Remember Dresden February 13-14, 1945

Posted on 14. Feb, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Real History, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

February 13/14 1945: Holocaust over Dresden, known as the Florence of the North. Dresden was a hospital city for wounded soldiers. Not one military unit, not one anti-aircraft battery was deployed in the city. Together with the 600.000 refugees from Breslau, Dresden was [...]

Local physician: HIV/AIDS cure getting little publicity

Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Health, Opinion, Science and Technology

Dr. Awadhesh Gupta said medical ‘politics’ could be reason
According to Gupta, who has been practicing medicine in the South Baldwin area since 1997, the cure was first reported in early 2008 by a group of physicians from Germany at the annual conference on “Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections” in Boston. The New England Journal of Medicine, [...]

Anti-Holocaust bishop appeals

Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Free Speech, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, Politics, Religion, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

AN ULTRACONSERVATIVE British bishop who was fined 12,000 euro (S$23,358) in Germany for denying the Holocaust has appealed the fine, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Matthias Lossmann said that the bishop, Richard Williamson, ‘objected to the fine, which means there will be a trial.’ A spokesman for the Regensburg court that issued the fine, Thomas Koch, said [...]

“In memory of the dead of the Bundeswehr (armed forces). For peace, justice and freedom.”

Posted on 11. Sep, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Education, Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Real History, Top Stories, War Coverage

Germany on Tuesday inaugurated a new memorial to some 3,100 German soldiers killed in service since 1955, a move that breaks with its usual reticence over displays of military pride and comes amid heated debate about the country’s role in Afghanistan.”We are aware that in the past the death of soldiers has often been used [...]

Persecuted German Homeschool Family

Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Education, Events, Hidden Crimes, Politics, Real History, Shera Crossan

Human rights advocates are calling the case of a German homeschooling family “a critical human rights battle.” On September 22nd, the Schmidt family of southern Bavaria in Germany will face a hearing in which government officials will decide if they may keep custody of one of their sons.
Hans and Petra Schmidt have been teaching their [...]

Charges in Germany over pig’s head at Jew cemetery

Posted on 25. Aug, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Free Speech, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, Religion, Shera Crossan

German prosecutors said Monday they have brought charges against a man accused of hanging a blood-drenched pig’s head at a Jewish cemetery in November and a banner denying the Holocaust.
The accused is also believed to have poured pig’s blood at the entrance of another Jewish graveyard the same night with another man who has also [...]

Neo-Nazi party tells CDU’Token Negro’,'go home’

Posted on 21. Aug, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Europe News, Events, Feedback, Free Speech, Immigration, Opinion, Politics, Top Stories

The NPD in the eastern German state released a statement on Tuesday encouraging CDU member Zeca Schall, originally from Angola, to “go home.” Schall has lived in Germany for 21 years and has been a German citizen for four years.  Frank Schwerdt, head of the state NPD chapter, was quoted in a press release on [...]

German neo-Nazi ‘youth camp’ shut down

Posted on 05. Aug, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Europe News, Events, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Israel & Jewish Issues, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

The court decision came as the far-right Collegium Humanum organisation prepared to appeal to the federal court on Wednesday to have its ban overturned.
Germany’s Interior Ministry outlawed the 46-year-old group last year on the grounds that it opposed the German constitution, denied the Holocaust and glorified National Socialism.
The court in Lower Saxony cleared the way [...]

German court orders unprecedented compensation for Jew’s Nazi-era funds

Posted on 28. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Business & Finance, Economy, Events, Hidden Crimes, Israel & Jewish Issues, Shera Crossan, War Coverage

A German appeals court has ordered greater compensation for the American heirs of a Jewish businessman forced to sell his company stock under the Nazis’ “Aryanization” program – a ruling that could set a precedent for dozens of others, their attorney said Wednesday.
The Federal Administrative Court ruled July 17 that the heirs of businessman Bernhard [...]

Berlin accepts highest amount of immigrants

Posted on 25. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Europe News, Feedback, Immigration, Race, Religion, Shera Crossan

The port city of Hamburg had the second highest concentration of foreign citizens, with 12 new people per 1,000 residents. Nearby Schleswig-Holstein had the lowest density of immigrants, with just five new residents for every 1,000 residents. With 137,000 immigrants, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia had the most new residents overall, ahead of Baden-Württemberg (121,000) [...]

Ex-Stasi Informant, Awards’BANNER OF LABOR’

Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Free Speech, Hidden Crimes, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, Politics, Real History, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

The mayor of the eastern German town of Prenzlau was so pleased with one of his officials that he awarded him a vintage East German “Banner of Labor 1st Class.” He has responded to the public outcry by saying it was a joke — but faces calls to emigrate to North Korea.The mayor of a [...]

‘Germany Has a Duty to Warn Israel on Settlements’

Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Israel & Jewish Issues, Shera Crossan

It’s time Germany toughened its stance on Israel in response to the continued construction of settlements, write German media commentators. Support for Israel may be part of the bedrock of German foreign policy — but honest words are needed to warn Israel of the risks its policy entails, they say.

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Hitler-salute garden gnome in the clear

Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Arts/Entertainment, Feedback, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

German prosecutors said on Wednesday they have decided that displaying a golden garden gnome in a Nuremberg art gallery with its right hand raised in a Hitler salute was not illegal. After a preliminary enquiry over the past week, prosecutors in the Bavarian city ruled that the 40-centimetre (15-inch) gnome is ridiculing the Nazis rather [...]

Neo-Nazis Take Over Village Hotel

Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Business & Finance, Events, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

A group of far-right extremists loyal to NPD deputy leader Jürgen Rieger have occupied a hotel in a German village. The neo-Nazis say they have a lease on the hotel, which they claim they want to use as an education and training center, but the facility is in receivership and the lease may be invalid.

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Gold sold like chocolate from German vending machines

Posted on 18. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Audio-Video, Business & Finance, Feedback, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

TG-Gold-Super-Markt aims to introduce the machines at 500 locations including train stations and airports in Germany. The company, based near Stuttgart, hopes to tap into the increasing interest in buying gold following disillusionment in other investments due to the economic downturn.
Gold prices from the machines – about 30 per cent higher than market prices for [...]

German Reparations ‘John McCloy’

Posted on 15. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Business & Finance, Economy, Education, Events, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Hidden Crimes, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, Politics, Race, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

McCloy developed the view that German Reparations as a result of the First World War were both unwise and unfair. According to McCloy: “Practically every merchant bank and Wall Street firm, from J. P. Morgan and Brown Brothers on down, was over there (Germany) picking up loans. We were all very European in our outlook, [...]

Germany summons Iranian ambassador

Posted on 15. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Immigration, Politics, Shera Crossan

Germany’s foreign minister summoned Iran’s ambassador on Monday in protest at heavy-handed police action against demonstrators following the weekend’s disputed presidential election.
“The actions of the Iranian security forces are completely unacceptable,” Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on public television.
He also called on Iran to clear up “immediately and without delay” allegations of irregularities in the election, which [...]

TRAGEDY AT GERMAN SCHOOL, TEEN GUNMAN DEAD AFTER KILLING 16!!

Posted on 11. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Audio-Video, Commentary, Education, Shera Crossan

A 17-year-old gunman dressed in black opened fire at his former high school in southwestern Germany on Wednesday then fled in a hijacked car, killing at least 15 people before police shot him to death, state officials said. The gunman entered the school in Winnenden and opened fire, shooting at random, police said. He killed [...]

Turkey Keeps Knocking, But They Can’t Come In! (EU)

Posted on 11. May, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Economy, Europe News, Feedback, Opinion, Politics, Race, Religion, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

The leaders of Germany and France have again rejected the possibility of Turkey’s membership to the 27-state European Union, the Wall Street Journal reports. Speaking on Sunday, Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel said, “We cannot take in everyone in Europe as a full member.” She has, nevertheless floated the possibility of a loosely defined partnership [...]

Israel’s Lieberman sees Europeans as ‘cowards’

Posted on 10. May, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Free Speech, Immigration, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan

German lawmakers are disappointed with the first European trip by Israel’s Avigdor Lieberman as the foreign minister, who sees the Europeans as “cowards.”
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“It was a swan song of soft power in every way,” Werner Hoyer from Free Democrats (FDP) was quoted by The Local as telling The Berliner Zeitung newspaper.
“Lieberman sees us Europeans [...]

Protesters slam anti-Islam rally in Cologne

Posted on 10. May, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Europe News, Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Free Speech, Immigration, Politics, Religion, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

Hundreds of people have demonstrated in German city of Cologne protesting against an anti-Islam rally and urging support to Muslims’ rights in the country.
Two right-wing groups held the anti-Islam rally on Saturday to oppose the building of a large new mosque in the city. There were about 300 people at the right-wing rally, according to [...]

Alleged Nazi Demjanjuk is cleared for deportation

Posted on 01. May, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Feedback, Israel & Jewish Issues, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

A federal appeals court opened the way again Friday for the Justice Department to deport alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk to Germany to face 29,000 counts of accessory to murder.
The three-judge ruling from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati denied a stay of deportation for the 89-year-old retired autoworker from [...]

First US swine flu death, spread deepens in Europe

Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Audio-Video, Europe News, Events, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Health, Immigration, Politics, Science and Technology, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

Virulent swine flu swept deeper into Europe Wednesday, extending its global reach as President Barack Obama mourned the first U.S. death, a Mexican toddler in Texas, and said wider school closings in the United States may be necessary. Total U.S. cases surged to nearly 100.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was questioned closely by senators at [...]

Rise in politically-motivated violence in Germany

Posted on 25. Apr, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Free Speech, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan

Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble described the figures as “worrying”, and urged people to support the government’s efforts to crack down on extremism and intolerance.
Far-right politically motivated crimes rose by 16 percent on the year. The ministry said the figures were boosted by the inclusion for the first time of “propaganda crimes” whose perpetrators were unknown.
Such [...]

Far-right politician convicted over racist World Cup flyers

Posted on 25. Apr, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Europe News, Events, Feedback, Free Speech, Opinion, Politics, Race, Shera Crossan

The district court judge handed suspended prison sentences to the head of the German right wing National Democratic Party, Udo Voigt and two other senior party officials for inciting racial hatred and defamation.

The three had circulated pamphlets during the 2006 World Cup, insinuating that a black player was not worthy to play for Germany’s national team which [...]

Sleipnir – Monopoly Monopol (Wunderbare Jahre)

Posted on 11. Apr, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Arts/Entertainment, Audio-Video, Events, Free Speech, Israel & Jewish Issues, Politics, Shera Crossan

Titel: Monopoly
Interpret: Sleipnir
Dear English-speaking Administrators of You Tube,
this is the altered, “Germany-safe” version of this video, with no offensive words in the pictures (censored). Please also note that this song can be bought, sold and played in Germany and everywhere in the West. It is entirely legal and complies with all state and federal regulations. [...]

German charges for ‘Nazi guard’

Posted on 11. Mar, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Israel & Jewish Issues, Shera Crossan, War Coverage

German prosecutors have filed charges against an alleged Nazi death camp guard who lives in the United States, and have applied for his extradition.

John Demjanjuk, 88, is accused of involvement in the deaths of 29,000 Jews at a camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
Mr Demjanjuk was sentenced to death in Israel in the 1980s, but was then [...]

German Man Fined $2,300 for Racist Text Message

Posted on 10. Mar, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Feedback, Free Speech, Hidden Crimes, Shera Crossan

A German man has been fined the equivalent of $2,300 for sending a text message, Reuters reported Friday.
The 28-year-old man, who was unnamed in the article, was found to have sent a text message reading, “By opening this SMS, you have killed a Turk.” The message, which was sent last June in the midst of [...]

German police seize neo-Nazi CDs

Posted on 04. Mar, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Arts/Entertainment, Audio-Video, Europe News, Events, Hidden Crimes, Top Stories

German police have seized thousands of recordings of suspected neo-Nazi music during raids across the country.
More than 200 flats and offices were searched, and police said they had confiscated about 45,000 recordings, more than 170 computers and 70 weapons.
The raids are part of a long-running investigation led by prosecutors in Stuttgart, involving some 204 suspects.
The [...]

Jewish religious groups reject Holocaust denier’s apology

Posted on 27. Feb, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Feedback, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, Religion

BERLIN (AFP) — Leading German religious groups have sharply rejected the apology of a British Holocaust-denying bishop, with a prominent Jewish organisation accusing him of continuing to hold his controversial views.
In this “throughly bungled” statement, Bishop Richard Williamson “unfortunately takes nothing back,” Dieter Graumann, vice-president of the Central Council for Jews in Germany told the [...]

Suspect held in `98 slaying of German in Calif.

Posted on 13. Feb, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Hidden Crimes, Shera Crossan

LOS ANGELES – A murder suspect living under a false identity in Jamaica has been arrested in the 1998 slaying of a German tourist at a Southern California seaside hotel, the FBI said Thursday.
Paul Carpenter, 31, had been working at a BMW car dealership in the Caribbean nation’s capital of Kingston, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller [...]