Statement

2013

IHRA Chair Condemns Antisemitic Imagery at the Aalst Carnival

The Chair of IHRA strongly condemns the use of antisemitic stereotypes and imagery that trivializes the Holocaust.

The Belgian Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance is deeply shocked by the parade of a fake Nazi railcar during the Aalst Carnival.

The representation of the float with officers drinking champagne and stereotyping a Jewish victim is a despicable act insulting the memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

Especially during the year of the Chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, when Belgium has recognized the responsibility of the State in the deportation of the Jewish citizens by the Nazi occupiers and their collaborators, the Holocaust must not be trivialized for the purposes of a local political situation.

The Chair of IHRA strongly condemns the belittling of the Holocaust and the use of antisemitic stereotypes.