Holocaust-era wounds were ripped open in Jewish people worldwide when now-confirmed reports that Jews in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, taken over by pro-Russian militants, were handled leaflets and told they have to “register” as Jews and declare all their property.
Elderly Jewish women were reportedly seen crying as they were handed the pamphlets upon leaving synagogue Tuesday, the start of Passover, according to reports from the Jewish media.
“What makes this report so highly significant is that because there is such a strong and constant undercurrent of anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe, despite the fact that the ground there is drenched with Jewish blood, one never knows when it will erupt into a full blown ‘action’ such as this,” Sarah Stern, founder and president of endowment for Middle East Truth, said in a statement to WND....
