Lisa Bjurwald

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Posted on June 9, 2011 at 5:07 AM

Back from speaking at a very stimulating conference on the far-right and social media, at the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) in Berlin, and meeting like-minded journalists.


(Don't miss "Facing Justice", marking 50 years since the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem - on until Sep 18, 2011 at the Topography of Terror documentation center.)


FES recently released a study on European intolerance, discrimination and prejudice. Among their findings:


* About half of all European respondents believe there are too many immigrants in their country


* About one third of respondents believe there is a natural hierarchy of ethnicity


* In Poland, more than 70 percent believe that Jews seek to benefit from their forebears’ suffering during the Nazi era.


Read it in English here.

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