| A little anti-dhimmitude in Olde Belgium, plus sensitivity training goes both ways! |
Ten youths from Beringen (Limburg province) who had thrown stones at Jewish youths visited the Anne Frank Museum in the Dutch city of Amsterdam today. The youths were accompanied by Federal Minister Peter Vanvelthoven. The trip is part of a re-education scheme after an incident which caused widespread upset in December.
The facts go back to the end of November last year. A group of young Turkish immigrants in the Limburg municipality of Beringen attacked a group of Jewish school children by throwing stones at them, shouting anti-Semitic slogans. (Belga) the Anne Frank House The Antwerp school children were visiting former mining buildings in the area. The incident led to the children returning immediately, as the windows of the youth hostel where they would be staying overnight had also been smashed. The incident was made public a week later and shocked the local community in Beringen. | Semms a bit more serious than a handful of pebbles, don't it? |
It was agreed that the youths should apologise to the Jewish school children, that they would visit the Anne Frank House and do 30 hours of community work as a punishment. Federal Employment Minister Peter Vanvelthoven and Ahmed Koç, an alderman on the Beringen town council, accompanied the youths to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam to confront them with the horror the Jewish community was faced with during the Second World War. (Belga) Peter Vanvelthoven accompanied the young immigrants "The Anne Frank Museum is quite impressive," Mr Koç told VRT radio. "This is not just a day out, this is about re-education. It will allow the youths to see for themselves how much suffering the Second World War caused. I think that seeing it with your own eyes has more impact than seeing it on TV." |