Following the sensation surrounding #RogerWaters, I thought about how symbolic and explosive the location is. Frankfurt is a city full of fascinating symbolic connections, especially regarding its dark history. Did you know that the first apartheid was established in Frankfurter Judengasse in the 15th century and was the strictest in Europe? It is also the birthplace of the Rothschild family, which adds to its historical significance in both the narrow and broad context.

In the city of Frankfurt was the first documented ghetto in history, the Frankfurter Judengasse (only after Venice), with the strictest apartheid in Europe against the Ostjudens, as the Europeans called them, or Hasidic Ashkenazim, as they identified in terms of the religious branch at the time (the majority).
Interestingly, the idea of Zionism that brought so much misery to the Middle East, emerged in Europe at the end of the 19th century became a reality in the Frankfurt ghetto, thanks to the influence and financial support of the Rothschild family that emerged from it at the beginning of the 19th century.

Unfortunately, many elements are shared between the apartheid in Frankfurt and that in Gaza, as described, “The old Judengasse where Rothschild lived all his life was a narrow lane, slum-like and more crowded than any other apartments in Frankfurt. A compound closed off from the rest of the city by high walls and three heavy gates. The gates were guarded by soldiers and locked at night, all day on Sundays and Christian holidays from Good Friday until after Easter. The largest Jewish community in Germany lives almost entirely there, in isolation, or apartheid”.
Albert Lowndes suggests in the interesting book Terre d’ébène (1929) that the brutal, despicable, and organized treatment of Africans in Africa was the basis of the Ashkenazim Holocaust in World War II. But I think it could be the opposite.

Frankfurter Judengasse

Read more

https://faculty.history.umd.edu/BCooperman/NewCity/Founder.html

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurter_Judengasse

https://www.rothschildarchive.org/family/

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