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Crossposted from https://thebrainbin.org/m/germany@feddit.org/t/1945027

A small town in eastern Germany banned the installation of new Holocaust memorial plaques that mark the last known residence or workplace of Jews and other victims of the genocide.

The motion was proposed by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU)...

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[–] Latuga17@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's kind of wild to claim that the holocaust is only commemorated to garner support for Israel.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Latuga17@lemmy.world -4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Thank you for the down vote. Yes I realize that obviously this case the museum should not have taken down that post. It is however quite another thing to claim that the only reason such a large genocide is taught about is to garner support for Israel. You can learn about and recognize that a genocide took place while also recognizing that another is taking place in Gaza. Your "mountains" of evidence btw has currently been one news article and a YouTube video.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's not just one instance and once again you're ignoring everything else in the comment with it.

https://youtu.be/i0OkIVyBBVs