Spain event near cemetery of pro Hitler veterans holds Jews guilty.
According to Jerusalem Post, Jewish leaders in Spain are calling for an investigation after a far-right event held in Madrid.
The Jewish leaders claimed the event featured antisemitic speeches and a Nazi salute.
Spain event near cemetery of pro Hitler veterans holds Jews guilty.
About 300 people attended the event held near a cemetery in the Spanish capital.
The cemetery includes graves of veterans who fought alongside Hitler’s troops.
In one speech, a young woman was filmed saying: “Our duty is to fight for Spain and Europe now weakened by the enemy, which remains the same but wears many masks: the Jew.”
The Israeli media said public expressions of admiration for Nazi Germany, antisemitic rhetoric and large far-right gatherings are relatively uncommon in Spain.
According to them, there, many people have bitter memories from the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, who sided with the Nazis during World War II and then ruled Spain until 1975.
But as in many European countries, right-wing populism has seen a massive and sudden rise in popularity in Spain in recent years.
In 2019, the Vox populist right-wing party entered parliament for the first time as the country’s third-largest party.
They had secured 52 out of 350 seats.
Jewish leaders angered
Meanwhile, The Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain issued a statement Monday.
It called on prosecutors to launch an investigation.
It blamed the even organizers of incitement to violence and discrimination against some of the people who attended the event.
The attendees included the young woman, whom media has not identified by name.
She also said: “The Jew is guilty and the Blue Division will fight it,” Ultima Hora reported.
The Blue Division, a small neo-Nazi network, derives its name from the units of Spanish volunteers who fought in Russia during World War II.
They fought alongside the troops of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany.
Veterans from that detachment are buried at the cemetery where the event took place.