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Nein to Hitler's Mein Kampf
Two Canadian immigrants shocked tliat Hitler autobiography is on sale.
ROBERTA STALEY STAFF REPORTER
Two outraged Hungarian immigrants are calling for a ban on Adolf Hitler's autobiography Mein Kampf after seeing it on a Vancouver bookstore shelf
But Canadian Jewish Congress, Pacific Region, and several bookstores don't back the demand, saying the book is an important piece of history.
Zsuzsanna Strem, a Jew who has been in Canada two years, said: "This is hurting me and other people seeing this book. I don't agree we have to study from it. It only resulted in killing Jews and I don't accept people buying it for research."
A landed immigrant and computer programmer, Ms. Strem, 36, said she saw the book for the first time at Bollum's Books in downtown Vancouver.
CJC honorary legal counsel Herb Silber said, "We don't encourage people to go out and read the book." But on the other hand, he said the autobiography (whose title translates as "My fight or struggle") helps reveal the economic and socio-political forces that allowed Hitler's rise to power. "We learn from history so we don't repeat the same mistakes," said Mr. Silber.
Still, he worries about the effect Mein Kampf could have on some people. "Hate propaganda, historically, is the first step that anesthetizes the public which allows them to pursue a violent agenda. Look at Bosnia — you have to solidify a hate towards an identifiable group to spur them to action," he said.
Marianna Geri, a gentile friend of Ms. Strem who also moved here from Hungary two years ago, fears the book for that reason. "This book raised a generation to learn to destroy people. And people who buy this book buy it for this reason," said Ms. Geri, 35.
Both women say they've never seen Mein Kampf for sale in Hungary. However, Norbert Konkoly, press attache for Hungary's Ottawa embassy, said Mein Kampf is not banned in the East European country.
Bollum's sells two versions of Mein Kampf, which is distributed in Canada by Random House, for $32 and $22.95. Sev-
CJC counsel Herb Silber supports the sale of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf because of Its historical Importance.
en copies have been bought in the 10 months since Bollum's opened, said Michelle Sweet, a store manager.
Bollum's head manager Brahm Kornbluth, who is Jewish, said "As a book lover and book seller, 1 believe we should put everything out there. This
book is about not forgetting the Holocaust. It should be on the shelves with the proper prologue, which all the editions currently have."
Bollum's has weathered other demands to ban books. The store stocked the non-fiction work. Final Exit, on assisted suicide causing a wave of protests, said Mr. Kornbluth.
James Bryner, store manager of Duthie Books Ltd. in downtown Vancouver, also stocks Mein Kampf and supports its sale. "It's a very important historical record, to be certain," said Mr. Bryner. The reaction by Ms. Strem and Ms. Geri "is very sad," he said, adding a book seller should explain the book's historical importance to them.
But the words were of little consolation to Ms. Strem, whose father hid in a ghetto attic during the Second World War. "He had to hide on the fourth floor when there was bombing and everybody else was in the basement because Jews couldn't come down," she said. □
Hate units not enough
CJC seeks more government commitment.
ROBERTA STALEY STAFF REPORTER
Though B.C.'s new hate-crime unit is a step in the right direction, it doesn't go far enough in eradicating racism, says Canadian Jewish Congress, Pacific Region.
That was the message given by CJC executives to Attorney General Uijal Dosaiyh during a private meeting April 25. Mr. Dosanjh announced April 24 the formation of a formal hate-crime unit in B.C. It would include a full-time community liaison person, a Crown counsel, two policy analysts and two police officers.
"What we want to create in B.C. is a culture of understanding, acceptance, justice and equality. That is the thrust of what I'm trying to do," Mr. Dosanjh said during the meeting, held at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater
Vancouver. Mr. Dosanjh said that more than 60,000 hate crimes in Canada go unreported.
CJC ofiicer-at-large Felicia Folk said CJC would like to see the creation of bias crime units in all the province's larger, metropolitan centres. The province should also ensure it establishes a definition of bias crime, a uniform criteria for identifying it as well as a method for gathering statistics, said Ms. Folk.
Zena Simces Katz, CJC vice-chair and chair of the community relations committee, agreed with Ms. Folk. "We are very supportive of the plan, but we do see it as just the first step."
To help raise awareness of hate crimes, a candlelight vigil for victims was held April 28 at the Vancouver Art Gallery.