Stand With Us poster sends truly universal message – accidentally

[azurnoir]

I, however, want to bring attention to an interesting fact (pointed out by a commentator on the Stand With Us Facebook page): the survivors in the poster are probably not Jews. They have single, not double triangles on their shirts, which means that they could be political prisoners, or those deemed criminals by the Nazis (from homosexuals to the mentally ill). Check out the Wikipedia entry on Nazi concentration camp badges for more details.

The original picture was taken in Buchenwald, Germany – a camp known for the diverse group of prisoners who were sent to it – Jews, Gypsies, political prisoners, Soviet soldiers and many more. Actually, this very same picture is used in another article to illustrate the Nazi classification system.

http://972mag.com/stand-with-us-poster-sends-truly-universal-message-accidentally/68431/

[Jefferson23]

1. yikes.

Interesting they took it down from Facebook, I wonder if they're searching for a replacement.

[Scootaloo]

2. So is Stand With Us another one of those "one guy pretending to be an organization" things?

Because really, I struggle to think that were it otherwise, something this utterly tasteless and ill-thought would have found clearance.

[Jefferson23]

3. They claim to operate on a 4 million dollar budget and Roz Rothstein keeps it going.

I don't know what number of members they have. She is most helpful, when she can be though:

Uncovered: Israel’s role in planned US lawsuit to fight BDS
http://electronicintifada.net/content/uncovered-israels-role-planned-us-lawsuit-fight-bds/10350

[azurnoir]

4. well here is their recent articles page some of it might ring a bell :)

http://www.standwithus.com/