Anti-Semitism in Europe —
A Dutch soccer club is working to identify fans who chanted anti-Semitic slogans about the Holocaust during a match with a rival team from Amsterdam.
During the match, dozens could be seen and heard chanting: “My father was in the commandos, my mother was in the SS, together they burned Jews cause Jews burn the best!” and “Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas.”
The chanting went on for several minutes.
One fan took video of the chanting
HOLLAND: Outrage as Dutch soccer fans chanted anti-Semitic slogans during a match Sunday, calling Jews to be burned & sent to gas chambers.
— Israel News Feed (@IsraelHatzolah) April 7, 2015
The Jerusalem Post reported:
The chants were documented on Sunday at Galgenwaard Stadium in Utrecht, a city situated 40 miles southeast of the Dutch capital Amsterdam, during an honor division match between Amsterdam’s Ajax team and FC Utrecht, the De Telegraaf daily reported.
Utrecht supporters chanted the slogans to insult rival fans, whom they often call “Jews” because of the historical Jewish presence in Amsterdam, which is sometimes colloquially called “Mokum” after the Yiddish word for “place.”
During the match, dozens could be seen and heard chanting: “My father was in the commandos, my mother was in the SS, together they burned Jews cause Jews burn the best” and “Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas.”
