The chairman of the World Holocaust Remembrance Center has accused Elon Musk of insulting victims of Nazism after the billionaire told a German far-right political party that the country needed to “move beyond” the “guilt” of the past.
Elon Musk may be ready to move on from the Holocaust, but not everyone is on board. Dani Dayan, chairman of the Holocaust memorial center Yad Vashem, hit back at the divisive billionaire’s call for Germany to stop feeling guilty about its past.
Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev, 89, and his wife Julie Gray, 60, have called out Elon Musk for his behaviour during a visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp - they said Gidon was used as a 'prop'
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took an opportunity on the campaign trail Tuesday to criticize Elon Musk, telling CNN that the US billionaire “is intervening in favor of right-wing politicians all over Europe.
Musk's comments came two days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day and right after he was criticized for making what many viewers interpreted as a Nazi salute during an inauguration speech.
Semitic, anti-Muslim, and anti-immigration AFD Party, urged Germany to “move beyond” Holocaust education, and appeared to do a fascist-style salute at a Trump inauguration party, which he denied. With Holocaust Remembrance Day approaching,
“It’d like to report a homicide,” Congressman Eric Swalwell wrote on X. “ (Catherine Rampell) completely destroys (Scott Jennings). “On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Scott defends the Hitler salute. Doesn’t end well for him.”
Musk made a virtual appearance at a campaign event for Germany’s far-right AfD party, saying “children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents.”
The chair of Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial, said Sunday tech billionaire Elon Musk’s call for Germans to “move beyond” the crimes of Nazi Germany is dangerous for the country’s