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ITALY, Treviso, "Fliegen macht frei": Airclub mimics the words of Auschwitz lager
"Arbeit Macht Frei" reproduced and transformed in protest
"Fliegen Macht Frei." The Jewish community: "Bad taste"
For the Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community of Venice, Elia Richetti, however, it is a message of a gimmick "tasteless" as trivializes the Holocaust.
The writing was removed at the expense of the Aeroclub.
For the president of the Aeroclub of Italy (AECI), the architect Giuseppe Leoni flight school in Treviso is not their federated "and can not use the name Aeroclub. Take action. " Leoni does not endorse the initiative of the operator of the flight school: everyone has the right to protest, "but not in that way, insulting the martyrs of the Holocaust.
"Fliegen Macht Frei." The Jewish community: "Bad taste"
For the Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community of Venice, Elia Richetti, however, it is a message of a gimmick "tasteless" as trivializes the Holocaust.
The writing was removed at the expense of the Aeroclub.
For the president of the Aeroclub of Italy (AECI), the architect Giuseppe Leoni flight school in Treviso is not their federated "and can not use the name Aeroclub. Take action. " Leoni does not endorse the initiative of the operator of the flight school: everyone has the right to protest, "but not in that way, insulting the martyrs of the Holocaust.
The Director of the National Civil Aviation (ENAC) responsible for the airport of Treviso, Valerio Bonato, has formally asked the president of the Airclub Treviso, Francesco Montagner, to remove the word "Fliegen Macht Frei "written at the entrance area reserved for lovers of free flight with a banner installed on the same graphic impact on the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
"If you will not Montagner - added Bonato - I have mandated Air Three of the airport management company controlled by Save Treviso, removing it at the expense of the Airclub. "It's a choice of bad taste in general terms - added Bonato - and we must also remember that within the airport area is not allowed to display any message other than the name of the airport and the directional signs needed the activities of the operators. " Save even take a position on the case, through its chief executive, Paolo Simioni. "The contents of written comments is useless to - he said - but it should be emphasized first of all in an airport is security, and Treviso airport with a growth forecast that points to 2 million passengers and flying towards the sensitive ' England and the Middle East, this aspect can not be neglected in any way. "
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"If you will not Montagner - added Bonato - I have mandated Air Three of the airport management company controlled by Save Treviso, removing it at the expense of the Airclub. "It's a choice of bad taste in general terms - added Bonato - and we must also remember that within the airport area is not allowed to display any message other than the name of the airport and the directional signs needed the activities of the operators. " Save even take a position on the case, through its chief executive, Paolo Simioni. "The contents of written comments is useless to - he said - but it should be emphasized first of all in an airport is security, and Treviso airport with a growth forecast that points to 2 million passengers and flying towards the sensitive ' England and the Middle East, this aspect can not be neglected in any way. "
http://ilgazzettino.it/articolo.php?id=127363&sez=NORDEST&npl=N
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