Source: New York Post
by Rafael Medoff
“Nearly a century ago, Columbia students staged mass protests against the university’s friendly relations with Nazi Germany. Today, Columbia students are protesting in support of Hamas terrorists who mimic the Nazis. How did this strange role reversal come about? In December 1933, Columbia president Nicholas Murray Butler invited the Nazi German ambassador to the United States, Hans Luther, to speak on campus. Students staged a huge protest rally against Luther. Pro-Palestinian protestors at the Univ. of Texas in Austin mimic the increasingly violent tactics of their New York counterparts. Some years ago, I interviewed one of those protesters. Nancy Wechsler — later a distinguished Manhattan attorney — told me: ‘Hitler had been in power for almost a year already — enough was known about his totalitarian and anti-Semitic policies that his representative should not have been welcomed on campus.'” (04/27/24)
https://nypost.com/2024/04/27/opinion/columbia-students-rallied-against-nazis-now-they-them-on/