russ (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} goulo) wrote in paradox0220, |
I just visited the Jewish history museum in Berlin this weekend, where I learned that in 1930s Germany the Nazis passed a law that all Jewish men had to legally make their middle name "Israel". I'm struck by the similar disrespect for people's right to their own name.
