Jaes Kirchik, The Atlantic: Is Germany Capable of Protecting Its Jews?
The nation’s recent intake of migrants from places where anti-Semitism is ubiquitous has produced a scary tension—and one that’s not easy to resolve.
For understandable reasons, Europeans are much more comfortable condemning the familiar anti-Semitism of the far right than the sort expressed by migrants entering Europe as the victims of war and economic deprivation. Nowhere is this issue more fraught than in Germany.
To a degree unmatched by any other nation, Germany has confronted its horrific past with commendable honesty. After World War II, Germany assumed responsibility for its crimes and obliged itself both to protect Jewish life and to offer sanctuary to those escaping violent conflict and political persecution. But the recent intake of so many migrants from places where anti-Semitism is rife has produced an uncomfortable tension between these two commitments.
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WNU Editor: Germany has a long history when it comes to anti-semitism, but it has also worked very hard to overcome it. But what did people like German Chancellor Merkel expect when you open your borders to mostly migrant men from the Middle East who have been taught and bombarded with anti-semitism views throughout their lives.
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