I wonder how many times the number of dead Canadian soldiers is mentioned in Israel?
Jewish monopoly on victim-hood will not tolerate challenges | jeff-goodall
So why did Trudeau’s words cause so much concern? The headline for a covering story in Germany’s “The Algemeiner” the following day says it all: “Social media lights up with outrage over Canadian PM’s Holocaust Remembrance Statement with
no mention of Jews, antisemitism” (3).
And there you have it. As I said in a letter to the Toronto Sun about Goldstein’s column, which letter has not been published as at the time of writing and I’m not holding my breath: “Looking at Trudeau’s statement, it seems to cover all the bases by capitalizing the first letter of the word “Holocaust”; that style of presentation has become identified as referring specifically to the events in Germany impacting the Jewish people some 70 to 80 years ago. The very term “Holocaust” is an iconic word, immediately identifying Jewish suffering. Holocaust denial is illegal in 14 European nations, and just expressing doubt about the scale of the atrocities can earn a jail term in a number of countries. I am aware that mention of the massacre of Armenian Christians by the Turks some 100 years ago has in the past provoked an outcry from Jewish organizations, seemingly eager to maintain a monopoly on victim-hood. Just writing this letter would likely earn me a jail term in several countries… can anyone explain this to me?”
In a letter which the Toronto Sun published on Feb. 8th (4), Grace Kobialka says in part: “I live here in Canada for so many years now and still hear Jews get offended when the Holocaust is mentioned,
but the bow to Jews is not done. I never heard Poles demanding apologies for the Holocaust or apologies for not mentioning Poles who died in it. It’s not Poles’ fault Hitler decided to build his concentration camps where he did, but I never heard any Polish people demanding an apology from Germans for that.”