3D Hitler album goes on sale in Germany
BERLIN — A new album of images of Adolf Hitler captured in 3D, once used as a propaganda tool by the Nazi regime, went on sale in Germany on Friday.
In “The Face of the Dictatorship: the Third Reich in 3D”, the historian and journalist Ralf Georg Reuth has assembled around a hundred images of Hitler, Nazi soldiers and major events of the era.
The book by the publisher Pendo comes complete with 3D glasses.
The author found the images in the archives of the National Library in Munich, where nearly 7,000 3D images taken by Hitler’s personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann are stored.
Hoffmann produced his first volume of 3D images at the 1936 Olympics in Munich.
In his introduction to the new collection, Reuth, who has written several biographies of Nazi leaders, highlights how the regime used photography to promote its image.
“The first 3D images of the Nazis came out in 1936 and they kept appearing for as long as there were victories to celebrate,” he said. Around 20 albums were produced and went on sale between 1936 and 1942.
“The annexation of Austria and special days out organised by the party were among the best-sellers.”
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Hate crimes fall but police warn many unreported
The number of hate crimes has fallen in the South West it was revealed yesterday – but police warned many offences are not reported.
There were 3,317 hate crimes in the region last year, a decrease of 131 on 2009, according to the Association of Chief Police Officers.
There was a fall of 188 in race-related hate crimes, to 2,919, and 104 against the disabled, eight fewer than the previous 12 months, bucking the national trend.
However, there was a rise from 54 to 96 in offences motivated by religion, and 358 involved sexual orientation, 19 more than in 2009.
Nationally the overall number of hate crimes dropped by seven per cent to 48,127, but the number targeting the disabled rose by more than a fifth.
In Avon & Somerset the total figure increased by 44 to 1,671, mostly because of a big rise in offences relating to the victim’s sexual orientation, up from 138 to 186.
Detective Chief Inspector Dave McCallum, who leads the force’s public protection unit, said: “My overall assessment is that we are making some good strides.
“We have focused both on trying to encourage reporting, because we know all sorts of hate crimes are severely under-reported, as well as detection when they are reported.”
The message was echoed in Wiltshire, where the number of hate crimes fell from 321 to 187. Superintendent Sarah Bodell said: “Wiltshire Police has the second lowest volume of reports of hate crimes compared to other similar forces and we recognise that this may be due to under reporting.
“There are many possible reasons that victims choose not to report such incidents but as a force we are working closely with our partner agencies to engage with our communities and discuss concerns or problems that they have.
“We take hate crime very seriously and encourage anyone who is a victim or a witness to contact us.”
Perry Executed 9/11 Hate Crimes Murderer Despite Victim’s Pleas
Rais Bhuiyan ( rais01@yahoo.com) was shot in the face at close range after 9/11 by Mark Stroman, an Aryan Brotherhood member, partially blinding him in his right eye. Stroman also killed Vasudev Patel, an Indian immigrant who was Hindu, and Waqar Hasan, a Muslim born in Pakistan.
Bhuiyan sued Governor Rick Perry in order to stop the execution of Stroman, saying: “I strongly believe what Mark Stroman did was a hate crime because of his ignorance, and he was not capable of distinguishing between right and wrong. Otherwise, he would not have done what he did. … The way my parents raised me, and my Islamic faith teaches me, that he is the best who can forgive easily. And my faith teaches that no one has a right to take another human life. Islam doesn’t allow for hate and killing.”
In a statement written in prison, Stroman says, “Not only do I have all my friends and supporters trying to save my life, but now I have the Islamic community joining in … spearheaded by one very remarkable man named Rais Bhuiyan, who is a survivor of my hate. His deep Islamic beliefs … gave him the strength to forgive the unforgiveable … that is truly Inspiring to me, and should be an example for us all. The hate has to stop, we are all in this world together.” Despite Bhuiyan’s efforts, Stroman was executed on July 20. See interview on http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/19/muslim_victim_of_post_9_11 link”>Democracy Now.
Kate Lowenstein ( kelowenstein@aol.com
) is program director for Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights. She said today: “Rick Perry has it precisely wrong when he says he got applause for carrying out 234 executions because ‘Americans understand justice.’ The fact is that the more Americans understand about the reality of the death penalty — that it costs millions, squanders valuable resources that could be spent on fighting crime that are instead put toward seeking revenge — the less they support the death penalty.
“Governor Perry should be asked why he, who proclaims himself an advocate for victims, just a few months ago proclaimed victims’ rights ‘largely symbolic’ when the victim disagreed with him on the death penalty. So whose rights does he stand for? Not the wrongfully convicted, not the victims who don’t agree with him.” www.murdervictimsfamilies.org link
St. Petersburg Cops Shoot Skinhead in Buttocks
St. Petersburg police shot an ultranationalist murder suspect in the backside after he charged at them with a knife as they tried to arrest him Tuesday.
Andrei “Fighter” Malyugin, 27, lived up to his name when police came for him at an apartment building on Dunaisky Prospekt where he was holed up, local news site Fontanka.ru reported.
Malyugin maced one officer in the face and threatened to stab another, ignoring a warning shot, Interfax said. The next shot was fired at him.
“My colleagues used force properly, and now the Fighter will be ashamed to have a wound in that area,” city police chief Sergei Umnov told Fontanka.ru.
Malyugin, who once served in the North Caucasus but was discharged for excessive cruelty, was one of two people cleared in the trial of a local gang of 14 skinheads, convicted in June of killing seven nonwhites in the mid-2000s, news reports said.
But the police have linked him to the deaths of two other people since walking out of pretrial detention two months ago.
One victim, a native Korean, was found strangled and wrapped in a carpet in July in an apartment that Malyugin and a friend had advertised online, the authorities said.
Later that month, a skinhead who briefly shared a cell with the gang’s convicted ringleader had his throat slashed after Malyugin confronted him, allegedly for badmouthing the ringleader and the ringleader’s wife, Olga, whom he married in pretrial detention.
Malyugin faces up to 20 years in prison if charged and convicted of murder.
Police apprehend another juvenile linked to hate crime
New Castle County Detectives have arrested another juvenile, a 15 year-old male who resides in the 200 block of Oakfield Drive in the community of Scottfield in Newark, who has also been linked to a hate crime that was discovered in the community of Delaplane Manor earlier this week.
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