From the Times of Israel:
Several Jews attending a rally in Milan celebrating the anniversary of Italy’s liberation from the Nazis and fascists at the end of World War II were insulted and prevented from continuing along the event’s itinerary on Saturday. Eventually, police urged Jewish participants, marching under the banners of the WWII Jewish Brigade and other Jewish organizations, to leave the event for safety reasons.
“[Yesterday] marked my 50th year joining the April 25 national rally,” Emanuele Fiano, a former MP for the center-left Democratic Party and the son of an Auschwitz survivor, told the Italian daily Corriere della Sera on Sunday. (In Italy, the war ended a few weeks before the official Victory Day celebrated across Europe on May 8).
“We were kicked out, I can’t describe it in any other way,” he added. “The Jewish Brigade that fought alongside the partisans against the Nazi-fascists, the ‘Left for Israel — two states for two peoples [organization]’, members of the Jewish community, members of the socialist Jewish scout group [Hashomer Hatzair], were all kicked out of a rally that was supposed to celebrate freedom.”
The Jewish participants were harassed by other participants in the parade some of whom chanted, "Long live Hitler!!!"
Yes, people participating in a rally commemorating Italy's liberation from the Nazis were chanting their support for Hitler.
So why exactly did authorities in Milan ask the Jewish groups to leave instead of the people who were harassing them?
It would seem that it is now a crime to walk while Jewish in Milan.
The hatred which allowed Nazism and fascism to rise in Italy and elsewhere in Europe is back and emboldened by the refusal of the authorities to stop it and instead blame the victims.
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