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WATCHFILM CLIP >> This week, the Simon Wiesenthal Center commemorates the 29th anniversary of the death of Menachem Begin z"l. From 1977...
The Simon Wiesenthal Center learned of the wedding which took place in Tlaxcala, Mexico on April 29th - purposely coinciding withthe anniversary date of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, on this date, 77 years ago. The bride wore a white wedding dress with a swastika and the groom was dressed as a Nazi SS officer.
The groom, who idolizes Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Nazi SS, declared, “Hitler … took his country out of extreme poverty andreturned to his people the territories lost in the first World War. His people loved him. We have been led to believe that Hitler was a racist but he came up to greet Jesse Owens(African-American athlete) at the 1936 Olympics.” *(SWC notes that this is not an accurate statement).
“Mexico has voted for the United Nations resolution that condemns the distortion of the Holocaust and all forms of racism.... . It has also exemplary state agencies such as CONAPRED. However, there have been no reactions by the state or human rights organizations condemning this outrage... We expect Mexican authoritiesto take appropriate measures,” stated Dr. Shimon Samuels, Director for International Relations of the Wiesenthal Center.
Dr. Ariel Gelblung, Director for Latin America concluded that "our institution strongly condemns the distortion andtrivialization of the memory of six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust and contempt by those who deny or obfuscate history, as also all those who took part of this Nazi wedding or authorizedit. Mexico must adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Definition of Antisemitism and incorporate it into its legislation to prevent such hateful behavior.”
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The Simon Wiesenthal Center is one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations with over 400,000 member families in the United States. It is an NGO at international agenciesincluding the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, the OAS, the Council of Europe and the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino).