http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,616499,00.html
Importantly, the HDJ has often worked in conjunction with other German right wing and neo-Nazi groups, like the Republikaner, over the past decade.
Beginning on October 8, 2008, the German government had undertaken arrests and house searches of the HDJ’s leadership The German government has been praised by a few groups for taking this action while many other parties criticize the Great Coalition government in Germany of acting far too slowly to stop the spread of the HDJ and its spread of Neo-Nazi venom, ideology, and hate. It is certainly horrific that in Germany, of all places, such a series of camps could be held for year-in-and-year out.
Nonetheless, such camps are also often too far prevalent amongst various religious and rightwing extremist groups around the globe.
WORLD-WIDE TRAIL OF MISUSE OF CAMPS TO TRAIN
One only has to look at American’s Jim Jone’s People’s Temple camps, and don’t forget to mention the David Koresh’s or the Ku-Klux-Klan and Ruby Ridge types. (There are many rumors on the net that the Klan is running military camps and weight-loss camps for youth in various U.S. states.)
In Saudi Arabia, for decades camps were specifically held to recruit jihadists, some of these campers became of high stature, such as Osama bin Laden. These Saudis were trained to hate the foreigners in their Holy Land of Arabia (a la Saudia). Later, the Taliban and other extremists did the same in Peshawar, Pakistan as well as in other corners of the globe, like Yemen, recruitment through food and camps was quite beneficial in radicalizing youth.
Similarly, radical Hindus have been running similar recruitment programs and can thus call out a riot at almost anytime in the streets of some city in India.
This, by the waybrings my story almost full circle . In SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRE, there is a scene where Hindu extremists attack innocent Muslims. The mother of the main character, a Muslim, is beaten to death by these radicalized Hindus. This scene also plays an important role in this film, too.
In summary, SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRE is not just a film with a happy ending. It holds a mirror to the history of our own nightmares—past and present.
I encourage you all to teach your youth to think critically.
Moreover, if your children, however, come back from camps intolerant, go out and do something to stop those camps
NOTESOne of Time’s 100 best Novels: THE PAINTED BIRD, by Jerzy Kozinski.
http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/0,24459,the_painted_bird,00.html
Americans for Hitler, http://www.americainwwii.com/stories/americansforhitler.html
Camouflage and Conspiracy, http://abs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/44/6/957
