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Last update - 23:03 22/01/2008 Munich says carnival parade on Holocaust Day is unstoppable By DPA Tags: Germany, Holocaust Despite complaints from Jewish groups that the date is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a carnival parade through the city of Munich is set to go ahead Sunday. The annual date was established by the UN General Assembly in 2005 and is not a public holiday in Germany. According to a report to appear Wednesday in the Berlin newspaper Tagesspiegel, Christian Ude, mayor of Munich, said, "The day doesn't have a legal status here, so we have no way to stop such an event being held." Advertisement Last week, organizers in another Bavarian city, Regensburg, postponed a similar carnival parade set for Sunday after protests by the Jewish community over the timing. The UN chose the day to mark the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp on January 27, 1945. The Munich Jewish community said that a fun event on January 27 showed a total lack of sensitivity. More Jewish World news and features Bookmark to del.icio.us   Slam the Qassam The U.S. wants the UN Security Council to denounce Qassam rockets for the first time. Remembrance day German Chancellor Merkel hails the return of Jewish life to Germany after the Holocaust.   1.   On one hand is sensitivity on the other is not just the lack 22:53  |  jay 22/01/08   2.   oh please 23:08  |  Leona 22/01/08   3.   Leona - Compeltely agree with you! 23:50  |  Moi 22/01/08   4.   Moi, Moi 00:03  |  J 23/01/08   5.   Carnival predates the holocaust day. 00:11  |  Axel 23/01/08   6.   To Leona 00:13  |  J 23/01/08   7.   You got to be kidding! 00:21  |  Dee 23/01/08   8.   similiar to gagging Christmas celebration 00:54  |  Schmuck 23/01/08   9.   holocaust day 00:59  |  matt houston 23/01/08   10.   #2 + #3 01:11  |  geoff 23/01/08   11.   Maybe Jews should hold barbecues and weenie roasts on Feb. 13th.. 01:20  |  Dr. L. Brnd 23/01/08   12.   If Munich can`t stop it, then I suggest: 01:25  |  Fortuna Benmayor 23/01/08   13.   Now hear this 01:32  |  Never A. Gain 23/01/08   14.   j 6 01:36  |  realism 23/01/08   15.   l brnd 12 01:39  |  realism 23/01/08   16.   Carnival not only predates Holocaust Day 01:40  |  sh 23/01/08   17.   Holocaust day 01:50  |  Peter 23/01/08   18.   Germany guilty of the greatest crimes in the planet`s history 01:59  |  judith 23/01/08   19.   Killing or expelling jews has been the longest held tradition 02:03  |  Avi 23/01/08   20.   Carnival is a made up event whereas... 02:10  |  Avi 23/01/08   21.   Good idea Fortuna but... 02:14  |  Avi 23/01/08   22.   Holocaust Day, Does it remember Jews only? 02:29  |  Lou Medel 23/01/08   23.   Really... 03:45  |  spectator 23/01/08   24.   What is happening 04:17  |  John Phee 23/01/08   25.   what do you expect from Munich? 04:30  |  sWeis Melbourne 23/01/08   26.   Leona 06:27  |  Connie 23/01/08   27.   The Jews are not required to march in the parade 07:25  |  Natallie Durson 23/01/08   28.   Hypocrisy! 09:03  |  EyeOnPal 23/01/08   29.   Blame the Newspaper, not the city! 11:20  |  Michoel 23/01/08   30.   judith 18 13:12  |  realism 23/01/08   31.   Jewish Exceptionalism re: Mardi Gras (Carnival day) 21:31  |  American in NY 23/01/08   32.   For Avi # 21 22:35  |  Fortuna Benmayor 23/01/08   33.   Fortune Cookie Its your hoilday you celebrae yours 23:06  |  American in NY 23/01/08   34.   Fortune Cookie Pick your day 00:54  |  American in NY 24/01/08   35.   to #14 realism 18:20  |  Aaron 24/01/08   36.   11 Dr. L. Brnd 14:08  |  mayhem 26/01/08

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