Avraham Melamed Quotes
Who would have believed that the day would come when I would sit here, in the office of the minister of justice of the Jewish state, and appoint you, a small and wretched child suffering from malnutrition in the Kovna ghetto, to be a justice of the Supreme Court? This is proof that Hitler did not succeed.
In WWII the Nazis invaded Lithuania and packed 30,000 Jews into the Kovno ghetto where they were systematically starved and were shot if they tried to escape. Only 3,000 survived, one of who was a little child, Aharon Barak, who would immigrate to Israel and become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Avraham Melamed, Member of the Israeli Knesset (National Religious Party), Statement at the Swearing In Ceremony of Aharon Barak, Chief Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court
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The historical record that is available shows that while the Pope did not, actively or aggressively oppose Hitler, and he did not discipline Catholic prelates who were Nazi supporters, there is no specific evidence that shows the Pope conspired with Hitler, about the extermination of Jews or anything else. However, most of the relevant documents of the era are in the Vatican and the records have been sealed and have not been visible to historians. Apologists for the Pope’s passivity point out that a large percentage of Germans were Catholic and he had a duty to not antagonize Hitler who would retaliate against German Catholics and the German Catholic clergy and church property. Further, Fascist Italy was under Hitler’s control, and the Vatican itself could have closed and its property seized. The historical record is still very vague.
She, like her husband and many of the America Firsters, believed that Hitler should be allowed to overrun Europe and Russia. See {613688}. The America First group was a pro-fascist organization who supported the axis powers until they declared war on the United States. Even then, there were some Nazi sympathizers who were anti-immigrant, racist and anti-Semitic in addition to being fascists. Both of the Lindberghs were America Firsters
It is amazing what explanations religious and biased fanatics can come up with to explain history.
This was the first folk song that was ever played on a National Coast to Coast Radio Show. It was sung by the Almanac Singers on the show "This Is War" broadcast, February 1942. Additional Verses were written by Woody Guthrie & Millard Lampell. The song was published in Anti-Fascist Songs of the Almanac Singers.
Avraham Melamed, Hebrew: אברהם מלמד, was an Israeli politician and Holocaust survivor who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party between 1969 and 1984.
