Hannukah Parties at von Brunn's House

[sabra]

http://jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/06/hannukah_parties_at_von_brunns.php

A great letter in today's Washington Post:

James W. von Brunn -- racist, domestic terrorist and anti-Semite -- never knew that when he and his then-wife sold their Lebanon, N.H., home in 1982, they sold it to a Jewish family.

The von Brunns had moved to Maryland before we looked at the house, and he was incarcerated when we bought it, imprisoned for attempting to hold hostage members of the Federal Reserve Board. When we moved in, we realized we'd bought it from an anti-Semite survivalist because he'd left behind several boxes of anti-Jewish books. We immediately added them to the trash.

Anyway, James W. von Brunn, we want you to know we took great pleasure in living there despite the hate-filled man who occupied it before we did. We celebrated Passover Seders, exchanged Hanukkah gifts and raised two wonderful Jewish children there.

GAIL CHADWICK

:rofl:

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. Love it. nt

[Bucky]

2. Wow, talk about a brave revelation.

"Dear racist antisemitic friends of James von Brunn,

    We live at his old address and we are practicing Jews.

    PS, please don't come by and shoot us."


I appreciate the point they're making, but I'm now concerned that they're going to be targets for some of von Brunn's well armed admirers.

[Solly Mack]

3. Excellent

[angstlessk]

4. not at all what I expected...but I love the irony so much!

:rofl:

[imdjh]

5. My sister bought a Nazi's house, but contrary to popular myth

The work in the house was not precision. Everything which could be Mickey Moused had been Mickey Moused.

[Fleshdancer]

6. HAHAHA!!!!

:rofl:

Great for them! :thumbsup: