The memorial site of Auschwitz-Birkenau appears to have weighed in on the debate over U.S. President Donald Trump’s response to the outpouring of anti-Semitic and racially charged hatred in Charlottesville, Va.
The state museum wrote Thursday on Twitter: “One of the hardest lessons for us today. Perpetrators were people. They accepted an ideology that rationalized and promoted hatred & evil.”
Beneath the words is a photo of Auschwitz officers and guards smiling and having fun.
The message was posted in several languages two days after Trump made comments which appeared to rationalize the actions of neo-Nazis and white supremacists who marched in Virginia.
During the speech, Trump blamed “both sides” for the weekend violence between white supremacists and counter-demonstrators. He criticized the counter-protesters at the rally and labelled them as the “alt-left.”
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“You had a group on one side that was bad,” Trump said on Tuesday. “And you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. And nobody wants to say that. But I’ll say it right now.”
A museum spokesman told The Associated Press that people are free to interpret the message as they wish.