Hat tip to Jihad i Sverige (Jihad in Sweden)
From the Swedish-language site Jihad i Sverige, I am cross-posting (and translating) an announcement of a feature film that is showing this weekend in Sweden about the arrival in Malmo, Sweden of Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. A 2-minute trailer is also available in English at the below link (Hoppets Hamn) The film is appearing as part of Europe's observation of Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27).
Malmö
Idag antisemitismens huvudstad
i Sverige. Då: Hoppets hamn för tusentals
överlevande...Malmo
Today the capital of anti-Semitism in Sweden
Then: harbor of Hope for thousands of survivors
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Våren och sommaren 1945 anländer
nästan 30 000 överlevare från de
tyska koncentrationslägren till Sverige.
På kajen i Malmö hamn upplever de
sina första ögonblick av frihet.
Det är där livet börjar igen.
In the spring and summer of 1945, almost 30,000 survivors of German concentration camps arrived in Sweden. On the quais of Malmo's harbor, they experienced their first view of freedom. It was there that life began again.
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Filmfotograferna är på plats och i en
journalfilm ser vi den leende, tioåriga
flickan Irene, som precis stigit av
färjan. I samma film möter vi nyfödda Ewa
när hon bärs iland av sin utmattade
mamma, stöttad av en Röda Kors-syster.
Film photographers were at the scene, and in a news film we see the smiling, ten-year-old girl, Irene, just when she gets off the ferry. In the same film, we meet the new-born Ewa as she is carried by her exhausted mother, supported by a Red Cross nurse.
åringen Joe, som anländer till Sverige
efter att ha förlorat sin familj.
Han blir god vän med den 15-årige Röda
Kors-volontären Stig från Malmö och
deras möte kommer att förändra Joes liv.
In Hope's Harbor, we also meet the teenager, Joe, who arrives in Sweden after losing his family. He becomes good friends with 15-year-old Red Cross volunteer Stig from Malmo, and their meeting will change Joe's life.
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I Magnus Gerttens nya långfilms-
dokumentär berättar dessa överlevare
om frihetens ögonblick och om frågorna
de burit med sig ända sedan kriget.
Samtidigt är det en film om den hjälpande
hand som Malmö och Sverige räckte fram
till dom som kom levande ur koncen-
trationslägren
Magnus Gertten's new feature film documentary tells us about the survivors at freedom's moment and about questions they carry since the war. At the same time, this is a film about the helping hand that Malmo and Sweden extended to those who came as survivors from concentration camps.
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Hoppets Hamn visas denna helgen i SvT2
SVT2 fre 27 jan kl 15.50
SVT2 lör 28 jan kl 14.30
SVT2 sön 29 jan kl 00.55
SVT2 lör 28 jan kl 14.30
SVT2 sön 29 jan kl 00.55
Hope's Harbor will be shown this holiday on SvT2
SVT2 Friday, 27 January. 15:50
SVT2@ Saturday, 28 January 14:30
SVT2, Sunday, 29 January 00:55
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As Jihad i Sverige points out at the top, Malmo today is no longer hope's harbor, rather it is the capital of Swedish anti-Semitism. The Jewish community is leaving Malmo as fast as it can get out, unable to deal with the harassment, assaults and vandalism it suffers from Malmo's Muslim immigrant population, which makes up some 25% of the city's population, and has turned the Rosengard section into a "no-go zone."
And what support do the Jews get from Malmo's mayor, Ilmar Reepalu? None. His attitude is that the Jews are welcome to leave since he identifies them with Israel, a nation he despises. He is a disgrace.
10 comments:
This is a mixed bag.
It is always despicable when ethnically motivated violence is freely tolerated, and when citizens of any nation are denied protection of the law, because authorities have a bias against their religion.
But, there is something that those committed to Israel Uber Alles forget, as do Christians With A Late-Blooming Ideological Affection For Jews.
There is a material reason that anyone anywhere in the world who considers Israel a problem develops a bias against Jews, generally. From the time Israel was declared as an independent state, the neighboring Arab states have assumed that Israel was not a sustainable proposition. When it did not immediately collapse, its survival was attributed, not without cause, to the financial support of Jews from around the world.
Accordingly, there is a reason that anyone Jewish feels the brunt of resentment by anyone not supportive of Israel. It is not a general religious prejudice, but anger against a very specific functional relationship.
It is still despicable to allow a newly arrived collection of people to run around wreaking havoc on established citizens... but frank acknowledgement of all the motivations involved would help to clear the air, and reduce the mindless sense of wounded martyrdom.
The truth is, the entire conflict is a good example of "Two rights make a wrong."
"Israel uber Ales? " spoken like a truly bigoted moron.
"From the time Israel was declared as an independent state, the neighboring Arab states have assumed that Israel was not a sustainable proposition"
What a fancy way to say that the Arab states could not accept a Jewish state in their midst.
Are you sure you are an instructor in English, Gary? You really don't know the grammatical difference between
"We don't WANT this to work" and
"We don't believe this CAN work"???
It is true that if you DON'T want something to work, it is convenient to believe that it CANNOT. But they are two different concepts.
What do you teach your students about sentences and tenses and verb meanings, anyway?
Ted, as usual, can't think of a substantive argument to offer, so he characterizes anyone who disagrees with his august self as a "moron." From Ted, that's a compliment.
Yes, Siarlys,
In 1948, the logically-thinking Arabs decided that Israel was not a "sustainable proposition", and so they immediately went to war. Of course, they wanted it (Israel) to work, but were convinced that, alas, it could not, thus, they went to war.
It's not a question of the Engaish language, Siarlys.
It is a question of the English language Gary. Also, it is a question of a knee-jerk response from an ideologue who can't maintain his own love of Israel Uber Alles if he rises to the level of comprehending a different viewpoint.
I said, the Arabs in the vicinity did NOT want it to work, AND believed that it COULD NOT work.
You then concoct a fragile sarcasm by pretending, on the same page, that I said they WANTED it to work but believed, alas, that it could not.
Now, setting aside your wishful thinking, and going back to reality on the ground (if its not offensive to talk in 2012 about events that happened all the way back in the ancient times of 1948):
The Arabic peoples in the vicinity did not appreciate the sudden immigration of hundreds of thousands of European Jewish refugees -- they thought that Germany should provide them their own homeland, since Germany had displaced them and killed their families.
When Israel was established, and survived the initial military conflicts of 1947-1948, its neighbors (1) hoped, and (2) believed, that it was not economically, financially, and therefore not politically, sustainable.
When Israel did not collapse, the Arabs observed that millions of dollars of financial subsidy were pouring in from Jews around the world, and concluded that this is what made an otherwise unsustainable proposition flourish.
They may have been right about that, or they may have been wrong, but the financial support from around the world was certainly real.
Actualy it was "bigoted moron". And if you take that as a compliment, that works too. The thing is, you have elevated yourself to the status of expert on everything, but you seem to have experience with precious little. Therefore, it is pointless for anyone to argue with you.
Why Ted, how would you know what I do or don't have experience with? I could have a great deal of experience, or none at all. How would you know?
Generally, when I am challenged on a question of fact, I can provide reference to relevant source material. You, on the other hand, have yet to even state a fact in the course of your pithy little outbursts.
Uh, Gary... did you have anything of substance to say?
Siarlys,
To find my substantive comment, pls see the original post.
That's where we started from Gary. Your original post was flawed. I guess you have nothing to say in its defense. Sad, very sad.
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