Sunday, April 22, 2018

Paula S. Biren M.D. cared utmost about THE HOLOCAUST and antisemitism, BUT has been misrepresented; "Holocaust survivor warns Polish leaders over Nazi groups "

Paula S. Biren M.D. cared utmost about THE HOLOCAUST and anti-antisemitism, BUT has sadly been misrepresented;.

"Holocaust survivor warns Polish leaders over Nazi groups"
This is what my mother worried about while she put energy into other social matter given that while my mother was still alive antisemitism had not reared its ugly head as it is now close to 2 years after her passing.

Oral History of my mother, Dr Paula S. Biren, deceased June 2016, 2005 and 1979 +
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Lanzmann

"Associated Press•April 21, 2018

The mayor of Gdansk, Pawel Adamowicz,center, addresses a rally he organized in protest against a recent gathering by far-right groups in this Baltic coast city, in Gdansk, Poland, on Saturday, April 21, 2018. A Holocaust survivor slammed Poland's right-wing government for failing to condemn these groups. (AP Photo/Wojciech Strozyk)
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Holocaust survivor told people at a counter-rally held Saturday in a Polish city where far-right groups marched a week earlier that Poland's leaders tolerate organizations with Nazi-inspired ideologies.
Some 1,500 people gathered in Gdansk, the cradle of Poland's pro-democracy Solidarity movement in the 1980s, to protest the convention the far-right groups held in the city and to alert Poland's government to the growing threat of fascism.
Magdalena Wyszynska, 96, a Jewish survivor of the Lvov ghetto, told the crowd that the lack of reaction by Poland's right-wing government could suggests its leaders are "more concerned for the widening of their electorate than for our security."
Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz, who organized the rally Saturday, said it was a "shame" that many Poles haven't learned from history and don uniforms of nationalist and fascist organizations that sowed hatred before and during World War II.
Hidden camera footage recently shown on Poland's TVN24 showed neo-Nazis celebrating Adolf Hitler's birthday in Nazi uniforms in southwestern Poland. There was no condemnation from the authorities.
Wyszynska said Polish authorities are giving "silent consent" to groups such as All-Poland Youth and the National Radical Camp that promote ideas that should be banned.
Last year, an annual Independence Day march the groups hold parallel to Poland's official celebrations featured nationalist and racist slogans.
Poland lost some 6 million citizens, half of them Jews, under Nazi German occupation during the war. "

Paula S. Biren MD cared utmost about anti-antisemitism But Others are dishonoring that; " Irvine Man Charged With Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes After Being Turned In By Family Member"r

Paula S. Biren MD cared utmost about anti-antisemitism But Others are dishonoring that; " Irvine Man Charged With Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes After Being Turned In By Family Member"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Lanzmann

"http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/04/19/irvine-man-charged-with-anti-semitic-hate-crimes-after-being-turned-in-by-family-member/ "

"April 19, 2018 at 11:30 pm

Filed Under:Accused, Anti-semitism, Hate Crimes, Irvine, Nicholas Rose

IRVINE (CBSLA) — An Irvine man is charged with hate crimes for threatening to kill Jewish people and possessing anti-Semitic literature and ammunition.
Nicholas Rose, 26, was charged in court Thursday with attempted criminal threats, violation of civil rights and the sentencing enhancement of a hate crime, which carries a 6-year, 6-month sentence.

Officials say a Rose family member tipped them off to his potential violence.
Officials said on or about April 16, 2018 Rose told a family member that he wanted to kill people while making threats against Jewish people.
The family member contacted the Orange Police Department.
The police investigated. They went to the Irvine home where Rose — an ESL teacher — rents a room. They accuse Rose of being in possession of .22 ammunition, anti-Semitic literature, “kill lists” of prominent Jews in the community and entertainment industry, a list of steps he allegedly called “Killing My First Jew.”
Officials said Rose also possessed papers referencing at least one church and one synagogue in Lake Forest, less than five miles from where he was living.
CBS2’s Stacey Butler reports Rose was also targeting a Russian Orthodox church as well as a Greek Orthodox church believing they “were sympathetic to the Jewish cause.”
He was arrested at the scene.
Investigators are checking Rose’s computer to see if he is a member of a hate group.
A neighbor told Butler she was shocked that such hate could be near her doorstep.
“[I have] so many friends,” said Laura Wichems, “who are Jewish and who go to synagogues in Orange County. Huntington Beach. It’s really scary to think that there’s someone with that kind of hate in their heart — planning stuff against Jewish people.”
Rose is being held on $500,000 bail."

Sunday, April 15, 2018

What truly concerned Paula S. Biren M.D. most, as opposed to other important issues; Anne Frank House banned Anne Frank House banned Orthodox Jewish employee from wearing his skullcap at work Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5612999/Anne-Frank-House-banned-Orthodox-Jewish-empl banned from wearing his skullcap at work

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5612999/Anne-Frank-House-banned-Orthodox-Jewish-employee-wearing-skullcap-work.html

Barry Vingerling, 25, must wear his skullcap or yarmulke as an Orthodox Jew
On first day of work at Anne Frank House in Amsterdam he was told he couldn't
Museum said it might 'might endanger the neutrality' of the foundation
He had to apply for formal permission from higher-ups to wear it at work
In the meantime he could only wear a baseball cap with Anne Frank House logo

A Jewish employee at Anne Frank House could not believe his ears when his bosses banned him from wearing a skullcap at work.
Barry Vingerling turned up for work on his first day at the museum in Amsterdam and was told to take off his 'yarmulke'.
Anne Frank House is a writer's house and museum dedicated to a famous Jewish teenager who wrote a diary as she hid from the Nazis in World War II.

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A Jewish employee at Anne Frank House (pictured) could not believe his ears when his bosses banned him from wearing a skullcap at work

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Barry Vingerling, 25, turned up for work on his first day at the museum in Amsterdam and was told to take off his 'yarmulke'
The 25-year-old was told wearing the skullcap might endanger the neutrality of the foundation which runs the museum and 'influence its work combating antisemitism'.

Mr Vingerling did not don a skullcap for his interview but hoped to wear it at work to meet his requirement as an Orthodox Jew to keep his head covered.
The Dutchman was told the brimless cap, also known as a kippah, was banned by the Anne Frank House as employees were not allowed to wear Jewish symbols.
The museum told Mr Vingerling he had to apply for formal permission to wear a yarmulke at the Anne Frank Foundation.
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'I was in stress for many months, but for me this is a matter of principle, a moral case,' he said.
As a temporary solution the museum said Mr Vingerling could cover his head with a baseball cap with the logo of the Anne Frank House.
The board of the Anne Frank Foundation finally concluded, after more than six months of discussions, that Mr Vingerling could wear his yarmulke.
He said he was happy to hear he could finally wear his skullcap but still did not understand why the Anne Frank Foundation had made an issue out of it for so long.
'I work in the house of Anne Frank, who had to hide because of her identity. In that same house I should hide my identity?' he said.

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Anne Frank House is a writer's house and museum dedicated to a famous Jewish teenager who wrote a diary as she hid from the Nazis in World War II

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Mr Vingerling was told wearing the skullcap might endanger the neutrality of the foundation which runs the museum and 'influence its work combating antisemitism'
Anne Frank Foundation managing director Garance Reus-Deelder said the museum did not have a policy on the wearing of religious clothing.
'We never had an employee before who wanted to wear a yarmulke, headscarf or cross,' she said.
'We first wanted to know if a religious expression would interfere with our independent position. The Anne Frank Foundation is an independent organisation without religious ties.'
Ms Reus-Deelder said the Anne Frank Foundation was not only a museum but also an organisation that ran dozens of educational programmes.
'Those are directed at combatting antisemitism. We did not want that for example a yarmulke would influence that message,' she said.
The Anne Frank House, where Jewish schoolgirl Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis during World War II, stands as a memorial to victims of the holocaust.
The diary in which Frank documented her life in hiding became a posthumous bestseller after she perished in the concentration camp of Bergen Belsen at the age of 15.
Step sister talks about knowing young Anne Frank before Holocaust

Saturday, April 14, 2018

What Paula S. Biren MD cared about; "4 in 10 millennials don't know 6 million Jews were killed in Holocaust, study shows"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Lanzmann

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/holocaust-study-millennials/

"4 in 10 millennials don't know 6 million Jews were killed in Holocaust, study shows

NEW YORK -- More than one-fifth of millennials in the U.S. -- 22 percent -- haven't heard of, or aren't sure if they've heard of, the Holocaust, according to a study published Thursday, on Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day. The study, which was commissioned by The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and conducted by Schoen Consulting, also found that 11 percent of U.S. adults overall haven't heard of the Holocaust or aren't sure if they did.
Additionally, 41 percent of millennials believe two million Jews or fewer were killed during the Holocaust, the study found. Six million Jews were killed in World War II by Nazi Germany and its accomplices.
Two-thirds of millennials could not identify in the survey what Auschwitz was.
"The survey found there are critical gaps both in awareness of basic facts as well as detailed knowledge of the Holocaust," said a news release on the findings.
A majority of American adults surveyed -- 70 percent -- agreed with a statement reading: "Fewer people seem to care about the Holocaust as much as they used to." And 58 percent of Americans believe that something like the Holocaust could happen again, the survey found.
The study on Holocaust awareness and knowledge in the U.S. was conducted between February 23 and 27 and involved 1,350 interviews with American adults 18 and older.
"This study underscores the importance of Holocaust education in our schools," Greg Schneider, executive vice president of the Claims Conference said in a statement. "There remain troubling gaps in Holocaust awareness while survivors are still with us; imagine when there are no longer survivors here to tell their stories."

Israelis stood still on Thursday for a nationwide moment of silence in remembrance of the Jewish victims, as a two-minute siren wailed across the country and the nation paid respects to those systematically killed. As every year on Holocaust Remembrance Day, buses and cars halted on streets and highways and Israelis stepped out of their vehicles, standing with heads bowed in solemn remembrance.
The somber day is also marked by ceremonies and memorials at schools and community centers. Restaurants and cafes in the ordinarily bustling streets of Tel Aviv shutter, and TV and radio stations play Holocaust-themed programs. Dignitaries laid wreaths at Yad Vashem, the national Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem.
A third of the world's Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. Israel was established afterward in 1948, and hundreds of thousands of survivors fled to the Jewish state.

Friday, April 13, 2018

Paula S. Biren ws concerned about holocaust FIRST, other issues next "Israeli, Polish presidents join Holocaust remembrance march"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israeli-polish-presidents-join-holocaust-remembrance-march/ar-AAvOBcT?ocid=spartandhp

"Israeli, Polish presidents join Holocaust remembrance march"

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WARSAW, Poland — The Israeli and Polish presidents sought to calm bitter feelings that have flared between their nations as they joined thousands at a Holocaust remembrance event Thursday at the former Nazi death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau.
Presidents Reuven Rivlin of Israel and Andrzej Duda of Poland lit candles, bowed their heads and pressed their hands on the Death Wall, a site at Auschwitz where inmates, chiefly Polish resistance fighters, were executed by Nazi German forces during World War II.
They then led thousands, including many young Jews from around the world, in the March of the Living, a remembrance event that place each year on Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The solemn march began at the main gate of Auschwitz and ended three kilometers (two miles) away at Birkenau, where Jews from across Europe were transported by train and murdered in gas chambers.
Duda said he and Rivlin were there to give testimony to the destruction of the Jewish people and warn what anti-Semitism, xenophobia and racism can lead to.
"Our common presence here shows the world: never again anti-Semitism, never again genocide, never again Holocaust," Duda said during a joint news conference before the march.
Rivlin recalled how Poland, once home to the world's largest Jewish population, was the cradle of Jewish culture before the Holocaust.
But he also referred to the "deep disagreement" that his country has had with Poland over the country's passage earlier this year of a Holocaust speech law.
The law criminalizes blaming Poland for crimes that were committed by Nazi German forces during their wartime occupation of Poland. The Polish government's aim is to prevent Poland from being unfairly blamed for Germany's crimes.
Israel fears the law's true intent is to whitewash Polish sins by repressing discussion about those Poles who helped in the German destruction of Jews.
Duda, whose wife has a Jewish father, insisted that the intention of the disputed law was never to "block testimony" about the Holocaust.
"Just the opposite. We want to defend historical truth," Duda said. "I as Polish president want to defend this truth with all my power, including those elements that are difficult for Poles."

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One of the biggest genocides in history, the Holocaust saw the Nazis and their collaborators execute around six million Jewish people, 200,000 Romani people, 250,000 mentally and physically disabled people and around 9,000 homosexual men. Here, a look at some memorials and monuments around the world dedicated to Holocaust victims or survivors.
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The Jews of Europe and ethnic Poles were two of the groups who suffered most during the German occupation of Europe, with Jews targeted for total elimination and Poles considered a slave race, with many being killed, tortured or forced into slave labor.
Yet many bitter feelings remain today between Jews and Poles. Jews remember the Polish anti-Semitism that in some cases turned deadly.
Many Poles, meanwhile, feel the extent of Polish anti-Semitism is often exaggerated and that those Polish efforts to help Jews are being forgotten. Many bristle that their own tragedy is not as well known as that of the Jews.
At Birkenau, the leaders paid tribute to the immense suffering that Germany inflicted both on Jews and Poles, a clear effort to show understanding for the other side.
Rivlin noted that Poland barely survived as a nation and acknowledged the thousands of Poles who put their own lives at risk to help Jews, vowing that Israel would "honor them forever."
But he also recalled how Jews were murdered during the war not only by Germans, but also by Lithuanians, Belgians and others, including Poles.
Duda recalled the Polish wartime heroes who struggled to save Jews and said Poland fulfills its duty to remember the Holocaust by preserving sites like Auschwitz.
Poland's chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, said he was convinced the efforts by the two presidents moved their countries closer to reconciliation. He described the leaders as "two friends working hard to resolve a serious and difficult problem."
Nazi Germany killed some 1.1 million people in the Auschwitz and Birkenau camps. The victims were mostly Jews, but also included Poles, Roma and Soviet POWs.