Holocaust Memorial in Crimea is "in the interest propaganda," according to Chief Rabbi's aide. By Martin Hill

An article in the  St. Louis Jewish Light has a story which reveals how the Holocaust memorial celebration in Crimea, according to its own proponents, is propaganda.

The article explains that a "delegation of prominent Chabad rabbis from across Europe and an international press corps of journalists" took a charter flight into Crimea and made an elaborate entrance into the country, with police escort which shut down traffic.

They had a personal "security detail of 15 soldiers" for the "2014 Remembrance Day for Victims of the Nazis."


Described as "the first state-sponsored Jewish event in Crimea" since Crimea was annexed by Russia from the Ukraine in March, the event was apparently attended by Russian President Putin himself, who took the chance to speak out against "Holocaust denial" and wants to "protect Crimean Jews from surging anti-Semitism."


Snip:

“You can’t hide the fact that it is very important for Putin and the Kremlin that everything takes place in an orderly fashion in Crimea,” said Boruch Gorin, a senior aide to Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, who led the commemoration. “There’s much more media interest in this ceremony this year. And of course, this is also in the interest of propaganda, to show that everything is going all right there and that there’s no anti-Semitism but peace and quiet.”

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