ZGram - 1/13/2004 - "Abe Fox: For heaven's sake, don't use
the Holocaust!"
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Zgram - Where Truth is Destiny: Now more than ever!
January 13, 2004
Good Morning from the Holocaust:
What's that? The Holocaust is getting blunt as a political attack
tool? Hear, hear!
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Contact: Myrna Shinbaum, 212-885-7747 or Todd Gutnick, 212-885-7755;
both of the Anti-Defamation League
NEW YORK, Jan. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Anti-Defamation League
(ADL), deeply concerned by the use of comparisons to Hitler and the
Holocaust to attack presidential candidates, today called on both the
Democratic and Republican parties to urge supporters to "refrain from
adopting Holocaust imagery as a political attack tool."
"Unfortunately with the approach of the Democratic primaries and
caucuses we have witnessed a proliferation of comparisons to Hitler
and his policies, which have been parroted by supporters of both
Democratic and Republican candidates," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL
National Director and a Holocaust survivor. "This is a trivialization
of the Holocaust for political ends. The use of Holocaust imagery in
a presidential campaign demeans the memory of the six million and
others who died at the hands of the Nazis."
Since first speaking out on this issue, ADL has received hundreds of
e-mails from supporters and detractors of President Bush, some
suggesting that the League's stance on the issue was politically
motivated.
ADL stressed that trivialization of the Holocaust is neither a
Republican nor a Democratic issue, but rather a matter of respecting
the feelings of those who could be offended by such images, including
Jewish Holocaust survivors and their families.
"To us, this is neither a Democratic nor a Republican issue, but a
matter of human decency and sensitivity to human suffering," Foxman
said. "This is about the inappropriateness of using Holocaust imagery
for political ends. Supporters on both sides are guilty of adopting
these images to attack the other side. We urge all campaigns and
their supporters to refrain from using the Holocaust as a political
attack tool."
With the arrival of the 2004 primary season, ADL has noted several
instances where supporters of both Republican and Democratic
candidates have used inappropriate and deeply offensive Holocaust
imagery in attacking the other side. Recent examples include:
-- Anti-George W. Bush attack ads posted on the MoveOn.org Web site
as part of a contest that drew direct comparisons between the
President and Hitler. The ads have since been removed, and MoveOn.org
has apologized for the offense they caused.
-- A column in the New York Post by Ralph Peters, a retired Army
intelligence officer, which made repeated references to Nazis, the
Gestapo and "Hitler's Brownshirts" to describe the strategies of
Democratic presidential hopeful Dr. Howard Dean and his campaign.
n An Internet site, http://www.TakeBacktheMedia.com, which continues
to sponsor content comparing President Bush to Hitler and Mussolini
and repeating a myth about the Bush family's supposed ties to
Hitler's Nazi party.
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