D-Day-Veteran, 101, mit Neujahrsauszeichnung ausgezeichnet, warnt Großbritannien

TLDR;

> A 101-year-old D-Day veteran awarded a British Empire Medal has said Britain today is „disappointing“ and that the country risked repeating mistakes made before World War Two.

> „What’s disappointing is the antisemitism that I see everywhere, hear everywhere, or read,“ he said.

> Mr Kersh arrived in Normandy aged 19, three days after the start of the D-Day invasion in June 1944. He served as a technical clerk for the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, organising vehicle support.
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> He was later stationed near Bergen-Belsen when the camp was liberated by British troops in April 1945.

> The veteran said he „absolutely“ sees comparisons between now and the period just before World War Two, and that Russia was „threatening the west“.

> Mr Kersh compared today’s Western leaders to Neville Chamberlain, whose 1930s appeasement of Hitler failed, saying: „They think they’ve just got to hope and make speeches.“

Old fella is pretty much on the money, he is not alone in his assessment others have pointed out Europe looks like it did in 1938 and again we are avoiding dealing with it and hoping something turns up to change the it. I can only hope that this time something does turn up to stop matters getting worse otherwise it could get very unpleasant very fast.

This is someone who deserves an acknowledgment, it should never have taken this long.