Hanukkah lamp in front of the swastika flag

Eighth candle of Chanukah Trtz"g Kislev (December 1932), this period was the eve of elections that brought Hitler to power. Lit candles at the home of Rabbi Dr. Akiva Posner Rabbi of Kiel in Germany, which faced the headquarters of the Nazi Party, when it bore the flags of the party With the "swastika".

Rabbi Rachel's wife photographed the Hanukkah lamp in their home, against the background of the building opposite which is decorated with Nazi flags.

(Yad Vashem Photo Archive).

Then the Rebbetzin developed the picture, and in the back of the picture Rachel Posner wrote in German: Chanukkah 5692 (1932) "Juda verrecke" die Fahne spricht - "Juda lebt ewig" erwidert das Licht.

Chanuka 5692 (1932).

The Nazi flag bore the words "Judah will fall," and the Chanukah candles respond to the flag "Judah will live forever". And these days, 82 years after the photograph was taken, Yehuda's light is proudly displayed against the defeated Nazis and their models.

This is what the prophet Yoel foresaw when he said : " And the Lord shall dwell for ever, and shall return to Jerusalem for generations."