ANTI-SEMITISM
Sir-I have this minute finished reading in The Listener a_ talk given by the Rev. Professor C. A. F. Knight, entitled "Race-hatred Continues in Europe," and I am moved by gratitude for his masterly and rational analysis of the causes of anti-Semitism. New Zealander, would do well to listen carefully in the interests of tolerance to such men as Professor Knight, before they condemn parrot-wise these refugees who need our understanding, and, yes, our love and gratitude. They need our understanding and love because only that can cure them of the bitterness and aggressiveness caused by years of persecution. They deserve our gratitude for this reason-that they bring to this raw new country the culture of music, art, and intellect which they have salvaged from the chaos of Europe. Our men who fought the Nazis are given every help to rehabilitate themselves in civil life. ‘This is their right. Will any New Zealander, once he has thought the matter out, deny that right to the stranger in his country who has fought cruelty, oppression, and persécution from that same enemy, all his life? Imagine, if you. can, the past of these people as a race, You know their present chaotic wilderness. Their pipedream of Palestine has become a nightmare of frustration, and their reaction is correspondingly abnormal because of the abnormal lives they have been forced to. live. Please let them live here in peace, and let their children grow up with ours in happiness and security, and when it is said, "He is a Jew," say "Forget it. He is just another man!"
L.L.
H.
(Ohinewai).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 437, 7 November 1947, Page 5
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268ANTI-SEMITISM New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 437, 7 November 1947, Page 5
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