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Behind the Aegis

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Tue Mar 24, 2020, 05:53 AM Mar 2020

(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 night’s 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 Sam’s 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.

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(Jewish Group) SU president pictured dressed up as Holocaust victim at house party (UK) (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Mar 2020 OP
This reminds me of Rosanne's... Mike Nelson Mar 2020 #1

Mike Nelson

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1. This reminds me of Rosanne's...
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 06:26 AM
Mar 2020

... Nazi humor. What bothers me most it that there are people who think it's funny. I would think some ignorant person might try this - but get a bad reaction - so the incident dies.

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