Ambassador of Israel to Thailand, H.E. Mr. Simon Roded response to Nazi symbols being used in an official Thai Government film: I was deeply saddened to see this trivialization and misuse of Nazi symbols in an official Thai movie. Hitler and the Nazi regime were responsible for a systemic, horrific and racist murder of 11million people during the Holocaust. Men, women and children whose only crime was being different. I was surprised that throughout the screening process this movie must have gone through to be approved for public broadcast, none of the smart, well educated people checking it had identified it as being problematic and offensive. Unfortunately, it is not the first time we are encountering such ignorance of the history of the Holocaust in Thailand. If we learn anything from this incident it is that Holocaust education, especially its global messages of tolerance, should be introduced into the Thai curriculum. If we do not learn from history, and teach it to our children, we are in danger of its atrocities being repeated.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 03:20:58 +0000
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