Wiesenthal Center: Congressman’s Hitler/Obama Comparison Inappropriate, Should be Withdrawn
The Simon Wiesenthal Center urged Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) to withdraw his comparison of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler to President Obama. In aTweet...
In the latest in a string of high profile incidents involving the use of Nazi symbols or policies, Japanese entrepreneur Takafumi Horie (pictured) wore a
Hitler shirt on a Japanese TV program.
“Never mind” it included an anti-war message, this is nothing less than a disgusting publicity stunt,” charged Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean and Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’sGlobal Social Action Agenda. “We note Japan Public TV’s apology, but we don’t need more apologies but basic education for the Japanese people about the veils of Nazism,” Cooper concluded.
Read related AP story:
NHK apologizes for Hitler-‘No War’ T-shirt worn byTakafumi Horie on air
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