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Scholz: Germany must not ‘turn the page’ on the Holocaust

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz highlighted the "worrying and alarming normalization" of antisemitism amid Israel's 15-month war against Hamas in Gaza.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, March 2, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, March 2, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday that Germany has a responsibility to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive.

“I am against turning the page, saying ‘that was long ago,'” Scholz told a gathering of the Jewish community in Frankfurt to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

Scholz also highlighted the “worrying and alarming normalization” of antisemitism amid Israel’s 15-month war against Hamas in Gaza.

“The internet and social networks in particular often become a hotbed for extremist positions, incitement and hatred,” the German leader warned.

He noted that such incitement puts citizens’ lives in danger, adding that the authorities have a responsibility to protect them.

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