Holocaust Survivor Berated by Tel Aviv Bus Driver as Nazi

[Omaha Steve]

http://forward.com/articles/196502/holocaust-survivor-berated-by-tel-aviv-bus-driver/

Israeli Mistook Dutch for German

By JTA
Published April 13, 2014.

A Holocaust survivor was called a Nazi by an Israeli bus driver who mistook the passenger’s native Dutch for German.

Martin Leeda was on a bus to Tel Aviv last week with his wife, Jeta, when the driver heard them talking and started shouting that they were “goyim” and “probably Nazis,” Ynet reported Friday. The driver also reportedly closed the door purposely several times on Jeta Leeda’s arm.

The driver sent the couple a letter of apology and faces a disciplinary hearing, according to the Metropoline bus company.

Leeda, 74, moved to Israel after the Holocaust, during which he was imprisoned in three Nazi concentration camps. He lives part time in the Netherlands, where he works as a guide for the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam, according to Ynet,

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. I don't know what's worse there.

What he did, or the fact that he would do it to someone simply because he thought they were speaking in German.

[nomorenomore08]

5. "German = Nazi" is a third-grader's (at best) version of logic.

The combo of stupidity and malice here is truly staggering.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Holy shit

[MohRokTah]

3. I'm wondering if the bus driver is par tof the far right movement in Israel.

Fundamentalism of any stripe in any religion is a recipe for disaster.

[nomorenomore08]

4. There aren't enough facepalms on Earth for this shit! n/t

[Ron Obvious]

6. Because there were no German-speaking Jews of course....

[Lady Freedom Returns]

7. That is so sad.

[Lancero]

8. Hate crime much?

Topped off with assault.

Someone needs to drive this driver to a cellblock, let him have some time to cool off and learn that attacking people based on their nationality, or what they perceive it to be, is not acceptable.