To: TobagoJack who wrote (216633 ) 9/18/2025 6:52:33 PM From: Pogeu Mahone Respond to AA book and gothic antiques shop in Flensburg, Germany, recently displayed a sign banning Jews, sparking widespread condemnation and police actionSign and owner's comments: The sign, which appeared in the storefront on September 18, 2025, read: "Jews are not allowed to enter here. Nothing personal, nothing antisemitic—I just can't stand you". The shop owner, Hans Felten-Reisch, defended his actions to a local newspaper by linking Jewish people to the war in Gaza, stating, "I can't decide who is for or against the attacks".Response and aftermath: The sign triggered immediate backlash from local residents, government officials, and Jewish community leaders.Police launched an investigation into the matter. The sign was taken down within a day, and protesters wrote anti-Nazi messages on the shopfront. Germany's antisemitism commissioner, Felix Klein, condemned the act as "antisemitism in its purest form," and Israeli Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor noted the sign's chilling similarity to the propaganda of the 1930s. 1933 nationwide boycott: One of the Nazis' first major anti-Jewish acts was a nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses on April 1, 1933. Nazi Storm Troopers (SA) blocked entrances to stores, vandalized property with antisemitic slogans like "Don't Buy from Jews!" and intimidated customers."Aryanization" of businesses: While the 1933 boycott lasted only a day, it was the start of a broader campaign to destroy Jewish economic life. This escalated into the process of "Aryanization," where Jewish-owned businesses were seized and transferred to non-Jewish Germans, often for below-market prices.Escalation of persecution: Following the Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) in 1938, the Nazi regime issued decrees explicitly banning Jews from operating retail stores and carrying on a trade, effectively eliminating Jews from German economic life.
