Nazi Who Originated Donald Trump Jr.’s Skittles Metaphor Was Hanged at Nuremberg
DONALD TRUMP JR.’S tweet comparing Syrian refugees to Skittles has deep roots. The concept dates back at least to 1938 and a children’s book called Der Giftpilz, or The Toadstool, in which a mother explains to her son that it only takes one Jew to destroy an entire people.
The book’s author, Julius Streicher, also published a newspaper that Adolf Hitler loved to read, Der Stürmer. The newspaper published anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic, anti-Communist, and anti-capitalist propaganda. In 1933, soon after Hitler took power, Streicher used his newspaper to call for the extermination of the Jews…………
……..German Propaganda Archive Hitler said: “One must never forget the services rendered by the Stürmer … Now that Jews are known for what they are, nobody any longer thinks that Streicher libeled them.”
Streicher was hanged at Nuremburg in 1946 for crimes against humanity. The judgment read:
"For his twenty-five years of speaking, writing, and preaching hatred of the Jews, Streicher was widely known as ” Jew-Baiter Number One……………
https://theintercept.com/2016/09/20...-s-skittles-metaphor-was-hanged-at-nuremberg/
As much as this is an earie reminder of comparison to “dark things past”……… we must remember it is just a coincident of history……
It is doubtful ‘Trump JR. has any knowledge of this ugly dehumanization of a people in desperate need of help………..
But the comparison is ………….and becoming now clear and topical………… of “authoritarianism” in the Trump leadership style ……….
No matter how remote it maybe ……the family’s predilection toward “authoritarianism” seems genetically driven………
And should remain of concern even if the Hitler-style comparison is off the mark……..