Rio De Janeiro, Brazil – Judge Bans Carnival Float Depicting Naked Holocaust Victims

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    Rio De Janeiro, Brazil – A judge issued an order today prohibiting a Rio samba group from parading during carnival with a float depicting naked bodies of Holocaust victims, as was reported here on VIN News.

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    Judge Juliana Kalichszteim issued a response to a lawsuit by the Jewish Federation of Rio de Janeiro, which asked for the float be removed from this city's famed carnival parade next week, said a spokeswoman for the judge.

    The judge said that organizers of the Viradouro samba group must remove mannequins meant to represent dead bodies from the Holocaust.

    The Jewish Federation praised the judge's decision. [AP]


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    16 years ago

    Smart judge thats all!!!!!!!!

    marcos
    marcos
    16 years ago

    finally someone with a brain in Brazil – kol hakavod to that judge! Brazil happens to be 1 of the most prosta places in the world! Carnival is a “festival” that prommotes as much prostkeit as possible – people walk through it completely unclothed!