Joseph Szwarc, a 94-year-old French Holocaust survivor, slammed anti-vaccine protesters who demonstrated in France Saturday, comparing themselves to Jewish victims of Nazi oppression.
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More than 100,000 people took to the streets of Paris and other cities to rally against the government's vaccine policies and coronavirus measures with yellow stars of David pinned to their T-shirts and jackets.
"You cannot imagine how much this upset me," Szwarc said. "This comparison is offensive! We must all stand up against this disgrace.
"I wore the star myself. I know what it is. I still have it in my flesh. It is everyone's duty not to permit this outrageous, antisemitic, racist wave that lurks around. I believe it is a primary duty," he warned.
The International League against Racism and Antisemitism also condemned the demonstrators for using Holocaust imagery.
"To display a fanciful yellow star is to make fun of the victims of the Holocaust. We strongly condemn this outrageous minimization of a crime against humanity."
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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