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Ziggy was rather unpopular in my apartment building. A tall very fit pre-war era German, with a brusk demeanor. There were incidents resulting in police attendance on a least one occasion to calm things down, possibly over a loud music complaint.

His apartment was on the third floor and mine on the first so he never bothered me. I was even a little sympathetic toward him, perhaps due to my experience in a recent contentious divorce.

In fact we were on slightly friendly terms. So I asked to borrow his small pickup truck to transport a scooter. At the time I was buying and selling a rv’s, cars, and scooters to supplement income. He agreed but only if he was the driver, so we did the round trip together.

Not long after that a publication appeared in my mailbox that was concerning, to say the least. It was comparable in appereance to a community newsletter, but the information was anything but, and totally conflicted with my core beliefs.

To put it bluntly it was touting what can only be described as Aryan, Nazi philosophy! Not that I was any expert on the subject, however neither was I a nieve babe in the woods.

I didn’t directly ask Ziggy if he had delivered it, however there was little doubt in my mind, for one reason, it had not been mailed, but hand delivered to my mailbox. At first I simply ignored it, but avoided any further close association with him.

Until I began to receive regular deliveries of this highly, prejudicial propaganda. They were profession printed, not just some whacky pamphlet, so at that point I decided the matter could no longer be ignored.

Although I don’t remember exactly how I approached the subject with Ziggy to cease delivering them, I do remember trying to tactful do so. However the conversation then or later took an even more surprising and concerning turn, when he cautiously suggested I should attend a meeting of his peers who shared these beliefs!

I was taken aback that he would even think of me in the same light and clearly turned him down.Free speech and press is one thing, but I was truly shocked there could be regular meetings of people adhering to such hate filled Aryan-come-Nazi doctrine, right here in Canada, even in our own backyard!

Perhaps I should have loudly condemned his invitation, however I thought better of it for several reasons. Nevertheless I did now believe I must share this information with the local RCMP office, and did so. If anything ever came of that I have no idea. I felt like I had touched on something truly foul and simply didn’t want to have anything more to do with it.    End of story.

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