In other words, to appease Hamas-supporting Muslims and leftists.
“‘Disgraceful’: Dutch University Postpones Holocaust Education Lectures,” by Tristan Vanheuckelom, European Conservative, January 29, 2024:
Utrecht’s University of Applied Sciences is postponing a lecture series on the Holocaust, causing uproar in the Netherlands.
The timing of the announcement only made matters worse: Holocaust Memorial Day, the annual observance to commemorate the victims of the genocide that claimed the lives of an estimated six million Jews.
The eight-part lecture series, in collaboration with the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI), was supposed to start on February 7th, and is designed to combat a “growing antisemitism in Dutch society.”
A spokesman explained to De Telegraaf that the university wanted to “facilitate a diverse and balanced dialogue around this issue,” and that for this, it would “need more time to put the events of October 7th [when Hamas militants massacred over 1,200 civilians and soldiers in Israel] and beyond into broader perspective, with room for diverse opinions and beliefs.”
Did the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences arrive at its decision independently? It is accused of being influenced—even guided—by the pro-Palestinian activist group New Neighbors Utrecht, according to De Telegraaf.
On its official Instagram page, that group—while not mentioning any direct involvement—merely noted that “speaking out works.” Its sympathizers were more enthusiastic: “A nice victory,” “outrageous that they wanted to hold this lecture series at all” and “I saw that a Holocaust survivor is coming as a speaker. Bizarre,” were typical of some of the reactions….
Alex S Fuss says
It’s astounding that people can deny the Holocaust while we still have living parents that survived Auschwitz.
These people are either antisemites or m%r%ns.
John1 says
What are diverse opinions and beliefs about the Holocaust? It is factual history.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I think the diversity that they want is having differing opinions on whether the holocaust was good or bad?
somehistory says
A “lecture”…really, one woman’s personal experience from when she was a child and captured by the ghouls of hitler’s army, was heard by an audience in Gainesville, Fl. in recent days. Held at the UF Chabad.
“Last Auschwitz survivor speaks to packed room at UF Chabad ”
Her story is heartbreaking and heartwarming….the things that happened to her and her family; the one young man who helped her escape being gassed; and the life she lived after being rescued by Americans.
The young man told her that he had only three days left to live and he asked her, if she lived, to “live a little bit for me.”
hitler, his fellow ghouls, and the mozlum ghouls….took so much life, and gave so much horror and grief. People celebrate it, refuse to condemn the most recent actions similar to hitler and also praise the ghouls of hamas for their hitler-like actions.
https://www.mainstreetdailynews.com/featured/auschwitz-survivor-speaks-uf-chabad
Aad says
The new neighbours activists make a lot of noise but it does not work.
The Hogeschool Utrecht will deliver the lecture series in good consultation with the CIDI, and CJO (Centraal Joods Overleg, a national organisation of different jewish organisations).
Education, yes or no, about the Holocaust is not at all the issue or the question in the Netherlands. Education about the WOII and the Holocaust are governmental policy.
New neighbours are throwing stones, and sowing confusion, a dawa strategy.
jerry glenn says
Netherlands surges in the international Islamopandering derby.
John Andela says
This is just a downright insult to post 2nd ww patriots including my parents who harbored a family of 4 during the war in the netherlands , what made this even more dramatic is when the Nazis came marching in looking for them , and no they could not locate them God was with them
Lets hope that Wilders can take control of things sooner then later , before this false religion manifests itself in Europe
DEIL says
Geert Wilders is the best man for the Netherlands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALOlZTcghZg
What a shame only for the Netherland.