at terrible story comes out to be stern ukraine today
and now the russians of course took over part so ten different cities
they took over government buildings russian troops appear to be there
course who denies it but they're acting the same exact way they did when they
took over crimea
and now we have reports out
that the pro-russian factions let's put it that way
are handing out pamphlets in front of synagogues after passover
as he jus about their identity in fact let me quote
net news here from from Israel jus emerging from a synagogue say they were
handed leaflets that or the city's used to provide a list the property they own
and pay a registration fee or else have their citizenship
revoked face deportation and see their
assets confiscated that that didn't send a chill down your spine
you know you don't have a appreciation for history and
as I read that I thought I while now
I know that the way that Putin has been going in other countries and saying oh
i'm only protecting the russian minorities
is very similar to what the Soviet Union did in nineteen thirties and what the
Germans that in the nineteen thirties
I but this takes it to a whole different level
now some are skeptical about this I'll get to that in a second but let me
the fill in the details here there's the and this is a very important detail
because the guy who is
in charge ok 10 those Russian factions
sokaya named Dennis porcelain he identified himself as a chairman
a DONet sxe temporary government that's approaching government
and USA Today explains a push one acknowledged
the fliers were distributed under his organization's name
and don't ask but denied any connection to that okay
hope I don't quite see how that works I think about the knowledge that
is the most important part of it whether he are
is this about some stuff inside the pamphlet seems less important to me
okay it's easy to disavow it later but if you said yes that was our pamphlets
that means we have trouble
now what was in the leaflets first they start with this
dear ukraine citizens over jewish nationality
man it doesn't get any worse than that when you start a leaflet
pointing out the you're jewish and that you need to register
we need to know where you are so we can confiscate your assets move you into
certain areas we have to
they say when asked why they did this they say
the people %uh jewish nationality
oppose the pros slavic peoples republic
have done s their reporting something at that happen after world war two
but they were sympathetic to the ukrainians there in Ukraine
paid and they were not sufficiently pro slavic
if he does though if this doesn't ring a bell
you haven't studied any history at all you care more from the pamphlet
ID and passport are required
to register your Jewish religion will just documents a family members as well
as documents establishing the rights to
all reels the property that belongs to you including vehicles
now Michael Saul burgers with the
anti-defamation league and he says distributing such leaflets
the recruitment tool to appeal to those you know for big fears that the majority
that lets them to your cause and focus on a common enemy
the Jews unfortunately we've seen this before as well
now Julia be off by writing for The New Republic is skeptical this
and there are a couple reasons to be skeptical person while there is massive
propaganda on both sides
right now the russians it said Ono some other far-right nationalist in the
Ukrainian government
are anti-semitic and then gave some examples a bat
now here we have someone say no the russians are anti-semitic and
distributing these leaflets
so is specially complex zones like this you have to be careful propaganda so
def we understand that's a possibility and now
Julia e of talks about how even so the Jewish community over there are
skeptical he she says
the donors Jewish community dismiss this as a provocation
and I'm meaning that they're trying to provoke people
against the Russians so
but the original pamphlets reported to Israel
also came from that scene Jewish community so it's a complicated
situation
now feud or a look you know who's the editor Russia
in global affairs says I have no doubt that there's a sizable community
anti-semites on both sides the barricades before wanted them to do
something
this stupid this is done to compromise the poll Russian group
in there East but then Julia the of
ads at the endeavor peace um the Jews at the Nats
in eastern Ukraine may have been asked by a leaflet the register
but it has not been enforced nor are any Ukrainian Jews registering
themselves now that's how things stand today but
she also as of course if the situation changes he would be the first to be
concerned about it
and report on it so we'll have to follow up and see if they actually do have
registrations but our own ambassador
says that in back this is true go to a table that
everything that we're hearing suggests that this is the real deal
I and that apparently is coming from
somebody on the ground bare among these these radical groups
are you know I there too to stir fear or two
are to create provocation justifying
further violence I would say also I spoke today to somebody who's
who is arm are connected with troops on the ground variable
got a little bit at the same they're just that bit the serb atmosphere
here is one of the major narratives right now and
that's something that obviously you're going to be watching closely over the
next couple days
notes the US ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt
Secretary of State John Kerry also reference the Pampas now
look to some that'll be evidence that its US propaganda or Western propaganda
to others as evidence that the Pampas are actually real
either way you gotta keep an eye on it propaganda is of course terrible
when I'm but what's far far worse is that these pamphlets
are true and if they're real image start to register jus
in eastern Ukraine
well doesn't get any worse than that because
one we've seen that happen in Europe before and it was one of the worst
things
in world history into I mean if he didn't learn from that episode
and you say well its the Jews and I'm not Jewish
course you remember that old poem from those dates first they came for the
communists and I was in a communist
then they came for the Jews et cetera et cetera you know how that goes
but if you're not concerned for the Jews just because you know jewish
some chance you're bad guy to begin with okay we all have to look out for each
other
and if they start registering anybody it's not a good sign
given the history what's happened Europe in those parts
is a particularly terrible sin