To be honest, I didn't really know much about it til I wanted to move here.
If you are interested, go here.
Well, it's no surprise that they hold memorial services for the people killed in this firestorming. But what is a bit of a shock for me, is that the NPD—the modern version of nazis—hold a parade on the same night to commemorate the atrocities that occurred to the "German victims" during the bombing.
However you want to slice it, it's strange to me.
But I saw it last night. There were more police than parade participants. Apparently, Germany takes the freedom of speech very seriously and the police are there to protect the nazis from the anti-nazi demonstrators.
Go figure. Can you imagine what the police must be thinking? Plus, they had police in from all over eastern Germany, that I could see from their uniforms, so imagine a police office in Berlin having to drive down to Dresden (2 hours) to protect—PROTECT—the fascist, racist nazis who have the audacity to use a catastrophe to forward their agenda. (And in my opinion, a dying agenda)
I went with a friend out of curiosity and we inched ever so slowly towards the parade to see what they may be doing/saying/etc when, to our surprise, shouting began behind us. We turned to see a small group of people holding an Israeli flag and shouting something I couldn't understand. But in this situation I thought "best not to get between a baby bear and a mama bear" (not terribly fitting, but you can imagine) so we left quickly.
Anyway, I took my camera to the Frauenkirche to take some photos as the bells started ringing when the time of the first bombing raid began.
All in all, I am glad I went to see what happens.
1 comment:
That is what freedom of speech is all about...standing next to a guy (or girl) that shouts EVERYTHING you hate that they believe. You have to be able to not agree, but to protect their freedom to do that. And their accountability is to do the same for you. It's a VERY mature ideal and commitment. Mom
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