Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoGermans collecting church bells to smelt down for the war effort. Libeň Bridge, Prague, July 1942sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down14
arrow-up1215arrow-down1imageGermans collecting church bells to smelt down for the war effort. Libeň Bridge, Prague, July 1942sh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareFiveMacs@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down8·8 months agothe churches should have paid taxes then if they wanted to not have the government take their own stuff back.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoI’m not a supporter of tax free churches, but to say that merits the state plundering these ancient bells for their war machine sounds a bit like Trump saying countries that don’t pay their NATO fees should be invaded by Putin.
the churches should have paid taxes then if they wanted to not have the government take their own stuff back.
I’m not a supporter of tax free churches, but to say that merits the state plundering these ancient bells for their war machine sounds a bit like Trump saying countries that don’t pay their NATO fees should be invaded by Putin.