Likud MK to Bundestag president: I do not forgive the Germans for the Holocaust

Likud MK Ofir Akunis at a Holocaust memorial day ceremony held at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 28, 2022 (Screen grab)
Likud MK Ofir Akunis at a Holocaust memorial day ceremony held at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 28, 2022 (Screen grab)

Likud MK Ophir Akunis says, in the presence of Bundestag President Barbel Bas at a ceremony at the Knesset to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, that he will not forgive the Germans for the Holocaust.

“Others may be able to forgive the Germans. I do not forget or forgive, nor will I forgive this act of pure evil, ever,” Akunis says in Hebrew, having addressed Bas previously in English.

Akunis is speaking at “Unto Every Person There is a Name,” an official annual event during which Knesset members read out the names of Holocaust victims.

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