I haven't mentioned that
HUNGARY was on the Nazi side of WW II
.. Along with
Japan . Italy
and others .. ( as months went by )
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The .. JEWS .. were NOT the .. 'ISSUE' .. during .. World War I
But Germany's bitter defeat
needed a
" s c a p e g o a t "
so the defeat was b l a m e d on .. JEWS !
Remember these FACTS
outlined from the . . Cape Town . . Blog SA 12 ?
100,000 . . . JEWS . . . served in the German Army . . . during World War I
12,000 . . . JEWS . . . died for their country (Germany) in that war . . .
35,000 . . . JEWS . . . received Metals for their Military Service . . . in that war
☞ . . In spite of all the above
.. HITLER's determined . insane "Mass Murder Plan"
set out to ' ERACE ' .. the "entire Ethnic group " of JEWS in ALL of EUROPE
We've hesitated to print NUMBERS ..
they are so .. incomprehensible ( and under - estimated )
Hungary and Poland
BOTH lost multi - MILLIONS - ( viciously )
The GOOD NEWS IS .. the JEWS are not gone.
They are .. God's Chosen People
He will provide .. always .. a REMNANT
As black as this Holocaust Period was / is ..
Some . . surviving JEWS chose to STAY in Hungary
.. or in .. Poland or wherever
Others . . whose Businesses were 'destroyed' and / or Family members 'dead'
chose to join fellow JEWS MOVING to
Israel
or
The United States
( WHAT WOULD I HAVE DONE ??? )
When WW II was ' so - called ' OVER . . .
It was .. NOT .. OVER !
The phony political 'savior' called .. Communism
'used' this devastated situation ..
( We all know the political ' jingle' ..
"Don't let a good crisis go to .. waste !" )
Helpless hungry Survivors .. clinging desperately .. to "ANY" grain of HOPE
unfortunately
swallowed the empty promises
and
suffered un-imaginable consequences
Communism brought .. DECADES .. MORE TERRIBLE MISERY
Communists took over Nazi Camps
☛ Hangings . Murders . Oven - stuffing . . . continued
Food Rations . Experiments . Starvation . Torture . . . continued
Deliberate INJECTIONS of diseases ☛ INTO bodies .. continued
This Hungarian Center
spends a lot of time .. examining
ANTI - Semitism . World Reaction . INDIFFERENCE
( We All Ask Ourselves: " What is MY ATTITUDE " ? )
( Imagine ) .. SO MANY rows of DEAD .. day after day .. that it becomes "numbing"
This Center does a good job of paying tribute to
Individuals and Groups . . that . . DID help
Budapest's PARLIAMENT
resembles London .. ( the Architect studied there )
This view is from the 'Buda' side ..
( We walked across the Chain Bridge over the Danube . . . )
Near the Parliament .. ( beside the River ) .. is another curious Memorial
This one . . to the . . Jewish
Men . Women . Children
forced to ' line up here '
➤ Shot . Fell into the River . Washed Away
( even easier than . . digging graves . gassing . frying - cremating . . )
( It's all . . SO sickening )
World's 2nd largest
Europe's largest
" Synagogue "
is here
in
B u d a p e s t
'The Great Synagogue'
. . ( largest is in New York . . 'Emanu - El' )
I think there are more JEWS in N. Y. than in "all the rest of the world combined"
( correct me if this is not so )
Today . . Jews here have a lively social life . . . and they offer Walking Tours
We enjoyed this.
September has many Jewish Holidays
for the observant faithful . . dispersed all over the world
( We didn't get to go inside the Synagogue unfortunately during these days of celebration )
I think that suggests we need to return to Budapest !
The Wall of one building in the neighborhood is covered with
THE " RUBIK " CUBE
invented by a local " Hungarian " JEW !
( Record TIME to complete the puzzle . . . 6 - 7 seconds ! )
This exceptional
TREE of LIFE
is a Memorial to
➤ " Hungarian " JEWS who died in the Holocaust
The Walking Tour took us into . . one of the . . oldest . . and . . busiest
Jewish PUB complexes
A colorful atmosphere to enjoy a meal
On the way back to our room
. . . who should come group - peddling by
but a ..
TRAVELING " BAR - ON - WHEELS "
attracting plenty of attention .. as they belted out their boisterous tune
If it had been warmer .. we would have tried one of Budapest's famous
S P A S
"PEST" is Slaviic word for . . 'Oven'
Budapest sits on a thin layer of earth .. above thermal springs
( oodles of Hot Baths are one of this city's BIG attractions )
Budapest needs many days.
( People age 70 and above ride all transportation free )
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Before leaving HUNGARY .. we note the names of a few famous Hungarians . . .
Before leaving HUNGARY .. we note the names of a few famous Hungarians . . .
Calvin Klein
Goldie Hawn
Eva and Zaza Gabor
Paul Newman (father 1/2)
Jerry Seinfeld
William Shatner
Paul Simon
Joseph Pulitzer
Helena Rubinstein
Soupy Sails
Peter Falk
Peter Lorre
Milton Friedman
Ali MacGraw
Tony and Jamie Lee Curtis
John D. Hertz
Drew Barrymore
Edward Teller ( inventor of the hydrogen bomb )
George Soros
Rusty and Wrinkles now head west into Austria
( Will they recognize anything from their visit to Vienna in 1985 ? )
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