Official Ends Mail with Hitler Comparison: Municipality Intervenes

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A resident of Helmond recently received a remarkable e-mail from the municipality. Not because of the content about his click, but because of the closure of the message. Indeed, an official from the Waste & Cleaning Department added a political message to his work email comparing Netanyahu to Hitler by default, reveals GeenStijl.

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The municipality of Helmond has tapped an official who ended his e-mail with a remarkable statement. Underneath the digital signature of the Technical Officer Waste and Cleaning was the text: “Is there a difference between Netanyahu and Hitler, I wonder”. The municipality says that the signature has now been changed and that personal views do not belong in business emails. The GeenStijl website received a message from a concerned citizen asking …

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We received a tip from a concerned citizen in Helmond, who, when inquiring about replacing his garbage bin, encountered a rather unusual response from a waste disposal official named Jeroen van Helmond. The official's name would otherwise be enough to prompt a whole host of questions (such as: "Are all Helmond municipal employees named 'Van Helmond'?", "Are these employees all born into some kind of incestuous civil servant family, or is everyon…