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From the Liveblog of
Sunday, February 23, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, February 23, 2020
Belgian carnival with anti-Semitic motifs kicks off
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe annual carnival procession in the Belgian town of Aalst is currently underway, once again featuring many anti-Semitic motifs.
One float shows the “Wailing Wall” and has caricatures of Orthodox Jews complaining.
“Done with all the ‘nagging,'” one sign reads. “I don’t have a big nose,” says another.
Some participants are dressed up as Gestapo officers, wearing a sticker reading “UNESTAPO” on their, long black coats. This is meant to poke fun at UNESCO, which earlier this year dropped the Aalst carnival from its list of intangible cultural heritages.
— Raphael Ahren
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