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Trump’s Germany ambassador pick under fire from Jewish groups for statements on immigrants and Nazi history

Douglas Macgregor had derided Germany for its efforts to atone for its Nazi past.

Puppets of Jews on display at the Aalst Carnaval in Belgium on March 3, 2019. Courtesy of FJO

I spoke to the creators of Belgium’s anti-Semitic carnival float. They’re not sorry.

Emboldened by the support of their mayor, the people responsible for the racist display think it was a good joke, international outcry notwithstanding.

Belgian mayor defends carnival float featuring Jews with money and a rat

“It’s not up to the mayor to forbid” such displays, and “the carnival participants had no sinister intentions,” Aalst Mayor Christoph D’Haese said.

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