This is really quite sad.
1) First, some 70-75 years ago, this poor woman was collected and transported to a concentration camp. Fortunately for her and her family (such of them as survived and, of course, and kids/grandkids/great grandkids that she has), she survived. She is, I am sure, 100% blameless for being collected, etc.
2) However, she was (quite understandably) traumatized by the experience. Many people like her have had their judgment impaired. They believe that because the Nazis were horribly prejudiced and violent brutes, that they have to be the exact opposite. Well, many times that IS the correct viewpoint - especially about the prejudice part. After all, prejudice is a very poor substitute for actually thinking and fairly judging a situation or a person. However, she has taken a past good thing that she (and others) did - marching with Dr. King, etc. - and very mistakenly (IMHO) taken this situation with Michael Brown and allowed herself to believe that it is a civil rights issue. She is, again IMHO, severely deluded.
As mentioned, I think that this is sad. The poor lady did nothing wrong, was severely victimized both during the Holocaust and for the rest of her life, and now she thinks that she’s doing the right thing. Based on what I know, she’s been conned - or perhaps she’s just a useful idiot. Sad, sad, sad. Kudos for her good intentions, but she’s just plain wrong and is letting herself be used.
Well said. Thank you.
No, she didn't. Calling her a "Holocaust survivor" is somewhat misleading; she was evacuated to Britain in 1939 with other Jewish children. Members of her family died in the Holocaust.
Thank you. I agree. There are people- Gentile & Jew, who truly do not comprehend the ideological connection between the various forms of leftist thought.
I hope she’s okay.
Actually she was never in put into a concentration camp. She escaped Germany before the war.