File:A menorah defies the Nazi flag 1931.jpg

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Hanukiah in a window in Kiel, Germany, on the last day of Hanukkah in 1931.

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English: Chanukah Menorah in the window of Rabbi Akiva Boruch Posner, opposite the Nazi Party headquarters building in Kiel, Germany, in 1931.
The text on back of the photo reads:

"Chanukah 5692 (1931)

'Death to Judah'

So the flag says

'Judah will live forever'

So the light answers"
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Author Rachel Posner, photographer

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