April 16, 2019 Tuesday
Bedtime Story
Regulations in the Riga Ghetto
One of the conditions imposed on the Jews
living in Riga Ghetto went by the title of “Regulation One”.
According to this “Regulation One” Jews
were banned from public places such as parks, swimming pools, libraries and
almost anything which was constructed out of public money.
The “Regulation Two” was the imposition of
wearing yellow badges carrying the emblem of six-pointed star that is
considered as the Star of David.
Violation of this code was punishable by
death.
In the beginning only an arm band would
have sufficed but that turn out not enough as the days passed by since the
authorities felt that the arm band was not sufficiently visible enough for identification.
Humiliating decrees flew out from the
government offices as and when desired.
Not content with the yellow badges being
worn on the arm sleeves the Nazis came out with yet another decree that made it
mandatory for the Jews to have a second star on the back of their garment.
This would make their identification easy
in the crowds thus enabling them to be picked out comfortably both by the authorities
and the civilians alike and then administering them any kind of humiliating
treatment that was felt appropriate.
This decree would also be used against them
to impose yet another condition that they stay away from the footpath.
Any non-Jew had complete right to assault
any Jew without having to explain any reason for such a dastardly action.
Even before the Gestapo took over the Riga
Ghetto on July 11, 1941 Latvian gangs had free reign and killed several Jews.
Even their food supply or the ration was
limited to just half of any non-Jew.
Here is another condition that was imposed
on the Jews in the Riga Ghetto which violated their most basic biological right
– the right to have sex and reproduce.
Yes, the Jews in the Ghetto were not
allowed to have children.
Attempts were made to separate the sexes
and they were forbidden to indulge in sexual relationships.
Knowing us apes you will understand it was
hard to impose this rule even for the Nazis for there were at least 30,000 Jews
imprisoned in the ghetto.
I use imprisonment with great caution as
the ghetto was surrounded by barbed wire and anyone who even came close to the
wire would be shot dead by the Latvian guards.
Reproduction is the primary biological
driving force of any living organism.
As Lawrence Rifkin says:
“By making babies, we continue life’s
pageant.
In children, we cheat death.”
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Good night Mon Ami and my fellow cousin ape.
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While I narrate stories, Professor Subhashish an electronic
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physics.
He started the participation of Indian students at the
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