Swedish Anti-Nazi Activists Fail to Invite Jews to Kristallnacht Rally

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The organizers of an anti-Nazi rally in Umeå face intense scrutiny for not inviting the local Jewish community out of security concerns.

When commemorating the 77th anniversary of Kristallnacht with an anti-Nazism rally, you’d think perhaps the most obvious people to invite would be Jewish citizens. Not so for organizers in one Swedish city, where a Monday evening event will transpire without the presence of local Jews.

“Umeå Against Nazism” is set to take place in Umeå’s Town Hall Square, timed to the anniversary of the 1938 violent pogrom largely seen as the start of the Holocaust. The event’s organizer, Jan Hägglund, is a local lawmaker and member of the local socialist Workers’ Party.

The decision not to invite local Jews, he said, was because the rally could “be perceived as unwelcoming or unsafe situation for them.” According to Norrköping Tidningar, previous rallies have included Palestinian flags and banners where the Star of David was equated with the Nazi swastika. Another Workers’ Party official told The Jerusalem Post that, in the past, this rally has been “a narrow affair for ‘leftists.’”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/09/swedish-anti-nazi-activists-fail-to-invite-jews-to-kristallnacht-rally.html

[Behind the Aegis]

1. This isn't uncommon, especially in some places.

Basically, it is a way to write out the Jews and their suffering and to sanitize history of its anti-Semitism. It is a form of revisionism loved by many who claim to be enemies of the Nazis.