Scandal and protests: US store sold signs for anti-vaccination Holocaust symbols
A hat store in Nashville, Tennessee, advertised a yellow star patch that read “Not Vaccinated,” similar to the one Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany. This caused outrage and protests, writes Air force.
The Hatwrks store posted a photo on its Instagram account in which the owner of the business attached a patch to her T-shirt - a yellow six-pointed star with the inscription “Not vaccinated.” The note stated that these patches were now on sale and could be purchased for $5. This message was then removed from the page.
The product was criticized on the Internet, and protesters gathered outside the store with signs saying “There are no Nazis in Nashville.”
One hat company said it would stop selling its products through the store "due to the offensive beliefs held by Hatwrks."
The local rabbi said that such a star offends the Jews who died at the hands of the Nazis.
“Using the yellow star or any Holocaust imagery for anything is a disservice to honoring the memory of the six million Jews who were systematically murdered during the Holocaust,” local rabbi Lori Rice told local TV station WSMV.
NASHVILLE - Hatworks is literally selling Jewish stars that say “Not Vaccinated” - out here making MTG look tame
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- The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) May 28, 2021
In a subsequent Instagram post, the store apologized "for being insensitive." The store says it didn't want to downplay the Star of David or disrespect what happened to millions of people.
After that, several more posts appeared on the store's page, in which bewilderment and indignation were expressed that a barrage of criticism fell on the store and its owner.
During the pandemic, some conspiracy theorists were condemned for comparing the Covid-19 measures to Nazi Germany's fascist policies.
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Republican Congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene was criticized this week for comparing masking during covid with Nazi policy of forcing Jews to wear yellow stars.
The six-pointed Star of David is a symbol of Judaism, but the Nazis made wearing the yellow star compulsory in all occupied territories. In this way, they designated Jews as others.
Those who were met without a mark could be fined, thrown into prison, or shot on the spot.
But during the pandemic, the yellow star badge was appropriated by Covid-19 skeptics who pinned it to their clothes at protests in the UK and Germany.
This month, Munich, Germany, banned the use of Nazi Stars of David during coronavirus protests.
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The use of yellow stars comes at a time of heightened concern about anti-Jewish outbreaks in the United States and elsewhere.
On Friday, May 28, US President Joe Biden condemned the recent increase in anti-Semitic incidents, calling them “despicable, immoral, un-American.”
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