In January 2010, the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN)and the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign organised a speaking tour featuring Auschwitz survivor and advocate of Palestinian freedom, Dr Hajo Meyer. It was designed to coincide with Holocaust Memorial Day to expose how the Holocaust is exploited and misused to further Zionist political ambitions and to provide cover for Israel's crimes. The tour featured ten venues in England, Scotland and Ireland. This report is of the presentation at Goldsmiths, University of London on 26th January.

Speakers

Dr. Hajo G. Meyer was born in 1924 in Bielefeld, Germany. Not allowed to attend school there after November 1938, he fled to the Netherlands, alone. In I944, after a year in the underground, he was caught and subsequently survived 10 months at Auschwitz. He lives in the Netherlands, where he works as publicist and essayist. A member of IJAN, Hajo Meyer is on the board of the Dutch group "A Different Jewish Voice", part of the coalition of European Jews for Just Peace. He is the author of three books, on Judaism, Holocaust and Zionism.

"My great lesson from Auschwitz is: whoever wants to dehumanise any other, must first be dehumanised himself. The oppressors are no longer really human whatever uniform they wear."

Dr. Haidar Eid is a refugee whose parents were expelled from the Zarnouqa village in 1948. Dr. Eid is a member of the PACBI Steering Committee and a co-founder of the One Democratic State Group. He currently lives in Gaza, where he is an Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at Al-Aqsa University.

"Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa said, "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.' The UN, EU, Arab League and the international community by and large remained silent in the face of the atrocities committed by Apartheid Israel. They are therefore on the side of Israel."

The speeches were followed by a lively question and answer session. Full report including photos, streaming video and mp3 podcast of the 2 hour programme is available at:

 http://www.inminds.com/never-again.php