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Skybird · 04-23-12, 04:55 AM

Fits into this thread: one of my favourite publicist's latest book on the German obsession to always look back and getting fixiated and paralysed by that past, as well as the left's desire to find an Endlösung to the Israeli question, and the industry that has emerged around the object of rememberance: "Vergesst Auschwitz!" (Forget about Auschwitz!) For Broder, the museum there is nothing else than a "Disneyland of death".

(German): http://www.randomhouse.de/webarticle/webarticle.jsp?aid=35755

Henryk Broder has Polish roots, butr is German and lives in germany. He is Jewish without caring for that, and refers to himself ironically as a German "Beutejude" (Jew of prey). His black humour knows little respect, his skill to precisely observe and comment is legendary, and his thinking is indepedent and not influenced by politically correct rules of behavior, and this is the reason why he is extremely polarising: people either love him or hate him, no in-between. His recent TV series was unimporessive, the TV is not his domain. He should stay with writing - there he is hard to beat!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Broder

I also recommend his book "Kritik der reinen Toleranz".

04-23-12, 04:55 AM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,737 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Fits into this thread: one of my favourite publicist's latest book on the German obsession to always look back and getting fixiated and paralysed by that past, as well as the left's desire to find an Endlösung to the Israeli question, and the industry that has emerged around the object of rememberance: "Vergesst Auschwitz!" (Forget about Auschwitz!) For Broder, the museum there is nothing else than a "Disneyland of death". (German): http://www.randomhouse.de/webarticle/webarticle.jsp?aid=35755 Henryk Broder has Polish roots, butr is German and lives in germany. He is Jewish without caring for that, and refers to himself ironically as a German "Beutejude" (Jew of prey). His black humour knows little respect, his skill to precisely observe and comment is legendary, and his thinking is indepedent and not influenced by politically correct rules of behavior, and this is the reason why he is extremely polarising: people either love him or hate him, no in-between. His recent TV series was unimporessive, the TV is not his domain. He should stay with writing - there he is hard to beat! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Broder I also recommend his book "Kritik der reinen Toleranz". __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.