(Jewish Group) SU president pictured dressed up as Holocaust victim at house party (UK)
A recently-elected Students Union president was pictured dressed as a Holocaust victim at a house party, it has emerged.
Sam Farrell, from Edge Hill University, also made jokes on Facebook about the Holocaust when sharing the line-up of a festival.
The photos of Sam at a fancy dress party show him dressed in striped pyjamas with a prisoner number. When he uploaded the pictures to Instagram he captioned them: In dire need of a shower after last nights social #gassed.
Jewish students at Edge Hill told The Tab the photos and screenshots were brought to the attention of the SU multiple times prior to Sams election, but no action was taken.
I felt as if the voice of Jewish students was being ignored, one Jewish student told The Tab. It is adding to the issue of the erasure of antisemitism. I should be allowed to feel safe at my university as this is somewhere where I live and work. This is not a community that is welcoming.
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Classy!
Frankly, I wonder how many people actually do shit like this.