Italian priest praises nazi Himmler

From news agency ANSA in Italy:

Priest ‘sorry’ for anti-gypsy Himmler rant

Cleric praises ‘man who attempted ethnic cleansing, in vain’

12 January, 17:34

Arezzo, January 12 – A Tuscan priest has been forced to apologise for ranting against gypsies and praising Nazi Holocaust mastermind Heinrich Himmler following thefts from his church premises.

Father Virgilio Annetti vented his feelings in his parish newsletter in Arezzo after losing a camera and 300 euros in the third robbery in a week, pinning the blame on local Roma.

And exactly what proof did the racist “Reverend” Annetti have that the thieves of the camera and money were not “ethnic Italians” like himself, rather than Roma?

“I can’t take it any more. I’m reminded of that man who attempted true ethnic cleansing, in vain, in his time. He was called Himmler. He gave this order: add a wagon of gypsies to every convoy. God bless Himmler but why just one instead of two?” The tirade outraged several parishioners over the Christmas period and the local bishop ordered him to recant.

“I distance myself completely from the arguments used and the improper and offensive use of very sad historical events,” Father Annetti said in a statement.

“I’m off to Auschwitz, kisses,” Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler wrote to his wife in newly discovered documents: here.

More than 250,000 concentration camp prisoners died in death marches shortly before the end of World War II. Many of them were murdered by German civilians. A new book tries to answer the question why: here.