German mayor resigns after dispute over ‘Hitler bell’

[spaminator]

German mayor resigns after dispute over ‘Hitler bell’
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 11:45 AM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 11:52 AM EDT
BERLIN — A small-town mayor in Germany is resigning following outrage over comments he made suggesting that the Nazi period wasn’t all bad.
Roland Becker, the mayor of Herxheim am Berg, said in a statement Wednesday that he considered himself the victim in a dispute over a so-called ‘Hitler bell’ hanging in the town church.
The bell carries the inscription “Everything for the Fatherland - Adolf Hitler” above a Nazi swastika. Such bells were widespread during the Nazi era but most were removed after the war. It’s unclear why Herxheim’s bell remained in the Protestant church to this day.
Becker sparked outrage in recent weeks by saying he was proud of the bell and quoting a 95-year-old resident who felt the period of Nazi rule had included “good things.”
In this May 19, 2017 file photo a church bell with the inscription 'Everything for the fatherland Adolf Hitler' and a swastika is pictured in the town church in Herxheim am Berg, Germany. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP, file)

German mayor resigns after dispute over

 

[Danbones]

oh
the dam snowflakes
geez
everything has its good and bad

how will the world look upon american imperialism in the future?
or the Stalinists or the Maoists?

They all topped hitler just killing their own people
...and then there is the Palestinian opinion of israel

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

BERLIN — A small-town mayor in Germany is resigning following outrage over comments he made suggesting that the Nazi period wasn’t all bad.
Roland Becker, the mayor of Herxheim am Berg, said in a statement Wednesday that he considered himself the victim in a dispute over a so-called ‘Hitler bell’ hanging in the town church.

He's right. Oh, sure, half of Germany's male population were killed, over two million women were raped, six million Jews murdered, the country was shattered, split up, occupied for 45 years, and designated as ground zero for World War Three, along with the grinding shame of being the world's most obvious insane genocide, but there were some good parts too!

 

[Danbones]

I realize it unmakes your point, but there is even some debate on those numbers