The Green Party chapter in Bonn has refused to join an association formed by local citizens for the stated purpose of resisting anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the Federal Republic.
Another purpose is to erect a memorial in the West German capital to its former Jewish inhabitants who were killed by the Nazis. The local Jewish community has informed the Green Party that they could advance the project only by joining the association. It has declined.
The reference to fighting anti-Zionism is believed to be the reason. While the Greens say they reject anti-Semitism, many are declared anti-Zionists. The party nevertheless has issued a statement supporting the erection of a memorial to Bonn’s Jewish victims of Nazism. It would be located on the site of the former Bonn synagogue. But the project has run into difficulties because the local authorities prefer to use the area as a parking lot.
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