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Group Threatens to Sue VA over Nazi Symbols in National Veterans Cemeteries
2020-05-20
[Mil.com] An advocacy group is preparing to go to court unless the Department of Veterans Affairs swiftly removes Nazi symbols and references to Adolf Hitler from the headstones of three German prisoners of war from World War II buried in national veterans cemeteries.

The swastikas and inscriptions, which state in German, "He died far from his home for the Fuhrer, people and fatherland," should not be allowed in VA cemeteries where American veterans are interred, said Mikey Weinstein, chairman of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.

The symbols and the inscriptions "must be eradicated and eradicated now," he said Tuesday. "This is completely and totally wrong."

Weinstein, a former Air Force captain and graduate of the Air Force Academy, said MRFF is prepared to go to federal court if the VA refuses to remove the headstones. He also called on Congress to take action.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  As they died prisoners of war, messing with their graves might actually be a war crime. God knows they screamed loud enough about dead jihadi's getting pissed on.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2020-05-20 22:38  

#4  This is just the Left screeching "nazi" at anything it can get its teeth into. Just imagine how much they had to examine to find this tiny bit. But now it's national news.
Posted by: Spike Grineng8188   2020-05-20 15:02  

#3  We. called them blanket party back in the day at MCRD. Most effective for a guy with hygiene deficiencies.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2020-05-20 11:05  

#2  WTF does this have to do with religious freedom?

Those men served in the German army under Hitler. If their descendants wanted the tombstones changed, that's one thing -- but the inscriptions were put on there by men who were putting their lives on the line against the Nazis.

Veterans need to treat this guy to a soap party, because once he establishes that an "offensive" tombstone can be rewritten, he's going to be expanding what's "offensive".
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2020-05-20 09:41  

#1  Attorney Weinstein is clearly focused on one of the more pressing issues of our time.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-05-20 07:05  

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