Nazis Got Bitchslapped
It’s the most uplifting news-story I’ve read in a while. The magazine Focus online reports that the German town of Riese, Saxony, changed the name of one of its streets. Allow me to explain why this event bears any significance at all: They changed it from “Mannheimer Straße” to “Geschwister Scholl Straße” (engl.: Siblings Scholl Street). For those who are not familiar with the latter name: Sophie and Hans Scholl were famous figures of the resistance-group Weiße Rose (White Rose) during the 1940ies and were executed in 1943 by the Nazi regime.
You’re probably still wondering. Some germans changed the name of a street to honour some prominent figures of the Resistance… so what?
And here comes the punchline: Housed in that street is the publishing house Verlag Deutsche Stimme (engl.: German Voice Publishing) and a good few other right-wing-extremist addresses such as the local quarters of the German Nationalist Party, NPD. All of them will have to print the names of some of the most well-known resistance-fighters onto their cards and letter-heads from now on. The only two who voted against the change of name were the two delegates from the NPD.
Fucking Priceless.
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Written by Phil
October 4, 2010 at 20:08
Posted in Common Sense, Germany, Good News, Politics
Tagged with 1945, Germany, Hans, Hitler, National Socialism, Nazi, NPD, Rechtsextremist, Regime, Resistance, Scholl, Sophia, Sophie, Weiße Rose, Weisse Rose, White Rose
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Just a Little Common Sense 
That’s epic!
rejistania
October 9, 2010 at 11:53
An excellent move. I hope other towns (in Germany and elsewhere) which have suffered fascist infestations, will use the same idea.
Infidel753
October 17, 2010 at 13:23
I don’t really think so, this was a great idea to make a statement, but it’s just that. It is not an effective means to actually battle the White Supremacy body of thought, and only works in places where all the nazi-cells are gathered in one street, which I don’t think is too often. Plus, if it’s only the bureaus of a political party, they may simply move somewhere else. In this case it was a pretty brilliant move because of the publishing house, which shouldn’t be able to move to another adress all too simply.
I don’t think that it’s reproducable with anything like the same effect, now that the novelty-value is gone.
Although it is a great gesture, it is not a effective course of action in the long run.
Ochiudo
October 19, 2010 at 16:28