If so, isn't a contradiction to be a Nazi and to speak lesser languages?.
Did Hitler speak foreign languages?
I've heard snippets of his speeches in documentaries, and he was definitely speaking a foreign language -- possibly German.
Yiddish is actually a dialect of German. Orthodox Jews just don't admit it, and this has historical reasons. Even in the 18th century the rabbinate had a lot of influence on the German Jewry. Jews were forbidden to learn Standard High German, were only allowed to write their own German dialect in Hebrew alphabet, were even forbidden to read books about wordly subject (yes even maths, geography, sciences, etc... were forbidden by their religious authorities).
These also supersticious Jews had fallen so low, gentiles genuinely thought Jews were a retarded people.
It's only later, when secularism got its grasp in Germany this rabbinate lost its power, and a secular enlightened Jewry developed from Central Europe Ashkenazim (way earlier in the 17th century Jews had undergone some enlightment in the Netherlands btw). Jews, after no longer being hold retarded by their religious leader, would later grow as one of the most brilliant and curious peoples in the whole world (if not the most brilliant people there exists today!!).
But yes, that's the reason why Jews today still call their Yiddish a separate language, but also the Holocaust and the, although now softened, contemporary Germanophobia also plays a roll to this day.
Also keep in mind that mostly very orthodox Jews speak Yiddish, and you know how religious nutters think! Exactly.
These also supersticious Jews had fallen so low, gentiles genuinely thought Jews were a retarded people.
It's only later, when secularism got its grasp in Germany this rabbinate lost its power, and a secular enlightened Jewry developed from Central Europe Ashkenazim (way earlier in the 17th century Jews had undergone some enlightment in the Netherlands btw). Jews, after no longer being hold retarded by their religious leader, would later grow as one of the most brilliant and curious peoples in the whole world (if not the most brilliant people there exists today!!).
But yes, that's the reason why Jews today still call their Yiddish a separate language, but also the Holocaust and the, although now softened, contemporary Germanophobia also plays a roll to this day.
Also keep in mind that mostly very orthodox Jews speak Yiddish, and you know how religious nutters think! Exactly.
I forgot to mention that you can still see that Jews were held ignorant by their authorities when you visit Western Poland and look at their synagogues. You'll notice that they had no basic idea about how the world map looked like (forbidden by their rabbi). The arc of a synagogue is normally supposed to be aimed toward Jerusalem for those who are faced at it. The ones in Poland are aimed to the East, while it's supposed to be South.
The Jew who built these didn't know where Jerusalem was located.
The Jew who built these didn't know where Jerusalem was located.
<<Yiddish is actually a dialect of German. Orthodox Jews just don't admit it, and this has historical reasons. >>
Same thing with "ladino"...which is ridiculously purported to be a seperate romance language.
Same thing with "ladino"...which is ridiculously purported to be a seperate romance language.
Very few Germans would have spoken a foreign language in 1940. The German Reich was a huge economic and political powerhouse in Europe and the language dominated large areas of the continent.
Same thing with "ladino"...which is ridiculously purported to be a seperate romance language.
Ladino can refer to Old Spanish spoken by the jews and to a Romance language in Italy. It is interesting to note the linguistic awareness of Romance speakers as they called "ladino" (latin) to their language.
Ladino can refer to Old Spanish spoken by the jews and to a Romance language in Italy. It is interesting to note the linguistic awareness of Romance speakers as they called "ladino" (latin) to their language.
Baldewin: "The ones in Poland are aimed to the East, while it's supposed to be South. The Jew who built these didn't know where Jerusalem was located."
Maybe they are pointing to Khazaria instead.
Maybe they are pointing to Khazaria instead.