Dutch soccer fans arrested for chanting 'Jews burn best'
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Dutch police arrested five soccer supporters for allegedly singing an increasingly popular chant about burning Jews at a match .
The incident, which reflects both growing resolve to punish chanters and the proliferation of antisemitic sports chants, took place near the De Kuip Stadium in Rotterdam on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27.
“My father was in the commandos, my mother was in the SS, together they burned Jews ’cause Jews burn the best,” the suspects chanted, according to the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel, a Dutch watchdog on antisemitism known as CIDI. It called the chant a “recurring problem” in a statement.
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I find it sad, because the Dutch were one of the countries where the general populace stood up for Jews.
The first public protest against Jewish deportation took place in the Netherlands, after Nazi's seized control.
Going even further back, the Dutch Republic welcomed thousands of Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisition in the 16th and 17th centuries.
In the more recent past, they were the first to legalize same-sex unions.
The history of the Netherlands has been a history of pioneering tolerance.
What has happened?
