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Behind the Aegis

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16. WOW!

Reply to LeftishBrit (Reply #14)

Sun Feb 26, 2012, 10:19 PM

Feb 2012

Intelligent woman, on being offered a book dealing with antisemitism and German atrocities: “Don't show it me, please don't show it to me. It'll only make me hate the Jews more than ever.”

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Antisemitism has a long history in Britain [View all] Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 OP

From the Article Democrat18 Feb 2012 #1

When will we change?? dballance Feb 2012 #5

Thank You for the Education dballance Feb 2012 #2

Tell me about this Disraeli dude. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2012 #3

Benjamin Disraeli Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #4

And one of the finest political minds ever to run England. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2012 #6

And yet still hounded for being a Jew. Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #7

Yeah, there was that. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2012 #9

Such a pity. Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #10

I forget the author, but I read a brilliant biography of him. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2012 #11

I really want to read this book and then at a later time return to Shakespeare's no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #8

I was stunned by the blatantly antisemitic remarks in some of Agatha Christie's books!!! Mass Feb 2012 #12

It is sickening to hear how Jewish refugees from Europe after WWII were treared in New York. libinnyandia Feb 2012 #13

George Orwell wrote an interesting article about it in the 1940s. LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #14

WOW! Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #16

Antisemitism has a long history EVERYWHERE. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #15