Kristallnacht Light in Denmark as Growing EU AntiSemitism Celebrates Germany's Darkest Night

Over 80 gravestones VANDALIZED at Jewish cemetery in Denmark ahead of Kristallnacht anniversary

A Jewish cemetery in Denmark was targeted by vandals who spray painted and destroyed over 80 headstones. The incident may have been an anti-Semitic attack, as it occurred before the anniversary of the infamous Kristallnacht pogrom.

The ancient Jewish cemetery dates back to the early 19th century and is located in the central Danish city of Randers, which is home to a large Jewish community.

“More than 80 gravestones were daubed with green graffiti and some were overturned,” local police said in a statement.

Footage from the scene shows the headstones smeared with green paint, while some of them are overturned. It was not immediately clear whether all of the damage was done by the vandals or if some of the graves had crumbled due to old age.

The police don’t know exactly when the attack occurred, but it was reported on Saturday – on the Kristallnacht pogrom anniversary. Kristallnacht took place on 9–10 November, 1938. The major Germany-wide coordinated attack by Nazi paramilitaries on the Jewish population resulted in over 100 deaths and numerous properties destroyed.

And it was the physical beginning of the Holocaust.

Such a coincidence suggests the attack may have been a deliberate anti-Semitic action, yet the vandals did not leave any explicit anti-Jewish messages or symbols at the scene.

The very disturbing rise in antisemitism in Europe indicates to me that it will not be many years before another Kristallnacht starts off another Holocaust. As hard as that is to believe, that even while some are still alive who have experienced the original Holocaust, another is likely to happen. Such madness!

Germany's Policy of Hiding Criminal's Nationality Gets Push-Back in North Rhine-Westphalia

Push for transparency? Police in western German state

to reveal suspects' nationality in all crimes

North Rhine-Westphalia's police officers are seen in Cologne, Germany, on October 15, 2018.

©  AFP/ DPA / Oliver Berg

Police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia will name all suspects' nationality as a way to counter "clumsy deception." The move comes after allegations of police and media covering up criminals' origins.

All future police press releases in Germany's most populous state will contain information about the nationality of suspects as long as it can be determined beyond doubt, the regional Interior Ministry told the German media, adding that it is developing a new set of regulations for the police.

"I have been promoting transparency ever since I took office," regional Interior Minister Herbert Reul, who assumed office two years ago, told journalists, explaining that the new rules would cover both German and foreign suspects.

Current German policy

Current police transparency regulations state that the nationality of suspects, particularly those belonging to a "minority" group, can be revealed only if it is essential in understanding the motives or has a direct link to the crime.

Police officers' reluctance to reveal suspects' nationalities has often landed them in hot water amid rising tensions in Germany in the wake of a massive influx of migrants and refugees. Police have been accused of covering up the countries of origin of foreign suspects to downplay the negative effects of Chancellor Angela Merkel's 'open doors' policy at the height of the 2015 refugee crisis.

Law enforcement officials particularly faced a wave of public outrage in the wake of reports of mass sexual assaults on New Year's Eve in 2015 in Cologne – North Rhine-Westphalia' largest city. The initial police report on New Year's Eve in Cologne failed to mention that many of the suspects were of North African origin, which later drew accusations of a deliberate cover-up.

The latest move is not just a "push for transparency," as it is also aimed at combating speculation involving any future high-profile cases in society, which still remains polarized over the issue of migrant crime.    

"I am convinced that this transparency is the best way to combat political hoaxes," Reul said. According to the 2018 crime statistics released by the German Federal Police in April, only slightly more than one-third of all suspects were non-German citizens, while refugees and asylum seekers accounted for 14 percent.

German authorities registered over 8,600 'right-wing extremist offences' in the first half of 2019.

That's 900 more than during the same period in 2018. https://youtu.be/WC3oss9YSe4 

There is no doubt that the German policy of hiding the nationalities of criminals has contributed significantly to the growth of far-right extremism in the country. The appearance that the police and media are protecting migrants at the expense of German citizens, especially young, German girls, leaves many Germans thinking they have to take care of their own family's safety because the police, media and justice systems are more concerned with the welfare of criminal migrants than ordinary German citizens. It is not hate as much as it is fear. It's a sorry country where truth has to be hidden.

This initiative was met with skepticism by other German states. Lower Saxony's interior minister, Boris Pistorius, said he sees no reason to change existing practices that protect minorities and prevent "generalizations and inadmissible conclusions."

This is not very bright. How does hiding the truth prevent "generalizations and inadmissible conclusions"? If anything it will contribute to such things as many people will just assume certain criminal activities are associated with migrants.

"Naming the nationalities of the suspects in all cases, even if they are irrelevant to the nature of the offense, does not lead to more transparency," he said in a scathing rebuke to his colleague. "There is no added value in a police statement if it names a suspect a foreign national, while his family lived in Germany for two generations or… is a dual national."

Other German states, where naming suspects' nationality by the police is either forbidden or only allowed in "exceptional cases," also said they have no plans to follow North Rhine-Westphalia's example.

The German Press Council – an umbrella organization of various media associations – cautiously welcomed Reul's initiative, but said that the decision to reveal a suspect's nationality should essentially be left in the hands of the media instead.

"A decision about whether nationality is relevant for the report should be carefully considered and taken by each editorial staff on the basis of their ethical principles. No authority should and can decide that," the council's spokesman, Volker Stennei, said.

Migrant crime has long been a hot topic in Germany, where any high-profile case involving a non-German suspect risks reigniting simmering tensions. Recently, the death of a young boy at the hands of an Eritrean who pushed him and his mother under a high-speed train rekindled the migration debate and even forced Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer to call for calm and advise Germans against drawing "premature" conclusions.

North Rhine-Westphalia

The Grotesque Contortion of Swedish Politics Gets Uglier by the Day

Sweden's far-left government and their ignoring of the obvious cultural suicide occurring in that country has spawned some ugly political aberrations. To continue to ignore them will only make them a 'new normal' rather than an aberration.

Swedish nationalist party leader says Hitler is ‘a good person surrounded by lies’ during interview

Nordic Resistance Movement rally in Stockholm © Aftonbladet / Global Look Press via ZUMA Press

RT’s interview with the Nordic Resistance Movement’s Swedish leader Simon Lindberg went from migrant talk to a shock endorsement of Adolf Hitler’s policies and blaming of Jews. His party is about to run in the general election.

The Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) held a rally in Stockholm on Saturday, facing off counter-protesters, who decried its members as neo-Nazis. The pan-Nordic group was registered as a political party in Sweden back in 2015 and is now readying for its very first general election in two weeks.

Lindberg described the ultimate goal of the NRM as “securing the existence of our people.” The phrase is an apparent nod to the so-called ‘14 words’ slogan, coined by David Lane – notorious white supremacist and neo-Nazi from the US.

“We want to take back the country from the traitors at the parliament,” Lindberg told RT’s Maria Finoshina, claiming that “between 20 and 30 percent of the inhabitants in Sweden is non-European.” The Swedes are soon to become a minority, the NRM leader believes, and eventually even can “cease to exist” in their own country.

“It’s already too late to just stop the immigration. We must kick them back,” he added.

Members of the NRM do not like being described as neo-Nazis, branding those who call them so “brainwashed,” but at the same time do not hide their fondness for the policies of National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party of Adolf Hitler. But Lindberg went even further, and didn’t shy away from praising Hitler personally and on camera.

Calling the Nazi leader “a very very good person for German people,” he claimed that Hitler “freed Germany from the globalists and the bankers, that have a grip over Sweden today.”

“He did what was necessary to secure his people’s freedom,” Lindberg went on. “We’re National Socialists, as Hitler was and we do whatever it takes to take our nation back.”

You could start by reading a little history. Hitler used globalists, international industrialists and bakers to create his war machine, which, did not restore German independence from them but rather the opposite. The German people are still trying to overcome the trauma and shame of the evil done by Hitler and all who supported him. If you want a hero to idolize, you couldn't possibly do worse than Hitler. 

Germany’s infamous Fuhrer is surrounded with “a million lies,” which many “not so [well-thinking]” people do believe, Lindberg claimed. Other extremely controversial statements of the NRM leader included branding the Holocaust “probably the biggest lie in history,” as well as a bizarre claim that “Jews declared war on Germany.”

Right! And then walked calmly into Auschwitz. And people actually believe this garbage!

Following the shock interview, RT reached several counter protesters for comment, who were appalled by Lindberg’s remarks. One protester said that “Hitler took 95 percent” of her family in concentration camps.

“I cannot believe he said that Hitler was a good guy. That must be a cause for police to intervene,” another protester said.

Besides the heated and highly controversial rhetoric though, the rally and the counter-protest ended without any major incidents.

The Scandinavian country, which has a long tradition of welcoming refugees, has seen a rise in far-right and anti-immigration sentiment, fueled by a surge in gang violence. Over the past few years, dozens of Swedes were injured or lost their lives in attacks in suburbs dominated by immigrant communities. An estimated 400,000 people filed for asylum in Sweden since 2012.

The issue of crime and immigration has become a central theme ahead of the September 9 election, where the NRM wants to present 24 candidates to the public, hoping to pass the four percent threshold to enter parliament.

Neo-Nazi Leader Quits Movement after Coming Out as Gay & Jewish

Anyone who doesn't know that God has a sense of humour needs to know that this kind of story happens every year or two. It's hilarious!

©  john kevin wilshaw / YouTube

A prominent neo-Nazi and National Front organizer has come out as gay and revealed his Jewish heritage. He made the revelations about his violent past while renouncing far-right extremism.

Kevin Wilshaw, 58, spent his entire adult life promoting white supremacism and was a high-profile figure in the National Front (NF) in the 1980s. He was still speaking at extremist events as recently as this year and was arrested for spewing race hate online in March.

Speaking to Channel 4 News, he admitted to acts of violence and racism including smashing a chair over someone’s head in Leeds and vandalizing a mosque in Aylesbury. He said he joined “because he didn’t have many friends at school,” and was looking for “comradeship” and to be “a member of a group of people that had an aim.”

“Even though you end up being a group of people that through their own extreme views are cut off from society, you do have a sense of comradeship in that you’re a member of a group that’s being attacked by other people,” he added.

Wilshaw joined the British National Party (BNP) at the age of 18 after a stint with the NF, and also dabbled with violent fringe groups such as the Racial Volunteer Force. According to Hope Not Hate, a charity that “campaigns to counter racism and fascism,” Wilshaw had belonged to the far right since 1974.

Wilshaw said he eventually realized racism was “rubbish” and quit the far-right after receiving abuse from within the movement over his sexuality.

“It’s a terribly selfish thing to say, but it’s true, I saw people being abused, shouted at, spat at in the street – it’s not until it’s directed at you that you suddenly realize what you’re doing is wrong,” he said.

He feels “appallingly guilty” over his past and now wants to fight racism, although he said he feared reprisals from the far-right for his “betrayal.”

New figures released on Tuesday revealed a stark rise in Islamophobic hate crimes reported in London in the last year.

A total of 17,042 race or religious-related crimes were reported to police 12 months up to April 2017, compared to 16,762 in the previous financial year.

The sharpest increase was recorded among anti-Islam crime, with offences up by a quarter. Homophobic crimes rose 6 percent and anti-Semitic offences increased 4.5 percent.

The government has also been urged to launch an inquiry into far-right extremism in the armed forces after four soldiers were arrested for being alleged members of a banned neo-Nazi group called National Action.