Posted on 10/08/2019 5:25:35 AM PDT by robowombat
UK: Holocaust memorial removes references to Jews, highlights Muslim role in saving people
OCT 7, 2019 4:30 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER
What did you expect in today’s shattered, staggering, dhimmi Britain, where the next Prime Minister could be openly antisemitic and pro-jihad? The UCU has apologized, but would it have done so if no one had said anything?
“Why did UK’s Holocaust memorial events remove references to Jews?,” by Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, October 4, 2019:
The University College Union in the United Kingdom sent an email to branches that excluded mention of Jews among the groups persecuted during the Holocaust. According to The Jewish Chronicle, the UCU has since apologized. However, in a review of several websites connected to upcoming commemorations of Holocaust Memorial Day 2020, which will be held on January 27, references to Jews appear to be too often missing.
In the case of the UCU, a long list of those persecuted were mentioned, just not Jews. This included members of “trade unions” and “Roma” and “black people,” as well as gays and lesbians and “Jehovah’s Witnesses.” In addition, “non-Jewish Poles,” were mentioned – but not Jews. The UK’s special envoy for post-Holocaust issues, Eric Pickles, said the incident sends a “chilling message.”
But the problem is much larger than just the UCU. Holocaust Memorial Day 2020 is already being wrapped into the easier to pronounce acronym “HMD 2020,” which in itself removes the word “Holocaust.” On some websites, such as the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust’s page devoted to “75 memorial flames,” it is clearly noted that the Holocaust was “the genocide perpetrated by the Nazis against the Jews of Europe.” However, a press release from April about the “HMD 2020” theme, called “Standing Together,” doesn’t mention the word Jew. The press release, also at the Trust’s website, notes that “HMD 2020 will also include marking the 25th anniversary of the Genocide in Bosnia.” It is interesting that while Bosnia is mentioned, the place that the Shoah began in Germany is conveniently left out, lest anyone recall it was Germany that began the Holocaust and was largely responsible for it.
The April press release of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust notes that it is “calling people to Stand Together in memory of the millions of people affected by the Holocaust, Nazi persecution and more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.” The UCU seems to have used similar language as part of the Stand Together campaign.
The language here notes that the day “explores how genocidal regimes throughout history have deliberately fractured societies by marginalizing certain groups.” The website now says that the Holocaust was “the systematic murder of six million Jews across Europe.” However, a PDF for planning events doesn’t include the word “Jew.” The same pamphlet, when discussing the Rwandan genocide, mentions “an estimated 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus” who were murdered. It also mentions the “Kindertransport” of Jewish children but doesn’t mention that they were Jewish. If they had been Bosnian or Tutsi, who are mentioned in the flier, they might have gotten a mention.
A review of other sites related to the “HMD 2020” and “Stand Together” events reveals that Jews seem to be systematically excluded from discussions about the Holocaust….
The PDF itself doesn’t mention that six million Jews were murdered, which means those downloading some of the material for the 2020 events are given inadequate information, even when the research shows people don’t know how many were murdered. The PDF highlights Albanian Muslims, alone among mentions of various groups in Europe, for saving Jews. While the flier doesn’t mention any Christian beliefs, it notes that “strong Muslim and ethical beliefs” were responsible for Albanians saving Jews. It neglects to mention that many Albanians are also Christian.
Well, it probably went like this.
They had sent out such notifications in past years.
This year was different. You see, Professor Ali G Borat was tasked with spearheading this years efforts.
He took one look at last year’s documents and thought, “By the Beard of the Prophet, this thing is all about JEWS! “
So he took out those lines, sent it around to his fellow Leftwing, Communist and Muslim professors, got the A-OK (not the hand signal, though) and sent it out.
Whoever saw it while circulating before publishing were too woke to question a Muslim.
Seriously, I’ve worked at a major university for 20 years (now retired). I complained a lot about bias leaking into our announcements and public releases. Eventually, they took me off the email lists so they didn’t have to hear it.
OK, is this the product that the article is complaining about, or the fixed after the complaints version?
“OK, is this the product that the article is complaining about, or the fixed after the complaints version?”
Neither. The complaint is about an email that went out about the 2020 Holocaust Memorial day.
The link I gave is a holocaust timeline that UCU has on their website. It shows that they certainly recognize the Jewish connection to the holocaust.
Wow. What they have sown, they shall reap.
Of course it’s expected since it’s UKistan.
Islam (spit) is incompatible with civilization...
Rewrite history or ban the truth. 1984.
According to wikipedia, UCU has a long history of Leftist activism, including anti-semitism.
I don’t see any mention of the Armenian holocaust. Hmmm.
Regarding Albania — I have heard it said that “the religion of Albanians is Albanianism” and that the various religions in Albania actually got along fairly well, at least in the past. My father-in-law was an Orthodox Serb from Herzegovina and he said the same thing about there, at least when he was a young man. I believe there may be some truth that Albanian Muslims protected Jews.
On the other hand, there were the Muslim Skanderbeg SS units that did what SS units usually did, including rounding up Jews.
/bingo
I am not sure the English people care about Jews or the erasing of history. Jews are a small part of the population and are viewed with distain or animosity by many, especially those on the Left. As difficult as it would be to leave their country, it seems the British Jews should think about leaving, particularly if Corbin and his lot are given power.
The only thing a muslim ever saved was himself.
Ever notice the concern by muslims when the Armenian Genocide is discussed?
We are fortunate to have live during peak civilization, when anti-freedom, anti-truth, anti-individual, anti-live collectives were pushed back about as far as they were ever going to be pushed back.
They’re baaaack.
No kidding.
The rewriting of history is continuing as an astounding pace.
they mention the holocaust which is considered mostly as the Nazi plan to exterminate Jews, they mention too Auschwitz, which is universally known as the German death camp to kill mostly Jews. We must remember that besides Jews, the Nazis did also kill gypsies, jehovah's witnesses etc
Please read the actual email sent out, see above
Our high school JROTC instructor fought in WW2 and Korea. He had to go some of the camps and the look in that man’s eyes whenever the subject came up told me everything I needed to know about how horrible it was. He never agreed with the six million official number either. He said it was near 12 million.
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