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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA cool bit of history for Passover
https://nmajmh.org/2019/03/purim-and-passover-in-goebbels-castle/?zoom=2&resize=930%2C620&ssl=1
Corporal Sidney Talmud of Brooklyn was marching through Germany with the 38th Signal Construction Battalion in 1945 when he was given a rare opportunity. He was asked to prepare a Jewish meal for a unique Passover service at Schloss Rheydt, the Renaissance-era palace in Mönchengladbach. The palace had been granted as a vacation home to Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. Goebbels was a native of the area and the palace had been made available to him as a guest house to be used as his disposal. Though Schloss Reydt was centuries old and associated with various noble families, to the Americans it was Goebbels Castle. Using it provided a great opportunity to flip the propaganda script on Goebbels and show the Germans that things had changed as their country was becoming occupied by the Allies. Goebbels had played the key role in creating an environment that allowed for the attempted destruction of Europes Jews. The irony of observing holidays commemorating the liberation of the Jewish people in a palace intended as a tribute to Goebbels was lost on no one.
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And how can you not love the Corporal's name.
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A cool bit of history for Passover (Original Post)
dsc
Mar 2021
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Karadeniz
(22,513 posts)1. Yay! I wonder who came up with the idea?
70sEraVet
(3,495 posts)2. Love the story! But I'm confused about the photo.
There's a caption on the photo that says they're celebrating Purim.
dsc
(52,160 posts)3. yes they did both Purim and Passover in 1945 in his castle
Purim was in March of 1945 as was Passover.
Purim also has the message of overcoming adversity; Haman's name shall be blotted out!