@LappenjammerDieZweite@social.vivaldi.net
2026-09-15 15:37 UTC
@serge@babka.social This is terrible. I wish I could help.
I was in Vienna last week and there is a big cemetery there with a large old jewish section.
It made me ferl tremense grief. No matter how much jewish people were a part of society or fought in the first World War or were accomplished in their jobs or massive benefactors. This did not protect them from harrassment or persecution or hatred in any period. I know jews were always trying hard and it was not enough and never will be in the eyes of antisemites.
Without having a say in it either.
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@serge@babka.social 2026-09-15 16:14
@LappenjammerDieZweite@social.vivaldi.net You've discovered a core lesson- something my own father told me when I was 13. He said to me that no matter how much I might try to assimilate, it will never be enough in the eyes of those that hate us. I'd even take it a step further and say that this very assimilation is then used to harm us. We see it as "They hide amongst us" or they use those that do capitulate (ie pickmes) as "You see, we don't hate all Jews" and use that to justify more hatred.