http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/11/11/stendahl-on-germanys-stumbling-stones/ A Voice for Tikkun Olam (healing the world) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:04:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/11/11/stendahl-on-germanys-stumbling-stones/comment-page-1/#comment-3676 ginster Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:28:12 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=6875#comment-3676 This article is really good and touching and I share Renate's views on the difficulty of reconciliation efforts in Germany. When Ombuds Woman in a little town Huerth near Cologne, I joined the local historian to try to convince the City Council to get those cobble stones on the streets of that city. After all there had been a Synagogue to be remembered and a plate was placed at the house built later on that spot. But the cobble stones were refused with the argument that dogs could shit on it. I started laughing so loudly and couldn't stop, maybe it was hysterical as the argument was. I had to leave the council meeting. Well, the discussion after that really started in the press because the laughter was insulting.... well, anyway, those cobble stones never were placed in front of those houses which had had different people in there before they have been deported. However, I have the feeling about being in Germany too, that Renate describes. But having visited the USA just lately, I do not feel really safe after having been through all those security checks and the treatment..... and I was only a visitor/tourist not an immigrant and I certainly not illegal.... This article is really good and touching and I share Renate’s views on the difficulty of reconciliation efforts in Germany. When Ombuds Woman in a little town Huerth near Cologne, I joined the local historian to try to convince the City Council to get those cobble stones on the streets of that city. After all there had been a Synagogue to be remembered and a plate was placed at the house built later on that spot. But the cobble stones were refused with the argument that dogs could shit on it. I started laughing so loudly and couldn’t stop, maybe it was hysterical as the argument was. I had to leave the council meeting. Well, the discussion after that really started in the press because the laughter was insulting…. well, anyway, those cobble stones never were placed in front of those houses which had had different people in there before they have been deported.
However, I have the feeling about being in Germany too, that Renate describes. But having visited the USA just lately, I do not feel really safe after having been through all those security checks and the treatment….. and I was only a visitor/tourist not an immigrant and I certainly not illegal….

]]> http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/11/11/stendahl-on-germanys-stumbling-stones/comment-page-1/#comment-2531 Alvin Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:01:39 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=6875#comment-2531 Superb piece. These cobblestones do not trip us. They lift us up! Alvin Superb piece. These cobblestones do not trip us. They lift us up! Alvin

]]> http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/11/11/stendahl-on-germanys-stumbling-stones/comment-page-1/#comment-2514 marcia Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:53:08 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=6875#comment-2514 The whole article was beautiful and heartfelt with sadness over the tragedy and its continuing pain for both sides, Germans and the victims of the holocaust. marcia The whole article was beautiful and heartfelt with sadness over the tragedy and its continuing pain for both sides, Germans and the victims of the holocaust. marcia

]]> http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/11/11/stendahl-on-germanys-stumbling-stones/comment-page-1/#comment-2482 Lauren Reichelt Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:16:45 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=6875#comment-2482 What a beatuiful and thoughtful article! Thanks for sharing it, Dave. What a beatuiful and thoughtful article! Thanks for sharing it, Dave.

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