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MellowDem

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3. The Holocaust involved many more than Jews..
Sun Jul 21, 2013, 10:04 PM
Jul 2013

It would be a travesty to use the Star of David in the symbol in a public display as the centerpiece as this one does. It's offensive to all the others killed in the Holocaust and doesn't adequately represent the complexity of what the Holocaust was. It's very easy to present facts as part of the memorial that anti-semitism was a major factor and Jews were primarily targeted without using a religious symbol.

11 million people were killed as part of the Holocaust, and an estimated 6 million were Jewish. Why would anyone use the Star of David as the centerpiece of a secular public memorial? It seems incredibly insensitive to me. But then, I forget how strong religious privilege is in the US still, and many won't understand why it's offensive.

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