Indian Muslims should read about some of the 2K anti-Jewish laws in Nazi Germany to understand how it all starts & ends. 1933- Random attacks on Jews & Jewish property, Police & courts no longer protect Jews, April boycott of Jewish shops, Germans are told not to buy from Jewish+
2. people & businesses. SA stand by Jewish shops to discourage people from going inside, 'Kosher'-ritual slaughter of animals banned, Dept of Racial Hygiene ('ethnic cleansing') formed.
1934-Jews excluded from medicine, dentistry, pharmacy & law, Jews excl from military service +
3. 1935- Nuremberg Laws deny Jews many basic civil rights, Law for 'Protection of German Blood & German Honour' forbid mixed marriages. 1936- Jews no longer allowed to vote and lose German citizenship, Benefit payments to large Jewish families stopped, Jews banned from parks, +
4. restaurants & swimming pools, Jews forbidden to use German greeting 'Heil Hitler', Jews no longer allowed electrical/optical equipment, bicycles, typewriters or records, Passports for Jews to travel abroad restricted, Many Jewish students removed from schools & universities +
5. 1938 - Special identity cards issued to Jews, Jews excluded from cinema, theatre, concerts, exhibitions, beaches and holiday resorts, Kristallnacht 9th Nov- a night of terrible violence against Jews. Jews are murdered, synagogues burnt, desecrated & shop windows destroyed.
6. Thousands of Jews are arrested, All Jewish children expelled from German schools, Jews' passports stamped with a red letter 'J'. Some have passports removed to prevent them leaving the country. 1939- Central office for Jewish emigration set up, Jews evicted from their homes+
7. without reason & notice, Jews radios confiscated, Jewish curfew established.
1940 - Jewish phones confiscated. Jews stop receive ration cards for clothes. 1941- Jews over 6 forced to wear Yellow Star of David with "Jew" written on it, Jews forbidden to use public telephones +
8.Jews forbidden to keep pets, Jews forbidden to leave Germany.
1942/3/4/5- Concentration camps.
The reason it is important for IMs to know these Nazi laws is that they give you a glimpse of what you can expect to see in Hindu Rashtra, after BS like Love Jihad becomes a law.
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Perpetrator of Ghallughara 1984 should never be forgotten. Operation Bluestar was planned & designed by Indira Gandhi to kill maximum Sikhs. Majority of those who were killed were pilgrims not connected with the political agitation, gathered to commemorate one of the important +
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3. order is finally being restored & pesky Jews are shown their place. Another big chunk of population are victims of "Spiral of silence"- people who feel their society/friends etc may isolate, neglect or exclude them due to their opinion. These are the people who know things +
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