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Serbia flies yellow-badge flag to honor Holocaust victims By DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS JANUARY 21, 2020 12:30 2-3 minutes _____ President Aleksandar Vučić tweeted a photo of the flag flying over his official residence, with the words 'never again.' Yellow badge Star of David (photo credit: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS/DANIEL ULLRICH) A yellow flag, reminiscent of the badges Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust, is being flown in Serbia as a "badge of honor" to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, the country's president has said, adding regarding the attempted destruction of the Jews by the Nazis: "never again." The flag, featuring a Star of David and the word "Jude," is being flown alongside the country's national flag, above the north entrance to the Novi Dvor, or 'New Palace' in Belgrade, the official seat of the President of Serbia. Its design evokes the yellow badges <https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/The-Marking-of-the-Jews-during-the-Holocaust-595120> Jews across Europe were forced to wear under threat of death, when much of the continent fell under Nazi occupation between 1939 and 1945. President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić tweeted a photo of the flag on Tuesday morning, along with the message in both English and Serbian: "This badge was a symbol of the attempted destruction of the Jews by the Nazis. Now it is a symbol of honor. 75 years after. Never again." Овај знак био је симбол покушаја уништења јеврејског народа од стране нациста. Данас је симбол части. 75 година касније. Никада више. pic.twitter.com/Jix9jCxtKd <https://t.co/Jix9jCxtKd> — Александар Вучић (@predsednikrs) January 21, 2020 <https://twitter.com/predsednikrs/status/1219508543306551297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw> Vučić will join more than 40 world leaders and heads of state as they meet in Jerusalem this week for the Fifth World Holocaust Forum, commemorating 75 years since the liberation <https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/A-timely-message-from-the-heart-of-hell-614555> of Auschwitz by the Soviet Red Army. More than 7,000 people, mostly sick and dying, were released, but it is estimated that at least 1.3 million people, mostly Jews, were deported to the camp between 1940 and 1945, of whom at least 1.1 million were murdered. The theme of the Forum will be “Remembering the Holocaust: Fighting Antisemitism.” Sign up for The Jerusalem Post Premium Plus for just $5 Upgrade your reading experience with an ad-free environment and exclusive content Join Now <https://members.jpost.com/RegistrationPaywall.aspx> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SERBIAN NEWS NETWORK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/senet/020f01d5d048%2423706990%246a513cb0%24%40gmail.com.
