President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) stated this Tuesday, 27th, in a publication on X, that authoritarianism and hate speech were tools used by Nazi Germany to promote the massacre of millions of Jews. Lula’s post was in reference to International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust.
“Today – International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust – we need to remember the horrors that humanity is capable of committing against human beings themselves. And remember that authoritarianism, hate speech and ethnic and religious prejudice were the pieces with which this great tragedy of the 20th century was constructed”, said Lula in the X.
The president also highlighted that, in his first term, in 2004, he signed a petition sent to the United Nations (UN) that established January 27 as the date in remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust. According to him, the day seeks to remember those who lost their lives and provide solidarity with the millions of families destroyed.
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“A day to defend Human Rights, peaceful coexistence and democratic institutions, fundamental elements of the fairer world that we want to leave to the next generations”, said Lula on X.
January 27th was chosen because it was on this date in 1945 that the largest Nazi extermination camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, was liberated by Soviet troops. In the Nazi installation, located in southern Poland, between 1.3 million and 3 million people were killed.
Opposition narrative seeks to link Lula to anti-Semitism
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), pre-candidate for Palácio do Planalto, called President Lula an anti-Semite this Tuesday, 27th. The two are expected to run for president this year.
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The parliamentarian stated that, in recent episodes, Lula stopped condemning Hamas to attack Israel and that Brazil is part of the group of countries that support terrorism.
Flávio, who presented himself as a candidate, said he would align himself with Israel if elected. In an indirect gesture towards Lula, the senator stated that the next Brazilian president will not be persona non grata in Israel.
In 2024, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz stated that President Lula is considered persona non grata in Israel until he apologizes for statements in which he compares the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip to the extermination of Jews carried out by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945.
