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| German university teaches anti-Semitic theory |
| 2008-07-03 |
| Mounting pressure from non-Jewish groups and the Israeli Embassy in Berlin has led the German Sports Science Association and the University of Göttingen to convene special sessions to address an anti-Semitic theory propagated by Göttingen Prof. Arnd Krüger. At an academic conference on June 20 in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Krüger argued in his lecture on 'Hebron and Munich: How do we communicate sports history without getting caught in [the] snare of anti-Semitism?' that the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches who died at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich essentially committed suicide 'for the cause of Israel.' According to a report in the mass-circulation daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, Krüger contends the sportsmen sacrificed themselves to prolong financial restitution from Germany, and to preserve guilt among Germans due to the Holocaust. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #5 It was just a matter of time before someone got caught over there. I hope the delay is just a matter of following procedures. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-07-03 12:55 |
| #4 Microcosm of antisemitic theme that Holocaust a planned event to stimulate Zionist impulses. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2008-07-03 12:53 |
| #3 Or head up the Democratic presidential ticket. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-07-03 12:12 |
| #2 Hey, they could always get a gig at a California state university or college or for that matter a chair in the ethics department of a Colorado university in Boulder. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-07-03 11:40 |
| #1 Some noxious weeds sprout back up no matter how many times you take the spade to them.... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-07-03 10:15 |