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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   
      
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