At a Georgetown College Republicans event, member of Germany’s far-right party tells students the Holocaust is ‘used as a weapon’
Marc Bernhard, a member of Germany’s far-right AfD party, told Georgetown students Monday night at an event hosted by the university’s College Republicans that the Holocaust is “used as a weapon against Germany.” The Forward…
Assessment
A German far-right lawmaker took a mainstream campus platform to recast Holocaust remembrance as an unfair burden on his country. The recordings obtained by Forward give a concrete record of the rhetoric, not just a summary. The pressure now falls on Georgetown to respond, since hosting the event lent Bernhard institutional legitimacy. Watch whether the university or College Republicans issue any clarification or defense.