A Jewish Story. Sheldon Cohen

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      “I guess so, Dad, as he drummed his fingers on the kitchen table.”

      Ben noted the drumming. “Anyhow, Hitler mentions the Protocols, but only in a short paragraph. He even says that a Frankfurt newspaper often says it is a forgery, but he uses that as proof that the Protocols are true, because he says…hold on…let me read his quote, ‘The Frankfurter newspaper moans and screams once every week: the best proof that the Protocols are authentic.’

      “I found this to be almost funny, because you remember when I said that the best ways to hide one’s intentions are to publicize them for the entire world to see? Well that’s what his book is all about; he’s publicizing and therefore hiding his intentions. I can’t help but think we are in great danger. This maniac has worked out his complete plan for how the Jews will take over the world. It’s insane.”

      In an effort to throw some humor into the conversation, David said, “Tell me how we’ll do it, Dad. When I’m older, I’ll be ready to be the boss.”

      Ben‘s expression changed. He stared at his son without saying a word for ten seconds. Then, with a calm voice, he said, “David…you find this funny, do you?”

      “Uhh…no dad.” He looked at his father’s stern expression, realized that his effort at humor had failed, and said, “I’m sorry, dad.”

      In a louder voice, Ben said, “You’re doing what I told you the people I try to speak with about this subject do; they make fun of it. It stops me cold. Damn, David, I’m dead serious. You’re my son and I love you. I believe we’re in danger, but I have no idea what the future will hold, so I’m trying to prepare you and I want to give you options. This is serious. Do you want me to go on?”

      With head bowed David said, “I’m very sorry, dad, please go on.”

      Ben sighed. “Ok, I love you and I accept your apology and understand that you were just trying to make a joke.” He paused and then said, “Now where was I?”

      “You were going to tell Hitler’s theory about how the Jews will take over the world.”

      “Oh yes. It’s a story that made no sense to me, but here’s what he says. It goes on for pages and pages with all kinds of detail, but I’ll make it short. He starts with a single Jewish peddler who comes into a small town and the people accept him. This is a handy guy to have around. He’s harmless and you can buy some nice stuff from him. Then the Jew becomes successful and other Jews join him. They settle in a separate section of the town, build a pretty good business and start to lend money, all the time building what Hitler calls a state within a state. Hitler never mentions that the Jew had to make his own way in life because nothing was open to him. Nobody hired him because he was Jewish and there were quotas on him for schools that would only accept very few Jews. He had to fend for himself because that’s all he could do. Then the population starts getting jealous of the Jew’s success. He buys land, becomes a financier and charges interest. He becomes more successful and starts acting like a German, which makes Hitler angry. Pretty soon he takes over much of financing and starts having some influence on the highest levels of government becoming a “court Jew.” Then he gets on the stock exchange and before you know it, he has lots of control and influence on big business and government. Then he overthrows the Monarchy, controls the unions, forms a Democracy and even goes so far as to poison the Aryan’s blood by seducing the Aryan women. Not only that, but he also brings in all kinds of “inferior human beings,” as Hitler calls them, to intermix with the Aryans and “dilute their blood” as he puts it, so that the Aryans will all be made inferior and then the Jews will take over. You see, for Hitler, the Aryan German is the number one superior being. He goes so far as to say that they should be the masters of the earth, but the Jewish polluting influence will make that impossible. The last thing the Jew does is to turn the country Communistic. How’s that for power, David, and all this coming from a little Jewish Peddler.”

      “Wow,” said David. You’re right, he is nuts.”

      “Well this nut runs a country, wants to conquer the world, and hates Jews, so where does that put us? That’s all I’m asking.”

      “What kind of a weirdo thinks like that?” asked David.

      Ben looked at his son who had a quizzical look on his face. He smiled and said, “That’s an excellent question, David. Do you want me to give you a medical analysis…or at least what I think about him and his warped mind?”

      “Yeah, that would be good. I want to be a doctor like you, you know.”

      “Okay, David, here’s what I think. Did you ever hear of the word narcissist?”

      “Uhh, no.”

      “Well, a narcissist is someone who has a personality disorder that gives one a feeling of great self-importance. They are preoccupied with themselves. They know it all. They know what’s best for everyone.”

      “Well, that fits him alright,” shot back David.

      “Yes, and it can get dangerous,” said Ben, “Because they create such a personality cult around themselves that the people are mesmerized. The narcissist is usually a great speaker and they can almost hypnotize their followers and give them hope. People become like putty in the hands of a pathological narcissist who tries to shape the world to his way of thinking. The bad news is that they can succeed. Their personality is so forceful that they will usually reach their final objective because they turn their admirers to their way of thinking. Power is all they are concerned about and it does not matter whom their reach for power affects. Everything in a narcissist’s life is about him and everything that is not about him and his goal is nothing.”

      “That’s scary,” said David.

      “Scary is not the word for it. Dangerous is a better word because this narcissist has the Jews in his bulls eye and his main goal is to rid the world of them!”

      “I don’t know, dad, but I think all this is leading up to the fact that you’re about to tell me we’re leaving the country.”

      “That’s right, David. Let me get your mother and Emily in here. I want us all to be part of this discussion now. Leah,” he called aloud.

      “Yes,” she answered from the living room.

      “Can you come in the kitchen? I’ve just been talking to David.”

      “Be right there,” said Leah.

      Leah Rozenovich Frohman was also a refugee from Russia arriving in Germany three years after her future husband. They both were one of the Eastern European Jewish refugees, or Ostjuden, (Eastern European Jews), whose families were fleeing the anti-Semitism of the Russian Czar. The Ostjuden, considered by the Nazis and even other Jews as inferior, would arrive in the early years of the twentieth century, but didn’t know that they would have to deal with a future political party, Nazis, whose newspaper, The Voelkisher Beobachter, would publish the following on March 10. 1920:

      ‘There are various views on the ultimate aim and task of the German-National (deutsch-voelkisch) movement regarding the Jews. One believes that so-called explanatory work is all that is needed; the next only wants to “eliminate” the Jewish spirit from the “cultural” field; a third only from the economy and a fourth has other aims again, and all the opinions СКАЧАТЬ