{"id":262178,"date":"2017-08-23T16:26:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T20:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=262178"},"modified":"2020-08-16T16:30:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T20:30:38","slug":"canadian-town-refuses-to-remove-swastikas-from-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sv\/canadian-town-refuses-to-remove-swastikas-from-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian town refuses to remove swastikas from park"},"content":{"rendered":"
RAEL\u2019S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
We must send this mayor our support!<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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A Canadian town says it will not remove swastikas from a public park because it has historical significance.<\/p>\n

The Nazi symbols adorn an anchor that was on display in Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec.<\/p>\n

Corey Fleischer, who goes around Montreal removing hateful graffiti, tried to paint over the swastikas.<\/p>\n

But the mayor stopped him and had police remove him from the park, arguing the anchor is a part of local history.<\/p>\n

The anchor has a plaque that identifies it as a “relic of Nazism”, and says it was used in Europe at the end of War, probably on a merchant boat, and found in 1980.<\/p>\n

But in a statement on the town’s website, the mayor says the anchor belonged to a merchant vessel that predates World War Two and was found by local divers 25 years ago.<\/p>\n

“The village of Pointe-des-Cascades does not endorse Nazism,” said Mayor Gilles Santerre in a statement online.<\/p>\n

“Our village has a beautiful community and family spirit, and creates events that bring people together.”<\/p>\n

The village has about 1,500 people and is located about 50 miles (80km) from Montreal.<\/p>\n

The statement cites an article by Radio Canada, which says that before 1920 the swastika was a symbol of peace.<\/p>\n

Online sleuths have speculated that the anchor could have been made by the British manufacturer WL Byers in Sunderland, England.<\/p>\n

The anchors were adorned with a swastika as a good luck charm, it is claimed, before the rise of Hitler.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-41028895<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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