The Kufiyas in Buchenwald group said the ban violates the 'Oath of Buchenwald,' pledging to resist all genocides. Organizer Rachael Shapiro accused the memorial of using Holocaust exceptionalism to 'actively provide cover for Germany's participation in and funding of the mass murder of Palestinians'
The rally was slated for April 12, marking the 81st anniversary of Buchenwald’s liberation by US troops. But the city of Weimar said on Monday it would ban the event on the memorial grounds.
The organizing group is Kufiyas Network's Kufiyas in Buchenwald program, which accuses the site of "massively intensifying repression against solidarity with Palestine."