GREEK MAYOR COMBATS NEO-NAZI ANTI-SEMITISM Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris Sworn In Wearing Holocaust Symbol in Defiance of Golden Dawn Councilman --------------pappaspost/---------- Expressing his anti-fascist views and in solidarity with the 50,000 Jewish residents of Thessaloniki who were deported and perished during the Holocaust, Mayor Yiannis Boutaris was sworn in in the city’s town hall wearing a yellow Star of David with the word Jude (Jew in German) on it. It was an exact replica of the yellow cloth stars that Jews were forced to wear by Germans during the Nazi occupation. He reportedly wore the star on his lapel during his swearing in to protest the election of far-right Golden Dawn MP Artemis Matthaiopoulos on the municipal council. Golden Dawn is a Greek neo-Nazi party that has gained considerably in recent Greek elections. Boutaris has been an outspoken critic of the far-right and fascism. ✔ applauded by the Kosher Culture Foundation ✡facebook/KosherCulture
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:13:00 +0000
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