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|    =?UTF-8?B?amR5w7Z1bmc=?= to Nazi cross-dresser "Loose Cannon" a    |
|    Re: Swiss city under pressure to change     |
|    19 Jun 23 07:12:12    |
      From: jondyoungsaddictioncounselor@gmail.com              On Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 11:56:45 PM UTC-5, Nazi cross-dresser "Loose       Cannon" as Susan Cohen wrote:       > A group of Swiss citizens is demanding that an iconic city square has       > its name switched from that of a rabid antisemite to a woman who       > risked her life saving Jews.       >       > Opened in 2005, Raiffeisenplatz in St Gallen was named after the       > 19th-century Raiffeisen co-operative movement in Germany.       >       > The square is renowned for its unusual red carpet of rubber granulate,       > which gives pedestrians a slight bouncy feeling when strolling across       > it to get to the Raiffeisen bank or the St Gallen Synagogue.       >       > Raiffeisenplatz may be bright and cheery but Raiffeisen Bank, the       > second largest in the country, has a dark side, as it descends from       > the movement founded by firebrand Jew hater Friedrich Wilhelm       > Raiffeisen.       >       > Local historian Hans Fässler said Raiffeisen was “such a pronounced       > antisemite” that the Nazis celebrated him as one of their own on the       > 50th anniversary of his 1888 death.       >       > For two years a committee has pleaded with the city authorities and       > the Raiffeisen bank to change the name of the square to       > Recha-Sternbuch-Platz, after a heroic woman who helped Jewish refugees       > escape the Nazis during the Second World War.       >       > Paul Rechsteiner, president of St Gallen’s Paul Grüninger Foundation,       > named after a Swiss police commander who also helped Jewish refugees       > escape Nazi persecution, told the JC: “Naming public institutions or       > places is not an innocent act. Whoever is responsible, takes a stand.       > The ‘Red Square’ is not only known locally, but also nationally.       >       > “It is all the more incomprehensible that this prominent urban square       > is still officially called Raiffeisenplatz, even though Raiffeisen was       > a notorious antisemite.       >       > https://www.thejc.com/news/world/swiss-city-under-pressure-to-       hange-name-of-square-honouring-jew-hater-3EqQiLRuOPlH4Ubrq16PO6       >       >       > Why have the jews chosen this man to dishonor? From all accounts, he       > was a good and decent man. Most people throughout history have hated       > towards the hebes; I have posted many quotes of famous people       > expressing their thoughts about the jews.              Old "Loose" may like to wear a dress, but he's still the same old Nazi nutjob.       ROFL!              jdyoung       jdy...@gmail.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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