Chief Israel ‘war crimes’ investigator at Soros-financed human rights group also avid Nazi memorabilia collector
By: Mark Hemingway, Washington Examiner:
This story has actually been around for a few months, but glad to see it’s finally gaining some traction. Last fall, one of the founders of Human Rights Watch came out and accused the organization of being irrationally anti-Israel. To make matters worse, members of the organization thought nothing of fund raising in Saudi Arabia, where the organization’s criticism of Israel was no doubt a selling point.
And if this weren’t bad enough, the Times of London has an in-depth piece about the ensuing scandal when it was revealed that one of the organization’s lead investigators and vocal Israel critic is an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia:
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Let’s be fair. The guy collects WW II German army memorabilia, relating especially to the “flak” (anti-aircraft) forces some of his relatives served in. This is only one step removed from Nazi memorabilia, but it is a step.
Also, his handle of “flak88″ is almost certainly a reference to the legendary German 88mm cannon, and not the “88″ code by which neo-Nazis allude to “Heil Hitler” (H is the 8th letter: “88″ –> “H…H…”).
It’s still a creepy sort of hobby for a “progressive” and “peace-lover”.
HRW has done a lot of good work in its time (even now, they’re still hitting Hugo Chavez), but it’s been corrupted by leftist fashion.
BTW, I learned recently that during the post-war occupation, there was so much demand for Nazi memorabilia from souvenir-hunting Allied soldiers that the Germans secretly resumed manufacturing it. Weird, eh?
Comment by Rich Rostrom | March 29, 2010