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Margotter
Joined 2015
Posts: 3

Jews have to flee Odessa

9 years ago

"Show me a resident of Odessa who is not a Jew", that's a saying very popular in Odessa, a famous Ukrainian city on the Black Sea. During WWII about 60,000 Odessians (mostly Jews) were massacred by Romanian and German occupants. Now, when there are Ukrainian nationalists setting the tone in the country something of the sort may again occur. Nationalistic ruling elements in Kiev make no secret they're actually fans of Hitler
https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2015/05/520454.html.
The latest worrying news is that former Georgian president Saakashvili (wanted in his country on criminal charges and known for his cruelty and cynical ways) has been designated the local governor. Mind he's a tame bird of nationalistic elements in Kiev set to transform Odessa in "a purely Ukrainian city".
My Jewish relatives living in Odessa say they are set to move to some other country to enjoy safety.... well until it's too late and they haven't started those awful pogroms or sort of it.

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