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.
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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.