Grotesque holohoax headache emerges outside Parliament in London

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An artist's impression of the future Holocaust memorial monument in Westminster Council, London, UK.

British government okays contested Holocaust monument in London
https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/british-government-okays-contested-105m-holocaust-monument-in-london

(JTA) — The British government has approved a contested plan for a prominent Holocaust memorial center outside Parliament in London.

Friday's decision by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government means that the ambitious project has cleared its final major bureaucratic hurdle about five years after its inception.

The plans include 23 large bronze sculptures and an underground learning center to be built in Victoria Tower Gardens outside the Palace of Westminster, which is the seat of the legislature of the United Kingdom. The project will receive $105 million in government funding and is scheduled to be completed in 2025.

Opponents of the plan have raised multiple objections, ranging from landscaping objections and concerns it would exaggerate Great Britain's role in rescuing Jews to fears it would be targeted by terrorists and eclipse a nearby monument marking the abolition of slavery.

Westminster Council, the local government of the London borough of Westminster, last year blocked the project from gaining planning permission, prompting the ministry to set up an inquiry commission. The ministry decided to go ahead with the project despite the Council's objection.

The Board of Deputies of British Jews in a statement said it welcomes the government's approval for the project.

Among the project's critics was Ruth Deech, a Jewish member of the House of Lords, the upper house of the British parliament. She said the location of the monument — a large park with few preexisting facilities for a learning center — creates unnecessary complications that risk making the project "ineffective."




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You see, the jews can destroy the access to sunlight for the goy by overshadowing them with a fucking holohoaxmemorial, but the goy are not allowed to erect a building next to a synagogue that blocks their sunlight.

London lawmakers reject plan for high-rise building next to historic synagogue
https://www.jta.org/2021/10/06/global/london-lawmakers-reject-plan-for-high-rise-building-next-to-historic-synagogue

(JTA) — City council members in London voted against a controversial plan to build a high-rise building near an 18th-century synagogue.

The plan by developers would have replaced a seven-story building adjacent to the Bevis Marks synagogue in central London with a 48-story tower. The plan was rejected on Tuesday in a vote by a vote of 14-7, the BBC reported.

The custodians of the synagogue, which today serves the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community of London, argued the envisioned building would block sunlight to the synagogue, though the developers disputed this.

As in other large synagogues of communities of Sephardi Jews who left the Iberian Peninsula after the Spanish Inquisition, which began in the 15th century, Bevis Marks depends for lighting on candle and sunlight.

"We already find it difficult at times to read prayers and carry out a normal service due to poor light conditions," Shalom Morris, a resident rabbi at Bevis Marks, told the BBC. He said he was "delighted" that the plan was canceled.

Several thousand people signed a petition against the plan, including prominent British Jews such as Simon Schama, a renowned historian, author and television presenter.

"Saving the light for Bevis Marks is a matter of the deepest historical and cultural significance," the Jewish Chronicle quoted Schama as saying.

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High Court blocks Westminster Holocaust memorial
The judge said there was an "enduring obligation to retain the new garden land as a public garden"
https://www.thejc.com/news/news/high-court-blocks-westminster-holocaust-memorial-7GjX2t7MGU96orfxT2hoOL?reloadTime=1649857805188

A High Court judge has blocked the planned national Holocaust Memorial next to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, quashing the approval given by Housing Minister Christopher Pincher last year.

The London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust succeeded in its legal challenge to the £100 million project to erect a memorial and learning centre in the political heart of the capital.

Mrs Justice Thornton ruled that according to legislation dating back to 1900, there was "an enduring obligation to retain the new garden land as a public garden and integral part of the existing Victoria Tower Gardens".

But she did not accept the argument that siting the memorial there would have harmed other heritage interests in the proposed location. The idea for a memorial came from a national commission set up by Prime Minister David Cameron which reported in 2015.

Westminster City Council rejected planning permission but the project was approved after a planning inquiry.

But Mrs Justice Thornton said building would represent an "exceptionally serious intrusion into a green public open space of the highest heritage significance." As a result of the failure to address the provisions of the 1900 Act, the judge said, "The potential impediment to delivery of the scheme is a material consideration which was not considered at the inquiry."

The Chief Rabbi and the Board of Deputies had backed the project but prominent Jewish opponents to the location included Baroness Ruth Deech.

Barbara Weiss, an architect who campaigned against the location of the memorial, said: "This was the result we were looking for. It vindicates the importance of keeping parks as parks. While Victoria Tower Gardens is the wrong location, we support the construction of a Holocaust memorial but it needs to be at another location."

Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain of Maidenhead Synagogue said: "We know from the resurgence of anti-semitism in countries abroad with powerful Holocaust museums, that buildings do not change minds: it will be far better for the UK to use the £100 million to have an education programme in schools nationally than a London-centric memorial.

"As the son of a survivor, I am 100 per cent behind remembering and learning, but museums only attract those already well-disposed, and instead we instead need to spread Holocaust awareness to everyone throughout the country."

Baroness Deech commented: "We won the appeal against planning permission for the Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens, largely on the basis that the 1900 statute prohibiting use of the gardens for anything else was overlooked. This is great news. No doubt the government will appeal, but this is a strong victory."

But Karen Pollock, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, said it was "very disappointing news. Holocaust survivors are elderly, and their numbers are dwindling - time is of the essence.

"Many hope to see the opening of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre standing proudly next to Parliament, serving as a warning from history of what can happen when antisemitism and hate is left unchecked. This memorial will stand as a reminder for generations to come."

The Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said: "This decision is an unfortunate setback for the work of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation and for our country's commitment to teaching the essential lessons of the Holocaust. With hateful rhetoric on the rise across the world our sacred responsibility to live up to that commitment is more urgent and vital than ever.

"The potential educational impact of placing this memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens, next to the seat of our country's democracy, greatly outweighs any of the planning objections. I am grateful for the government's continued commitment to the memorial and remain confident that it will go ahead as planned."




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Rishi Sunak to bring forward a bill to build Westminster Holocaust Memorial
Due to legislation dating back to 1900, an Act of Parliament is required to build the memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens
https://www.thejc.com/news/news/rishi-sunak-to-bring-forward-a-bill-to-build-westminster-holocaust-memorial-1g5Z47x4qZHKwTWtnxeJcH?reloadTime=1674658348645

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced today that he will bring forward legislation to build the Westminster Holocaust Memorial next to Parliament.

Speaking at Prime Ministers Questions ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day, Mr Sunak reaffirmed his commitment to building the national memorial – a commitment he made during the Consersative leadership contest last summer.

He said: "As we prepare to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, I'm sure the whole House will join me in paying tribute to the extraordinary courage of Britain's Holocaust survivors, including 94-year-old Arek Hersh who is with us here today.

"This government will legislate to build the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre next to Parliament so that testimonies of survivors like Arek will be heard at the heart of our democracy by every generation to come."

Planning permission for the museum and memorial has been rejected a number of times by both Westminster council and through the courts due to a law dating back to 1900 banning construction in Victoria Tower Gardens meaning primary legislation is required to overturn it.

The idea of having a national Holocaust Memorial and learning centre in Victoria Gardens, next to the Houses of Parliament, was first proposed by a commission set up by Prime Minister David Cameron in 2015, but it has seen various setbacks since then.

After a consultation exercise in 2019, the initial design was revised following criticism from local residents and a number of organisations about the location and the design, but even so, Westminster City Council's planning committee unanimously voted to reject the plans in February 2020.

After the government conducted a public inquiry into the plans, the government announced in July 2021 that the memorial would, in fact, go ahead.

However, a number of organisations, including the London Historic Parks And Gardens Trust, appealed the decision to the High Court who, in April last year, overturned planning permission as the plans did not comply with a 1900 statute mandating that Victoria Tower Gardens be used solely as "a garden open to the public".

An appeal against that decision was rejected in July 2022.

Both Rishi Sunak and the short-lived prime minister Liz Truss pledged to bring forward a Bill to overturn that legislation to ensure that the memorial and learning centre are built, with Mr Sunak telling the JC: "I have committed to making the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre free to visit in perpetuity and I would like to see this built as soon as possible in Victoria Gardens as a powerful signal of the importance we attach to remembering the Holocaust and the lessons it teaches us all."

However, the idea of a national memorial has not been free of controversy, with a number of prominent members of the community rejecting the idea.

Reacting to the prime minister's announcement today, Baroness Deech told the JC: "It seems the PM is not well informed. The Westminster memorial plan does not include survivors' testimony-that has been extensively done elsewhere. The memorial design is historically inaccurate, the planned contents low quality compared to others, the Shoah will be mentioned along with many other genocides as if they were all the same, and the message it is to send is that all's well if British values are recognised. It fails to link the Holocaust with the rise in antisemitism today.

"Never again has to mean support for the seven million Jews in Israel who are under attack from their neighbours and from anti-Zionists world over," she added.

Proponents of the memorial, including Holocaust survivors and community organisations like the Board of Deputies, argue that having a memorial next to Parliament is key to understanding the Holocaust and ensuring that future generations understand the successes and failures of Britain during the genocide.

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'Slew of government errors' to blame for Holocaust memorial delays, says trust
London Historic Parks & Gardens Trust confirms it will continue to urge 'MPs to avoid building memorial 'on a public park'
https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/slew-of-government-errors-to-blame-for-holocaust-memorial-delays-says-trust/

A "sorry slew of government errors" is responsible for delays to the building of  "a fitting Holocaust memorial", one of the main campaign groups against locating the £109million project in Westminster has claimed.

In a statement issued in response to a ruling that allows opponents of the building of a National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens next to Parliament to voice their concerns to MPs and peers, the London Historic Parks & Gardens Trust said they remained "committed to supporting a fitting Holocaust Memorial and to tackling antisemitism."

But the charity, which has challenged the government's attempt to rush the Holocaust Memorial Bill through parliament, said they welcomed last week's ruling which "means that alongside the plan's advocates, reasoned and respectful concerns about rescinding laws which prevent building on public parks will now be heard by MPs and peers. "

They added:"We will now join those, including Holocaust survivors, urging MPs and peers to avoid building on a public park in order to fulfil these worthy goals. "

But in a further criticism, LPG added: "This is the latest in a long series of regrettable setbacks for everyone hoping to see this project delivered, but the blame for delays sits with the Government.

"Through this long process, LPG – the charity charged with protecting London's historic parks – and its partners have successfully challenged a sorry slew of government errors right up to the High Court, which have ill-served this important cause.

" Had the government originally adopted a legal plan and listened to reasoned feedback, a fitting Memorial would have been delivered years ago and full public access to a riverside park protected. "

The charity, set up to protect green spaces in the capital, said it was "not LPG's place to propose an alternative to the current plan" but said they "hope that the Government will fulfil the Holocaust Memorial Commission's noble ambition far sooner by listening and building on a location which does not require new legislation. "

After a three month review parliamentary examiners decided that Rishi Sunak's Holocaust Memorial Bill, which was introduced to parliament in February, should be treated as "hybrid" – which means those who believe they will be affected by the provisions of the legislation now have the opportunity to put their views to parliament.

Following the announcement Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove said: "The Government is absolutely determined to complete the Holocaust Memorial.

"I am pleased that the Examiners have now reached their view on classification of the Bill so that it can now proceed through parliament. I know that a great many MPs from all sides of the House are very eager to express their support and to get the Memorial built."

Plans for Westminster Memorial were first announced by then prime minister David Cameron in 2016. The project, estimated to be costing £109 million, has been backed by leaders from all parties including Boris Johnson, Theresa May, Tony Blair and Keir Starmer, along with Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and the Board of Deputies.

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Government accused of 'diluting' meaning of Holocaust with Westminster memorial plans
One Crossbench peer has been left furious
https://www.thejc.com/news/politics/government-accused-of-diluting-meaning-of-holocaust-with-westminster-memorial-plans-6Mvt406PQ90pTnCTMP216f

The government has been accused of "demoting" the Shoah after it revealed it will also commemorate victims of other international genocides at the planned Holocaust Memorial in Westminster.

References to mass murders during the civil war in Rwanda, the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields in Cambodia, the killing of men, women and children in Darfur, Western Sudan, and the Bosnia War have now been added to the plans for the monument.

The government confirmed its updated ideas for the site in response to Parliamentary question in the House of Lords this week.

The move is the latest twist in the long-running debate over the memorial – first commission by the then-prime minister David Cameron in 2015 –which is due to be built in the gardens next to Parliament.

Originally conceived to "stand in remembrance of those who were murdered in the darkest hour of human history", according to Cameron. Last week, Conservative housing minister Baroness Scott disclosed it would now include references to other mass killings.

She said: "The main focus of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre's exhibition content is to ensure that the story of what happened during the unique events of the Holocaust resonates with the public.

​​"This will include raising questions about Britain's role at the time. The content will also address genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur."

The decision sparked an angry response from Baroness Ruth Deech who said it would "demote the Shoah".

The cross-bench peer, whose parliamentary question prompted the government to disclose its latest plans, added: "It would prompt generalities about hate and intolerance and would drain the presentation of the Shoah from its antisemitic origins dating back thousands of years."

The peer, whose late father, historian Josef Fraenkel, fled the Nazis, added: "If you're putting all those genocides together in four small exhibition rooms, what would uninformed people gather from that? Not much.

"They are going to put forward the message that if you see something bad going on, you must not be a bystander. If it's just 'don't be a bystander', I don't see how that helps people understand antisemitism and the plight of the Jews. 

"Also, I think one or two of the rooms are going to be dedicated to people who helped victims, whether they were Jewish or not.

"In other words, what the planners are drawing out of this is that you must be active when you see hatred which might lead to genocide.

"That's all very well and true, but it doesn't say as much about Israel and antisemitism today or indeed what Britain could have done."

Gary Mond, chairman of the National Jewish Assembly, also attacked the decision. He said: "The Jewish community should be fully informed as to the precise contents of the memorial and learning centre.

"The main concern is that there must be no dilution to the principle that the Holocaust was totally unique and incomparable."

Located next to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, the memorial and learning centre is expected to serve as a powerful reminder to the UK of the Holocaust, its victims and where prejudice can lead if unchallenged.

The latest disclosure reflects a 2020 concept design document which described part of the proposed memorial as a space to reflect "on the murder of the millions of Cambodians by the Pol Pot regime, the millions of Rwandans murdered by the Interahamwe [paramilitary group] and the thousands of Muslim men and boys murdered in Bosnia".

It comes as the UK Government introduced the Holocaust Memorial bill to order to progress its construction. 

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove said: "The government is absolutely determined to complete the Holocaust Memorial."

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been approached for comment.

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The jews are pulling a trick.  They will pretend to abandon the grotesque memorial at Westminster, and, instead, have the UK government give that money to the holohoax museum, which even the jews, themselves, won't pay for.  http://theinfounderground.com/smf/index.php?topic=31040.msg99141#msg99141

Then, once they get the money from the UK government for their holohoax museum, they will change their minds, and decide that they still want the grotesque memorial at Westminster. 

And, of course, they will get it, because the current opposition will fade away, thinking they have won, and won't have they energy to fight the jews a second time to try to stop the Westminster memorial.

Prominent figures urge government to divert Westminster memorial funds to Jewish Museum
The letter, signed by Tory MP Sir Peter Bottomley and historian Sir Simon Schama among others, comes after the Jewish Museum announced it will close its building in Camden Town.
https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/prominent-figures-urge-government-to-divert-westminster-memorial-funds-to-jewish-museum/

A group of historians, politicians and Holocaust survivors are calling on the government to establish a new Jewish Museum in central London by using the funds allocated for the Westminster Holocaust memorial.

The letter, signed by Tory MP, Sir Peter Bottomley and historian, Sir Simon Schama among many others, comes after London's Jewish Museum announced it will close its building in Camden Town, selling the premises.

Nick Viner, chair of Jewish Museum London (JML), told Jewish News the combination of meeting financial challenges, the pandemic and cost of living crisis, together with a "reluctant decision not to continue with temporary exhibitions", had led the museum trustees to think "about our vision for the future".

The solution, suggested the signatories to the letter, could be to "combine" the "controversial" plan to establish a Holocaust "learning centre" in Westminster, estimated to cost more than £102 million.

"What is the better use of funds – to present the tragedies and triumphs of continuing Jewish life in Britain over the centuries, as the Museum does? Or on a politicised perspective on our worst tragedy set in isolation from our survival, which is the theme of the 'learning centre'?" the letter said.

"The obvious solution is to combine the two in one splendid Jewish Museum in central London dealing with Jewish history and the Shoah in context. This would end the toxic debate about the government project and has the potential to provide a world-class. cohesive thriving centre for generations to come," it concluded.

The museum is due to close at the end of next month, with the bulk of the museum's collection of more than 40,000 objects going into storage.

The JML hopes to be out of the building by the end of 2023. Viner said the idea was "probably to set up in a new location with more footfall", a process he said might take between three and five years. He said there had already been interest from a number of parties in buying the building.