Sunday, September 07, 2014

1930 redux? Sooooo, the hatred of Jews is GOOD for the USA? Again?------Anti-Semitism Drives French Investors Into the Arms of NY Real Estate

Anti-Semitism Drives French Investors Into the Arms of NY Real Estate | New York Observer:
A "fixer" named Marlen Kruzhkov has helped dozens of rich guys move their families -- and over $1 billion -- to NYC
A French antisemitic propaganda poster from 1942 asks "Who steals our North Africa? Roosevelt."
A French propaganda poster from 1942 asks “Who steals our North Africa? Roosevelt.” And blames the Jews.
....This year, New York has increasingly become home to one particular population seeking American status: Jewish Frenchmen.
Marlen Kruzhkov, an attorney at New York’s Gusrae Kaplan, specializes in helping Jews make the move from France to the States. 
Mr. Kruzhkov explained to the Observer in a phone interview that this migration has increased massively since the beginning of 2014, spurred by a spate of anti-semitic incidents, which only worsened with the war between Israel and Hamas. 
While last year he helped a handful of families with legal arrangements, today he is handling the arrangements of several dozen families—parents with children—looking to make the move. 
The families Mr. Kruzhkov works with are predominantly well-off investors, with an average net worth of $50 to $70 million. These dollars come along for the all-American ride.
As any good lawyer does, Mr. Kruzhkov begins his conversations with the families he represents by asking, 
Why this, why now? Why do you want to be here and invest here?” 
Unanimously, the answer is French anti-Semitism.

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