Days after a group of historical re-enactors dressed as German soldiers allegedly bullied a family in an Auckland park, the New Zealand Jewish Council has condemned the wearing of Nazi uniforms.
An anonymous man says when his upset wife confronted the men in Glenbrook Vintage Railway on Sunday, she was told: “It’s history – if you don’t like it piss off.”
But that’s not the view taken by the Jewish Council. President Stephen Goodman has condemned re-enactments of the Nazi military because of its historical implications.
“Our major concern with re-enactments is the glorification of the Nazis, and the implication that their actions were valid in an historical context,” he told Newshub.
“This is not acceptable to those that suffered under the Nazis including Jews, gypsies, gays and the disabled. It also shows no respect for those New Zealanders that fought against the tyranny.”
