859 Kristallnacht
On the fourth day after leaving the White House, Zhou returned to New York and was invited to the headquarters of CBS (CBS).
At this time, CBS was not yet called the eye station, and BS now had only one enemy, that is, NBC (National Broadcasting Company), and the competition between the two broadcasters was so fierce that there was no real PK.
When Mr. Zhou arrived at CBS headquarters, he was just in time for an angry audience marching because of the radio drama "War of the Worlds."
Nearly a million listeners felt they had been fooled, and many people rallied to the station's headquarters to demonstrate and file a mass lawsuit for $750,000 in damages. It wasn't until a few months later that the U.S. government enacted a new law: banning fake news.
Well, before that, it was possible for American radio to broadcast fake news.
Perhaps because they thought CBS's radio drama was awesome, four years later, a Chilean radio station chose to re-air "War of the Worlds" and deliberately did not remind it that it was a fictional radio drama. Chilean listeners reacted as much as their American counterparts, panicking. However, the Chileans were clearly more powerful than the Americans, and in a fit of rage they burned down the radio station.
"Down with the fraudsters!"
"Compensate us for our moral damages."
"Unforgivable foolishness!"
“……”
Zhou Hexuan looked at these demonstrators and couldn't cry or laugh, the Yankees were really idle, they didn't have to worry about the invasion of foreign enemies, and the only ones who could scare them were the Martians - until the Pearl Harbor incident broke out.
Bypassing the procession and entering the building, someone immediately came to greet him: "Hello, Mr. Zhou, I'm Cohen from the Department of Public Information!" ”
"Hello, Ken." Zhou Hexuan shook hands and said.
Cohen took Zhou Hexuan to the elevator to the lounge next to a broadcasting studio, and met Einstein, who was reading an adult magazine.
Einstein put down the magazine with the cover of the bare ass beauty, got up and said, "Zhou, we meet again, I sympathize with the suffering of the Chinese people." ”
Zhou Hexuan said: "I am also saddened by what happened to the Jews in Germany. ”
"Thank you." Albert Einstein sat back on the couch with emotion.
Kristallnacht took place the day before Zhou Hexuan met Roosevelt, and on the third day it appeared in American newspapers, and the New York Times coined a new English word for it: anti-Semitism.
The death toll of Kristallnacht was less than 100, far from the Nanjing Massacre, but it attracted even greater attention in the United States. The U.S. government has even decided to recall its ambassador to Germany, which is akin to severing diplomatic relations with Germany.
This time, CBS invited Zhou Hexuan and Einstein to do a radio program to discuss "Kristallnacht", and the radio wanted to use this matter to downplay the negative impact of radio dramas.
As for the adult magazine, it was put in the break room by the broadcaster, and Einstein just flipped through it.
Don't think about it......
After a while, the host of the program came over, took out the program plan and said, "Two gentlemen, this is our program plan." Mr. Zhou is a great historian, please tell us about the Jewish people and their contributions to the world from a historical perspective. And Mr. Einstein, you are a German Jew who immigrated to the United States, please explain through your own experience the persecution of Jews by the German Nazis. At key points, I will be responsible for guiding the topic, and the two of you only need to express their opinions in their respective areas of expertise. ”
The Jewish people are excellent, of course, but in a way they are also "hateful". At least Hitler's persecution of the Jews this time, the governments of Britain, France, the United States and other countries were outwardly angry, but in fact they were extremely indifferent to this.
Although the British and French people, who were shouting for peace, actively advocated aid to China, they did not have a deep feeling for the suffering German Jews, and some even drank in private to celebrate the bad luck of the Jews.
Only the American people are more active, after all, there are many Jewish consortia in the United States, and they have the ability to stir up public opinion in support of Jews.
As for the governments of Britain, France, the United States and other countries, hehe, they have introduced policies to restrict Jewish immigration. Either rich, talented, or famous, such Jews can emigrate, and the rest will fuck me off!
During World War II, the number of Jewish refugees who emigrated to Britain, France, and the United States did not add up to flee to Shanghai.
On the contrary, China and Japan have been very active in this regard, and China's plan to establish a Jewish refugee area in Yunnan is nothing more than an attempt to gain the support of Jewish conglomerates. Japan had a similar idea, and also formulated a "puffer fish plan", in which the Japanese wanted to set up a Jewish refugee settlement area in Northeast China and lure Jews to contribute money and efforts to Japan's invasion of China.
Japan even hinted that the Jews could establish a state in Tohoku – as long as the Jews gave them enough money!
Most Jews, however, were not interested in the Japanese plan and were actively engaged with the Chinese government. Coupled with diplomatic pressure from Germany, Japan eventually abandoned the "puffer fish program" and switched to harsh treatment of Jews, as well as assassinating many liaison officers of Jewish organizations and the Chinese government.
During World War II, Shanghai was the city with the largest number of Jewish refugees. They lived a difficult life under the Japanese rule, but they received selfless help from the Chinese people, so many old Jews had a very good impression of the Chinese, and also laid the foundation for the friendly diplomacy of China and Israel later.
"Is it okay to talk about politics?" Albert Einstein suddenly said, "I would like to ask the U.S. government to introduce a program for accepting Jewish refugees." ”
The radio host spread his hands and said, "Of course, you can speak freely, but I can't guarantee how much it will work." ”
Zhou Hexuan suggested: "I think we can compare Kristallnacht with the Nanjing Massacre. ”
"What is the Nanjing Massacre?" The radio host was puzzled.
"From December last year to May this year, the Japanese invaders massacred at least 200,000 people in Nanjing, the capital of China," Zhou said. This is just a preliminary statistic, and the real data, I estimate that it is likely to be more than 300,000 people. ”
"What?"
"God!"
Einstein and the presenter exclaimed at the same time, thinking they had misheard.
Zhou Hexuan said: "I am not slandering Japan out of thin air, because I have a lot of evidence and materials in my hands. I'm writing a book about it, and the documentary is ready to be released and seen in the cinema after Christmas. ”
"Unbelievable!" Albert Einstein gasped.
Zhou Hexuan took the opportunity to say: "Mr. Einstein, I would like to invite you to write a preface to my new book. ”
Albert Einstein said, "I need to read your book first." ”
"Of course." Zhou Hexuan nodded, and said to the host, "So I want to sublimate the meaning of the show, from resisting anti-Semitism alone to resisting persecution and war, and advocating peace for mankind and the world." What do you think? ”
The host thought for a moment and said, "Very good suggestion." ”