GERMANY (VINnews) — In an unspeakably sickening display, Nazi monster Heinrich Himmler’s home has been turned into a hotel and restaurant. In addition, its current owner wants to make a center of peace and inclusion, and would like Jews to serve on the board.
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The property, 30 miles south of Munich, was recently converted into a “Blyb”– hotel/ restaurant, by current owner Florian Zibert, who says he is looking to “promote openness and tolerance”.
Himmler, head of the SS and chief architect of the Holocaust, used the villa as a holiday home and meeting place for Nazis. He had extensive construction work done, including an air raid shelter.
Zibert spoke with the UK Jewish Chronicle, and seemingly did not even attempt to defend his decision.
“Eventually we would like to form a kind of advisory board made up of people from the Jewish community, people of color, people from very different backgrounds, people who live here and elsewhere,” he said. “It may be that no one from the Jewish community would like to be involved, given how sensitive all this, and I can respect that.
“I can also totally understand that for some people it feels inappropriate and insensitive that we are now running a hotel and restaurant at a place where Heinrich Himmler once lived.”
“We were not even looking for a building we could use as a hotel, and we were certainly not looking for a building which Himmler had bought for him and his wife and daughter. Not at all. This lease was actually offered to us by the Bavarian state, and we did not enter into it lightly,” added Zibert.
“At first we were plagued with thoughts like: what on earth would we do with this property? What could, and should we do with it? And also: is it even right for us actually even take it on? But as we are from the area, then we all felt that as part of this local community, we also have the duty to contribute to a sense of facing up and taking responsibility for this place.”
“We are trying to create a place which is all about promoting openness and tolerance,” said Zibert.
Many have spoken out against the disgraceful development.
Rabbi Elchanan Poupko, a Rebbi and author who is vocal on social media, tweeted: “Appalling but not shocking to see Germany turning Himmler’s villa which was used the plan and help execute history’s worst crime against humanity, as a for-profit hotel. Not a museum. Not a memorial. Not eternal condemnation. Just a hotel.”
Appalling but not shocking to see Germany turning Himmler’s villa which was used the plan and help execute history’s worst crime against humanity, as a for-profit hotel.
Not a museum. Not a memorial. Not eternal condemnation. Just a hotel.
➡️@yankihebrewhttps://t.co/xKGlVJKBo1 pic.twitter.com/ZVO9z2vsVE— Rabbi E. Poupko. #FreeEvanGershkovich (@RabbiPoupko) September 3, 2023
Sacha Stawski, a Jewish community leader who is chairman of the German-Israeli Congress, said the building should have been turned into a memorial or museum educating the public about Himmler’s atrocities.
Stawski issued a scathing verbal rebuke: “Ever wanted to know what it feels like to eat hummus in Himmler’s dining room? Well, now you can.
“In most countries, a responsible handling of a historic site like this would have meant building a memorial or museum, which educates about the atrocities committed by a vile man like Himmler.
“Yet here in Germany in 2023 you may stand by the history of your property, including mentioning on your website that a slave laborer died while building Himmler’s personal bunker, and do everything possible to bring back the authentic beauty of the original setting of this once impressive refuge of one of the worst Nazi figures.”
“Let’s not talk about the horrible crimes Himmler planned out while sitting in his romantic garden. Instead, let’s invite guests to sit on Himmler’s original park bench and enjoy the lake view sunset.
“What next? Should we build a rollercoaster ride in Dachau?”
Wait – did that guy just say that he wants to serve Jews on a board?
“In an unspeakably sickening display, Nazi monster Heinrich Himmler’s home has been turned into a hotel and restaurant. In addition, its current owner wants to make a center of peace and inclusion, and would like Jews to serve on the board.”
This is so silly and lacking daas Torah.
There is nothing “unspeakably sickening” about turning that amalekite’s house into anything of value to humanity. Period.
People sell houses all the time. A person’s house is not his essence. This is absurd.
By this “logic” all of Europe should be a memorial to the Jews murdered there throughout the centuries. And the hospitals where the Zionists took innocent children from their parents should also shutdown and become memorials.
There is zero Torah value behind this silliness.
But it is “unspeakably sickening” for a Jew to lose sight of the Torah and worship the Holocaust god instead.
Think of the opportunities to do unmentionables within those walls (maybe even ON the walls).
Antisemetisim is THE DNA of every European and especial every German even in these days where we think its a perfect open minded world.
Yes, there are some good Goyim who wont hurt Jews and in fact saved Jews but those were a minority of a minority.
OK, so what ought to be done with it?