Austrians Protest Right Wing Ball

[gateley]

Austrians gathered in memory of the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis condemned plans to hold a ball of extreme rightists later in the day Jan. 27, saying the event's timing transformed it into a macabre dance on Holocaust victims' graves.



Protesters hold a banner during a demonstration against the traditional annual right wing fraternity ball in Vienna January 27, 2012. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner (AUSTRIA - Tags: POLITICS)

More pics at http://news.yahoo.com/photos/austrians-protest-right-wing-ball-1327709843-slideshow/woman-ball-gown-passes-police-woman-during-protest-photo-221054759.html

Editing to suggest checking out the photos at the link -- very moving!

[white_wolf]

1. And I thought our Right wing was bad.

It seems some European countries have even worse problems with the Right than the U.S. does.

[gateley]

2. Yeah, no kidding! And of all places! We never seem to learn our lessons --

VERY good pics at the link, by the way.

[southernyankeebelle]

3. Ours just know how to hide it better. It really is sad. My husband is German born and adopted and

bought here to the states at 4 yrs old. Every year he contributes to the Museum in Wash, DC. He wasn't even born during that time. It still effects him today. He is ashamed of those who did the killings.

[gateley]

6. I worked for a German company, and when the guys from Germany came over,

our Controller asked one of them if he felt guilty about the Holocaust. He said No, I wasn't alive then, but I feel a responsibility to ensure it doesn't happen again. Apparently not all Germanic peoples feel the same way.

[southernyankeebelle]

8. Well I worked in the american hospital in Germany with German Nationals. Everyone thinks that

all Germans were doing the killing. There were resistance fighters there. Not all Germans were bad. My husbands family were living in the Germany area of Poland and they made them leave. They had no choice but go back to Germany. Many feared for their lives. Many were afraid their own children would turn them in. The man that worked with me told me he was forced to join the Youth corp. He didn't want to but he was forced. None of us knows what it is like in that situation. My husband and your friend shouldn't carry the sins of their fathers. They were born way after the war. But he feels the same way your friend felt. Never to let it happen again. Hopefully history will not repeat itself.

[arely staircase]

4. i know, right. they would eat our teabaggers alive (no pun intended) nt

[orpupilofnature57]

5. The same seed ,ignorance and false pride.

[arely staircase]

7. and maybe theirs are actually slightly more honest

they'll just about come right out and say they are a bunch of fascists

[orpupilofnature57]

9. It is better than Kkkarl & Poppy's

Friendly face of fascism