[German] Conservatives under fire for Holocaust law

[Kellanved]

BERLIN - Germany's ruling coalition parties have vowed to fight conservative opposition legislation that has come under fire from Jewish leaders for equating the Holocaust with crimes by the East German Communist regime.

Parliamentary leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Greens said the legislation would not have a majority in the Bundestag lower house of parliament and should be withdrawn.

At issue is legislation by Christian Democrats and the Christian Social Union (CDU-CSU) that would coordinate national memorials to victims of Communist oppression.

Jewish leaders fear the legislation would equate the suffering of East Germans under Communism with the suffering of Jews during the Holocaust.
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:puke: They try to do it again: first the "Neue Wache" and now everything else - good thing that they're in the opposition.

[David__77]

1. It's atrocious to equate the GDR with Nazi Germany in any way!

With the exception of some serious repression during the early period of the GDR, it can be said that the GDR was the most benign of the socialist states and that even dissent was tolerated within certain confines. The petty harassment of the GDR was nothing compared with the Nazi death camps.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. The Right Wing always needs to equate Communism with Hitler so that...

they can make demonize anyone who does not support Right Wing Free Markets!!!