Drama in Brussels: This is the school where they refused to participate in the Holocaust memorial service

Two schools in the capital of Belgium, Brussels, announced that they refuse to participate in the Stolpersteine ​​ceremony in memory of Belgian Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust, claiming that “the schools do not want to force the children to discuss the Holocaust in light of the current situation in the Middle East.”

According to reports, one of the schools involved even recently removed the Israeli flag that was part of the ‘Flags of the World’ event, following a parent’s complaint about the presence of the flag in the school yard.

Chairman of the Union of Jewish Organizations in Europe, Rabbi Menachem Margolintoday (Thursday) expressed shock and outrage at the decision, noting that such an ignorant attitude towards what happened is exactly the reason why both schools must participate in the ceremony.

In a statement made today, Rabbi Margolin said: “In times of an unprecedented rise in anti-Semitism, we must pass on to the next generation the historical warning against the greatest crime against humanity.”

“The Holocaust is beyond politics. To try and connect the mass murder of six million Jews with the current conflict in Gaza is shocking and constitutes a terrible moral failure on the part of two schools that have a moral, civil and human duty to pass on the reality of the Holocaust to the next generation.”

“I believe that the decision was made out of a desire not to harm the parents of a certain group of students who belong to a certain religious background. But this is a dedication to the most despicable lie: the lie that tries to create a similarity between the Holocaust and the war in Gaza. The Minister of Education of Belgium must intervene. We cannot erase the truth to please A minority who may think otherwise.”