Nazi occupation not inhumane - Le Pen

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,11882,1389231,00.html

Amelia Gentleman in Paris
Thursday January 13, 2005
The Guardian

The French government last night threatened to prosecute the outspoken far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen after he declared in an interview that the Nazi occupation of France during the second world war had not been "particularly inhumane". snip

"In France, at least, the German occupation was not particularly inhumane, even if there were a few blunders," he was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

He made no mention of the 76,000 Jews who were deported from France to concentration camps during the occupation, of whom only 2,500 survived. snip

"These comments taint the memory of all victims of Nazism - deportees and resistants, and the entire French population, which was subjected for more than four years to the most atrocious of occupations and humiliations," the group said in a statement. In the same interview, timed to coincide with the start of commemorations to mark the end of the second world war, Mr Le Pen described the Gestapo as a police force which had been there to protect the French nation...

[joeybee12]

1. Nice to know every country has its nutcases!

Hate to think the USA has a monopoly, although it does seem that way sometimes!

[Fenris]

2. Does "far-rght" always embody "prone to gaffes"?

:shrug:

[Octafish]

3. NAZIs never are far.

Le Pen or whatever the turd's name is why our world is in such serious jeopardy today.

They may've lost the war, but the NAZIs did not die.

Ask the Bush Crime Family:

http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/randy/swas5.htm

[porphyrian]

4. Unless you were a Jew, that is. Or a homosexual.

Oh, or a gypsy. Or Black. Or a political opponent. Aside from them, the nazis treated everyone humanely, especially White corporatists and political allies.

[davidinalameda]

5. amazing

that a grown intelligent person can hold these views

the Gestapo was there to "protect" the French nation--from what and whom?

[Geoff R. Casavant]

6. Actually, I'm a grown intelligent person too

and I swear to Jebus that I never considered that "Final Solution" measures were taken in France until I read it here just now. I'm actually pretty amazed that I never made this connection, it seems like an obvious induction from everything else I've read on the subject.

[NNN0LHI]

7. "even if there were a few blunders" " there to protect the French nation"

Is this guy related to Bush?

Don