Saturday, December 22, 2018

this is a curious item. it seems someone saved an 'anti-semitic' flyer from germany in the early twenties and here it is translated. i think you'll find this interesting;


When I was reading the work of early twentieth century American explorer and travel writer Harry Franck and his visit to Germany in 1920. I was surprised to find that he had preserved and translated the text an otherwise forgotten anti-Semitic handbill that was handed to him in the street in Berlin as a comment upon those extremely turbulent post-Spartacist uprising – which was primarily lead by jews as I have previously documented – (1) times.

I thought this was an excellent way to introduce a new project that I have given myself on SC, which is to translate older anti-Semitic materials into English. I have already done several translations here, but I have thought to make it a more regular thing.

However the text Franck reproduces is as follows:

‘END OF MILITARISM

BEGINNING OF JEW RULE!

Fifty months have we stood at the Front honourably and undefeated. Now we have returned home, ignominiously betrayed by deserters and mutineers! We hoped to find a free Germany, with a government of the people. What is offered us?

A GOVERNMENT OF JEWS!

The participation of the Jews in the fights at the Front was almost nil. Their participation in the new government has already reached 80 per cent.! Yet the percentage of Jewish population in Germany is only 1½ per cent.!

OPEN YOUR EYES!

COMRADES, YOU KNOW THE BLOODSUCKERS!

COMRADES, WHO WENT TO THE FRONT AS VOLUNTEERS?........http://semiticcontroversies.blogspot.com/2018/12/translation-of-anti-semitic-flyer-from.html

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