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A demonstrator dressed in a costume of prisoner holds a banner reading the word Untermensch (sub-human) referring to a Nazi term attends the protest against COVID-19 government measures on January 10, 2021, in the old Town Square in Prague. (Michal Cizek / AFP)
PRAGUE Czech churches on Monday denounced what they said was the cynicism of anti-vaccine protesters who wore the Star of David inscribed with “unvaxxed” at a rally last week.
The activists were abusing a symbol of Nazi persecution of the Jews during World War II, church leaders argued.
Officials from the Czech Bishops’ Conference, the Ecumenical Council of Churches and the Federation of Jewish Communities condemned their action in a joint statement.
Czech churches condemn those wearing yellow Stars of David at anti-vaxxer events, call on them to apologize
12.1.2021 8:43
Several dozen people assembled on 8 January 2020 on Wenceslas Square in Prague for a protest march. Those attending wanted to express support for outgoing US President Donald Trump and to commemorate the recent death of former Slovak Police President Milan Lučanský. The demonstrators also demanded an end to the Czech Government s measures against the novel coronavirus. (PHOTO: Petr Zewlakk Vrabec)
Representatives of churches in the Czech Republic have condemned the wearing of Jewish stars at events by those opposed to vaccination. The wearing of the yellow six-pointed stars, which were used by the Nazis during the Second World War to label Jewish inhabitants, is considered by the churches to be an abuse of the symbol and an example of cynicism.
A yellow Star of David similar to the ones Jews were forced to wear during World War II in Nazi-occupied parts of Europe. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
The Czech Jewish community strongly condemned the use of yellow stars on Friday by protesters during a march against the country’s coronavirus restrictions.
ROMEA, a local anti-racism NGO, reported that the protest, which took place in Prague, saw demonstrators wearing yellow stars in the same style as those that Holocaust victims were forced to wear under Nazi persecution.
The stars were marked with the words “unvaccinated” in the center.
In response, the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic issued a strong condemnation.
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