Prague – Czech Jewish Community Opposes Putin Invitation To Holocaust Event

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    File photo of Russian president Vladimir Putin visiting a Prague cemetery during Putin's visit to the Czech Republic, 2 March 2006. EPA/Lidove NovinyPrague – The Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic has firmly opposed Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Prague to attend ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

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    Invited to attend events by Czech President Milos Zeman, the Russian leader has thus far neither accepted nor rejected taking part in the commemorations organised by the European Jewish Congress from January 26-27 in Prague and Terezin.

    The Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic “considers the visit of President Putin to Prague inappropriate for the day of Holocaust remembrance and prevention of crimes against humanity,” the organisation said in a statement seen by AFP on Saturday.

    “The regime Putin established and embodies doesn t respect international treaties, is aggressive abroad and uses its power to occupy the territory of a neighbouring state,” the statement said.

    The commemorations will include the “Let My People Live” forum in Prague, and an act of piety in the Nazi-run Terezin concentration camp, to which representatives of 47 countries have been invited.

    Many have confirmed their presence at the commemorations, including European Commission chief Jean-Claude Junker, as well as parliamentary leaders from some 23 countries.

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is also expected to attend, though US President Barack Obama has said he will be unable to attend.

    Some 1.1 million people from around Europe — about one million of whom were Jews — perished in the Nazi death camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau between 1940 and 1945


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    Reb Yid
    Reb Yid
    9 years ago

    Mistake. We don’t have a dog in the Russia/Ukraine fight.

    Chanania
    Chanania
    9 years ago

    Abusing the holocaust for political purposes, what’s new? The whole holocaust narrative itself is the political hammer of the zionists, the secular jewish establishment and the NWO.