Not so fast with the "Never Again"

[Just_Vote_Dem]

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Ellen Barkin on X:
As my Bubbe would say…”Not so fast with the ‘never again’. They’ll be back for us sooner or later” She was right.

Photograph of a "No Jews" sign in German from 1939, and a sign from Istanbul, Turkey in 2023 that says "Jews Not Allowed"

[AltairIV]

1. Wish i had answers to stop this sickness from spreading

Disgusting. From the dregs of humanity.

[yagotme]

2. Some old statement about not knowing history...

[Axelrods_Typewriter]

7. If you don't know history, you're doomed to repeat it.

If you DO know history, you're doomed to watch others repeat it!

[yagotme]

8. Yup. nt

[RAB910]

3. Why is that sign in English?

[Emrys]

4. I wondered that too.

According to reports, it is indeed in Istanbul. It has smaller print reading the same thing in Turkish, "YAHUDILER GIREMEZ":



Report here: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/10/27/jews-not-allowed-nazi-style-sign-istanbul-store-signals-rising-antisemitism-turkey/

[RAB910]

5. I have my doubts about the authenticity of the claim

[Sympthsical]

9. Ragmen Sahaf in Istanbul

EDIT: This picture is from a year ago. I was merely confirming the store/location.



Found it in about 15 seconds.

[inthewind21]

12. Huh

With no sign. But hey it's Twitter, it must be true!

[Sympthsical]

14. My picture is from a year ago

I should make that clear, I suppose.

I completely believe the no Jews sign.

People seem eager to downplay the antisemitism we're clearly seeing. Is an odd impulse.

[Donkees]

16. ''The independent shop Raqmen Sahaf, which trades in rare books written in Turkish and English ...

https://talk.tv/news/33273/antisemitism-turkey-bookshop-jews-not-allowed

[Sympthsical]

17. Thanks for the verification

I appreciate it.

[inthewind21]

11. Me too

[wnylib]

15. When I was in college, I knew a Turkish student

whose mother was an English teacher in Turkey. The student was married to an American that she had met when he was stationed in Turkey with the Army.

There are also a lot of Brits living in Turkey and a lot of Brits who go there as tourists. Tourists from other countries often also know English so it's convenient to have signs in English for them as well as for Brits and Americans.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britons_in_Turkey#:~:text=The%20poll%20showed%20that%20many,less%20pressure%20in%20daily%20life.

[yagotme]

6. I wonder if it is in a heavily travelled tourist area.

English/American is often used as a "secondary" language in touristy areas that have a lot of American/British tourists, I would imagine. Possible media thrust at American Jews, also.

[DavidDvorkin]

13. It's in Turkish as well, underneath the English.

Last edited Fri Nov 3, 2023, 08:01 PM - Edit history (1)

[sarisataka]

10. Just two adverbs

Often said with less heartfelt sincerity than "Have a nice day" by the drive thru worker.

However I suspect to the people who lost a third of their worldwide population to a hatred that is still strong today, it is both a warning and reminder. I believe they take it very seriously.

[yagotme]

18. Ha. 2 adverbs.

Germans did it with one noun and a star, to keep customers from buying at a Juden store. Efficient folk, those Germans...

[Sympthsical]

19. Ellen Barkin is a GOAT

My first experience with her was Switch when I was a kid. Fantastic performance.

Haven't seen it in ages. Welp. That's tonight's movie sorted.