Of course today marks the 85th anniversary of the start of the second world war, but mercifully we are all good friends today.
Nevertheless every November to mark NATIONAL HEROES REMEMBRANCE DAY supporters of Hitler’s Third Reich march through the town of WUNSIEDEL, which just happens to be the town where Rudolf Hess is buried.
During one of their recent celebrations it appears that the marchers were tricked into getting residents of the town to donate €10 for each Metre they marched through the town.
What they hadn’t realised was that the donations were destined for a charity designed to encourage people to leave extremist groups, like theirs.
It seems that the townsfolk were sick and tired of the annual Neo-Nazi gathering, but knowing what was about to happen, on this occasion even put up motivational signs along the route, set up a stall providing snacks for the walkers under the banner ‘Mein Mampf’ – which translates as ‘My Food’
They even showered the neo-Nazis with confetti at the end of their rally.
And the NAZI opt-out charity, EXIT DEUTSCHLAND was awarded with a €10,000 donation and a very surprised and disgruntled band of right wing extremists.
In the second hour of today’s programme, Margaret Mills took us back to just before the start of the first world war – 110 years ago – when Essex was the scene of a major agricultural strike which involved farmworkers who launched a series of strikes aimed at increasing their wages to about about £40 per year and reduced working hours – a half day on Saturdays.
The strike started in February 1914 and finally ended just one day before the start of the war, finally achieved its aims, it was not without a lot of pain.
Listen again here to what Margaret had to say on this subject:
Hope to see you once more next week,
Scott
