagree with that.
Go back over the thread and read the messages again, and try very hard to understand what they say.
If necessary, repeat the words aloud until their meaning dawns on you.
It was a Jew, himself a person who had survived owing to assistance from Gentiles, who voiced the opinion that Gentiles who helped Jews were "meshugge", crazy.
Since he also thought that all Gentiles anti-Semitic, he must have considered those who did help Jews to be in some way abnormal, hence a bit crazy, since their actions diverged so much from what he considered the Gentile norm.
The Jewish historian I was quoting from, Professor Shimon Redlich, also a survivor whose family was helped by a simple Ukrainian woman, suggested that the motivation for helping Jews was a mixture of greed and compassion, and I would not disagree with that.
As with word mad the meaning can be different-mad can both mentally instable or daring and courageous against all odds.t was a Jew, himself a person who had survived owing to assistance from Gentiles, who voiced the opinion that Gentiles who helped Jews were "meshugge", crazy.
That's only your view on the thing.Not his.Since he also thought that all Gentiles anti-Semitic, he must have considered those who did help Jews to be in some way abnormal, hence a bit crazy,
There are several cases when helping Jews didn't involve any material benefit at all.The Jewish historian I was quoting from, Professor Shimon Redlich, also a survivor whose family was helped by a simple Ukrainian woman, suggested that the motivation for helping Jews was a mixture of greed and compassion, and I would not disagree with that.
Just like in the case of our Foreign Minister.
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Re: Israel recognises 'new Schindler'
I see being declared "Righteous Among The Nations" as a high award for outstanding positive human behavior. In this case, towards Jews.
Somehow you can see it as an equvalent to the Ritterkreuz, only that that widely accepted and, by some, admired award was often handed out for successful killing instead of saving lives.
I for myself know which type of people I admire more.
More about Major Plagge (in German) with many pictures:
http://www.darmstaedter-geschichtswerks ... 4a5g1cqbn5
Somehow you can see it as an equvalent to the Ritterkreuz, only that that widely accepted and, by some, admired award was often handed out for successful killing instead of saving lives.
I for myself know which type of people I admire more.
More about Major Plagge (in German) with many pictures:
http://www.darmstaedter-geschichtswerks ... 4a5g1cqbn5