Etiket: Holocaust
Halsema visits Holocaust survivor who was verbally abused by demonstrators
Cortissos had during the opening a role in the blessing of the museum. King Willem-Alexander presented him with a mezuzah (a small scroll containing a text from the Torah), which…
Rutte defends Halsema’s actions at the opening of the Holocaust museum after Wilders’ criticism
Outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte (VVD) has defended Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema against criticism from PVV leader Geert Wilders over her handling of the protests at the opening of the…
Reactions to Holocaust museum protests: ‘It was not about politics, but about atrocities’
‘It was about anti-Semitism, which is growing again today. Don’t remain ignorant, read up on what happened’ and ‘Great what Joy Beune did this weekend, what a year. Too bad…
TV review | When is reference to the Holocaust justified and when is it abuse?
The war falls early this year. The impressive series started on NPO1 on Sunday evening The Jewish Council, about the controversial governance of the Jewish community in the Second World…
Protest reminds guests of ‘war zone’ at opening of Holocaust museum
Sobibor started in the Vondelpark, King Willem-Alexander said on Sunday in the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, “with a sign: ‘Forbidden for Jews’”. During his speech, on the occasion of the…
The Israeli president is welcome at the opening of the Holocaust museum
The Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam will open on Sunday. The arrival of Israeli President Isaac Herzog is causing a stir because is his presence desirable? Respond to the statement of…
Lula compares Israel’s military operation in Gaza to Hitler’s Holocaust
ADDIS ABEBA (dpa-AFX) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has compared Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip to the mass murder of European Jews ordered by Adolf…
Holocaust reading continues in Utrecht: what preceded that decision?
Last weekend it was announced that Utrecht University of Applied Sciences (HU) had indefinitely postponed a lecture series on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism. The university wanted to “facilitate a diverse…
Halsema speaks at Holocaust commemoration and warns against contemporary anti-Semitism
Mayor Femke Halsema spoke this afternoon during the National Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Wertheim Park in Amsterdam. During her speech, Halsema emphasized that the horrors of the Holocaust serve…
Attention to anti-Semitism at Holocaust commemoration: “I don’t dare walk the street with a yarmulke”
Hundreds of people gathered today to commemorate the Holocaust at the Auschwitz memorial in Amsterdam. Several speakers today mentioned the war in the Middle East and rising anti-Semitism. “The rashness…