13 Holocaust survivors, and survivor descendants, have written an open letter in the Guardian opposing the ban on our national demonstration taking place outside the BBC on 18th January.
The letter is printed in full below with the signatories:
The Metropolitan police intend to ban the 18 January Palestine march from the area around the BBC headquarters in Portland Place in London. Their excuse is that Jewish attendees at a synagogue that is well away from the march route will suffer ‘disruption’ of their religious worship.
We are writing as Jewish Holocaust survivors, and descendants of survivors, to protest against this clear attempt to dissuade people from opposing the Gaza genocide. Along with thousands of other openly Jewish protesters, we have attended numerous Palestine demos in London and have received nothing but support and warmth from our fellow demonstrators. To suggest that the 18 January march is a threat to Jews, or is in any way antisemitic, is simply a fabrication in order to restrict everyone’s right to protest.
Yours Sincerely,
Stephen Kapos (survivor of the Holocaust in Hungary)
Agnes Kory (survivor of the Holocaust in Hungary)
Haim Bresheeth (son of two survivors of Auschwitz)
Mark Etkind (son of a survivor of the Lodz ghetto and Buchenwald)
Aurora Yaakov (daughter of survivor of Dachau & Kaufering camps)
Yosefa Loshitzky (daughter of survivors of the Holocaust in Poland)
Miranda Pinch (daughter of a survivor of the Holocaust in Czechoslovakia)
Ursula Blumenthal (daughter of a survivor of the Holocaust in Germany)
Peter Kapos (son of a Holocaust survivor of the Holocaust in Hungary)
Peter Hall (son of a survivor of the Holocaust in Austria)
Sonja Linden (daughter of a survivor of the Holocaust in Germany)
Chris Romberg (son of a survivor of the Holocaust in Austria)
Beatrice Hoffman (daughter of a survivor of the Holocaust in Germany)