Iranian delegation rejects German invitation to visit Nazi camp

When will dignitaries pay homage to victims of Euroamerican genocide in the Americas? Why don't heads of state visit Indian reservations in the U.S., for example?

Weimar is situated in the former communist GDR where communist thinlking is still very strong and one of the main arguments of their old regime was its "antifashism". It had nothing to do with reality and was just used to justify the "antifashistic defense wall" against the West. Today they still think the GDR was basically right and "antifashism" has become a tool to propagate this agenda. I wouldnt take the Weimar story too serious. Iran has its own ways to express its view of history, for example by a long and expensiv TV serial that did reflect history in a surprisingly realitic way, whatever its president said or did not say on Israels role in the ME today.

The Mayor's condemnation and the City Council's refusal to meet with the Iranians was the correct thing to do. To make their point even more clearly, they could sever all relations between Weimar and Shiraz.

if iran cares about thier international standing at all, they would have attended. it would be a goodwill gesture to the jews.

There is an elephant in the room...

Now how in the world could they possibly visit a place that doesn't exist? We've all heard Ahmadinejad tell the world the whole thing is a myth created by the jews in order to garner public sympathy.

Since Ahmadinejad believes the Holocaust is a hoax perpetrated by 'the Zionists, imagine his reaction when German leaders in Germany claim it really happened - it mean the ZIonist conspiracy controls even Germany, the strongest nation in Europe! It must frighten him terribly.

Can someone please tell me when Ahmadinejad said he wants to wipe Israel off the map? Any responses are welcomed, but only if you can back up your claims by providing a legitimate reference and date and time.

Iam strongly against what Hitler did to Jewish people , why first of all, they are human being,second the Islamic Charia is not calling to burn the humankind we are against policies of Nettanyaho not Jewish people, they are our brothers in humanity !

Who can blame the Iranian delegation for refusing to have Jewish victimhood rammed down their throats while their country is being threatened by US and Israel war ships in the Gulf - to prevent an aid ship to Gaza! Insanity rules Maybe they should go. Jewish prisoners and victims were in the minority at Buchenwald

What Germany and the West (as Nazi policies were based on these racial theories) did was shameful, but the Iranians don't need a tour. It was the Persians that freed the Jews from Babylon. Genocides went on then as they do today. Memorializing a particular one hasn't prevented the scores since.

Arabs cannot be antisemit or accused of anything against Jews. History recorded that Jewish were rescued and lived peacefully in North Africa, Turkey and all Arab and Muslim lands. Double standards are applied when it comes to Israel. Since its creation, Isreal commits daily aggressions and humiliations of Palestininas and Arabs. Israel plays the innocent and the victim to cover its crimes here and also to get aids and protection from the West. Yes, Iran has principles and is no longer the docile agent of teh US and Israel. Europe has committed the so called Hollicaust and arab victims of Israel are numerous . One Israeli prisoner who is a soldeir captured in an act of war, get attention and sympathy while 9000 prisoners including youths, women, and old men are forgotten because they are not Israelis or Europeans. Double standards and injustices should not prevail.

In the face of this outrageous behaviour -- reinforcing the holocaust denial of the Iranian regime and officialdom (including at the municipal level), why does Weimar not sever the link and publicise it widely?