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Pro-Palestinian activists are banned from Buchenwald, where survivors vowed to fight for peace

JL;DR SUMMARY A dispute over the memory and commemoration of Buchenwald's victims has erupted after pro-Palestinian activists were barred from holding a vigil at the site. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustGenocidePro Palestinian ActivismNazismHolocaust RemembranceHolocaust MemorialsBuchenwaldPolitical ProtestKufiyas In BuchenwaldOath Of Buchenwald

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Weimar, Thuringia, Germany
"Kufiyas in Buchenwald was blocked from holding a pro-Palestinian vigil at the Buchenwald memorial on Sunday after a court in the nearby city of Weimar upheld a police ban."
Bosnia and Herzegovina
"about 3,000 people demonstrated on the site against the ethnic cleansing of Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina."
Thuringia, Germany
"Thuringia, the state housing the memorial, is a stronghold for the far-right Alternative for Germany party."

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