London: Holocaust memorial posters defaced with ‘lies’ graffiti

[Behind the Aegis]

A number of posters advertising a Holocaust memorial event in East London have been defaced.

The posters had been put up around the Stratford area to advertise an event being held on Holocaust Memorial Day (January 27) by Newham Council.

However, a number of the posters have been defaced – with the words ‘LIARS’ and ‘KILLER’ scrawled across them.

Police are investigating the incident as ‘racially aggravated criminal damage’ – and have appealed for witnesses to come forward.



more: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/01/17/london-holocaust-memorial-posters-defaced-with-lies-graffiti/

[Cha]

1. Damn.. I'm sorry, but that's just stupid. :( there's Liars.. but it's not the reality of Holocaust

We wish it didn't happen.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. Holocaust revisionism and denial is making an increase.

Of course, there are those, too, who claim "The Jews go on about the Holocaust too much." There are other bullshit excuses that crop up too. You will see much more in the next few weeks given it is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

[Cha]

4. That tragic disgrace in history can't be gone on about too much. People are too

weird.. trying to tell others how they should feel about their pain.

Thank Goodness there's been 70 years since Auschwitz.. something to observe and honor the victims and their loved ones, BtA Mahalo~

[Behind the Aegis]

6. Soon, all of those in the victims will be gone.

It will be more intense in the denial department once all those "fakers" are gone. It is sad how many people aren't even aware of the Holocaust or the extent of its damage.

[beam me up scottie]

8. My mom almost went to one.

She was a refugee in Germany during the war. The stories she told me about the refugee camps, sometimes I wish she hadn't but then I was the only one she confided in. My brothers didn't get it.

[Behind the Aegis]

9. How sad.

It must have been such a burden and you were good to listen and understand. The first Holocaust victim I met was a Catholic from Hungary. He was 7 at the time. The few members of my extended family that were there, never spoke of it. Most of my family fled Russia and came here, except the ones who went to Poland. Only two, that I know of, survived.

[beam me up scottie]

11. She was just a kid.

One night a woman was raped by the soldiers - right underneath her window. Her mother wouldn't call out to others or go outside and she made my mom stay silent. She couldn't understand why her mom wouldn't do something to help the woman. I didn't either (when I was younger) but I think I get it now. A woman and her 12 year old daughter alone in a camp, drawing attention to themselves, yeah I get it. But it's just so fucking awful because I don't know what I would have done in her place.

My mom lost two brothers in the war. Have you ever gone to Poland?

[Cha]

10. It's made me wonder what their purpose could possibly be in denying such a monumental tragedy

in history?

I just read a fictional novel.. "Moving Day", a thriller actually that was quite good. I got mine at the library but here's a review on amazon and another at the link.. plus it tells about the author, Jonathan Stone. It had some awful parts but it was a terrible history..

From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review: Crisp, elegant prose distinguishes this exceptional crime thriller from Stone (Parting Shots). Nick, an accomplished grifter, preys on the elderly, but he grossly underestimates 72-year-old Stanley Peke, who plans to move to Santa Barbara, Calif., with his wife after 40 years in Westchester, N.Y. The day before the real moving men are due, Nick and his team arrive at the Pekes’ house “in crisp green uniforms, an immense white truck behind them.” The physically robust Stanley has started to forget little things, like where he puts his keys or his wallet, so he assumes he has the date wrong. After packing up and loading the Pekes’ possessions in the white truck, Nick and crew head for Montana. This betrayal brings back memories of Stanley’s horrific boyhood in Poland escaping the Nazis. With steely resolve, he sets out on a cross-country road trip to retrieve his stolen property. Readers will cheer this unlikely hero every step of the way. Jill Marr, Sandra Djikstra Literary Agency. (May)



http://www.amazon.com/Moving-Day-Thriller-Jonathan-Stone/dp/1477818243

[beam me up scottie]

3. The next few weeks are going to suck.

Sorry you have to see that.

[Behind the Aegis]

5. Yeah, they will. But, it will also be VERY interesting.

Know what I mean?

[beam me up scottie]

7. I'm with ya.

Going to be paying close attention to GD...

[Scarsdale]

12. Newspapers

I was a child in England during the blitz. I still remember reading the newspapers, and seeing the photos. It was REAL. Years later, in London we went to a war museum. There was a bomb shelter just like the one we had in our backyard. You could go in and experience what it was like during an air raid, with the bombs whistling down, the sirens blaring. I burst out crying!! I shocked myself, when all the emotions came flooding back. Some memories never seem to fade.

[beam me up scottie]

14. I can't imagine what it must have been like to live through that.

Especially as a child.

My mom told me they had to paint their windows black so that the bombers couldn't see them at night.

What kid should have to worry about that?

[sakabatou]

13. No.

:|

[Pooka Fey]

15. People need to remain vigilent against this crap

Some forms of evil never seem to be vanquished. I'm 52, and I just keep finding myself saying WTF, moreso than ever in 2015. It gets old.

[freshwest]

16. I decided against posting the video made by the UK and USA armies on this.

Dwight Eisehnower wanted the facts revealed to the world. The film is graphic and has narration that is neither Hollywood style nor propagandist. It is simply what was found there.

Eisenhower, British and American military leaders survey the scene. The survivors tell their stories, too. There is a thread about this on DU somewhere, but I can't find it.

Guess the media is flailing about desperately to not have to talk about all of this...