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By Micky Fuhrmann, member of the JPC Jewish Diplomatic Corps
The flag of Imperial Germany waving in front of the Federal Parliament in Berlin, with far-right extremists seeking to provoke a typhoon in construction and overwhelm police barricades, and anti-Semitic symbols shown on the garments of troublemakers: this is a description of a scene.Berlin in the early 1930s, but since 29 August 2020.
That day, a massive demonstration opposed to the government’s COVID-19 restrictions became a framework that brought back the darkest and cruellest bankruptcy in Germany’s history.
In so-called “anti-coronavirus rallies,” some 40,000 more people marched in the German capital, most of them peacefully, to protest against measures to prevent it from spreading COVID-19.Among them was a meddling that threatened neophytes.Nazis, “Reichsb-rger” (Reich citizens who reject the legitimacy of the trendy German state) and anti-Semitic conspirators.Bottles and stones were thrown at the police at the sites.The police, who could only save the troublemakers.of entering the construction of Parliament using pepper spray, they arrested about three hundred more people.
It is outrageous and shameful to see symbols of the Nazi era in front of the Parliament building, the center of democracy in Germany and a symbol of our Lax democratic order.It is also appalling that we are witnessing blatant anti-Semitism and the trivialization of the Holocaust, these demonstrations, which have become increasingly widespread in Germany since the end of March 2020.
While there may be valid arguments about how government regulations that the pandemic can affect non-public freedom, it is unacceptable to deflect a policy factor to spread fascist ideology and intolerance.While freedom of expression and the right to union are the cornerstones of in a democratic society, these freedoms cannot be used to spread fascist ideology and fanaticism.The line intersects when used to incite hatred against minorities and challenge public regulations and laws.
Freedom of speech cannot become a license to shout anti-Semitic slogans and uphold myths that accuse “certain people” of global domination, or for protesters to wear the yellow star of David and compare themselves to Jews who were persecuted during the he was a nazi. This is anti-Semitism in its crudest and most egregious form.
Unfortunately, we have noticed that the pandemic led to greater degrees of anti-Semitism, minority hatred and xenophobia.We have a duty to fight these horrible tendencies and paint instead of solidarity, our common sense of humanity and social cohesion.
It is time for ordained protesters to stop ignoring the fact that they are walking with those who are exploding for their own anti-democratic purposes.We cannot be apathetic or clumsy about anti-Semitism, minority hatred, xenophobia or extremism in any way.
The effects of the COVID-19 crisis will be felt psychologically and economically in the coming years, and we will have to act now to avoid a devastating socio-political climate in the department and distrust in the wake of the pandemic and to denounce anti-Semitism. and racism to protect our liberal values and our democratic order.