Image ‘Copyleft’ by Carlos Latuff
The nazis herded the Jews of Poland into ghettos, the largest one being the Warsaw Ghetto. It had 400,000 inhabitants.
On the eve of Passover, 1943, the police and SS auxiliary forces entered the Warsaw Ghetto planning to exterminate the residents within thre days. They suffered losses and were repeadedly ambushed by Jewish insurgents who shot and launched Molotov coctails and hand grenades at them from alleyways, sewers and windows. The German advance was eventually halted.
On the eve of Passover, 2008, the police and Israeli troops entered the Gaza Strip planning to exterminate the residents within a similar time period. They were also ambushed by Palestinian insurgents. To date the zionist advance has not been halted.
Fate of the German war criminals
Franz Bürkl was assassinated by the Polish resistance in October 1943. Same month, Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg was killed by Croatian partisans in Yugoslavia.
Odilo Globocnik, Heinrich Himmler, and Friedrich Krüger all followed Adolf Hitler and committed suicide in May 1945.
Jürgen Stroop was convicted of war crimes in two different trials and executed by hanging in Poland in 1951 (Stroop’s aide Erich Steidtmann was exonerated for “minimal involvement”). Ludwig Hahn went into hiding until 1975, when he was apprehended and sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity. He died in prison in 1986.
Fate of the Israeli war criminals
Their fate has yet to be determined.
As stated above, this ‘TALE OF TWO GHETTOS’ was not written by Charles Dickens. Both ‘tales’ are real… one is history, the other is history being repeated by those that did not learn from it.
In the end, Palestine will be victorious and free… that will also be a part of the history being repeated.
Pedro said,
April 18, 2008 at 9:28 am
Viva Palistinia
Ken Boettger said,
April 18, 2008 at 10:47 pm
I am a German/Scottish American of at least 4 generations. This article is incredible. And a great support for the proper ethics and morality recently demonstrated by former President Jimmy Carter in his talks with Hamas.
I think my own government, people and country (US) has degenerated into a state no different than Nazi Germany. And our “axis” Israel is composed of the same people who were responsible for the death of Jesus Christ. As such, Bush, Cheney and the US Governement are acting in support of the Jewish behavior both today and yesterday – including the same principles under which Hitler attempted to rule the world as well as the murder of Jesus Christ so long ago. As for the Isreal we see today, they are the satanic faction of the Jewish people who give all of the Jewish people that satanic image and name.
While I do not agree with the Muslim faith, I must say they recognize Jesus Christ as a prophet. Even the Jews do not give such respect – they are the ones who killed Him. And if I had to chose between the lesser of the two, quite frankly, I would chose the Muslims as my brothers before God.
May God damn Isreal, my own country and my own government for their complicity in these crimes against all of humanity.
God bless Jimmy Carter.
Peace on earth, good will toward men.
Bertiz Benhamid said,
April 19, 2008 at 5:57 pm
What a brave people the Palestinians are and we can all learn from them. Just think that the indigenous people of the Holy Land the Palestinian Arabs are subjected to harsh treatment, expulsion, intimidation and slaughter by the Zionist occupation forces since 1948… Allah The Merciful and Compassionate I ask thee for Help and free the Palestinian Arabs from this yoke of Zionist oppression.