Campaign group opposes ‘harmful’ holocaust memorial in UK capital
British campaigners have strictly opposed a plan for building a large holocaust memorial in a park in central London, saying the “harmful” project would have a negative impact on the natural and historical features of the area while it could also anger pro-Palestinian activists.
The Royal Parks, a charity organization that controls the Victoria Tower Gardens in downtown London, said Sunday that it was opposed to a decision by Westminster city council to consider planning application for building the giant Holocaust memorial in the park.
Council authorities have claimed the monument, planned for Millbank, an area alongside the River Thames and close to the Houses of Parliament, would be a tribute to millions of Jews allegedly killed during the Second World War by the Nazi Germany.
That comes as reports have shown anti-Holocaust sentiments in the UK have increased over the past years with many disputing the authenticity of a historic narrative that insists some six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust process between 1941 and 1945.
The Royal Parks said in a letter to the planning team that the project, which will feature 23 large bronze fin structures and an underground learning center, would impact “highly sensitive location in planning and heritage terms”.
“The structure will dominate the park and eclipse the existing listed memorials which are nationally important in their own right,” said the letter, adding that the scale and design of the memorial would have “significant harmful impacts” on the “character and function” of the park.
Campaigning groups have also voiced concerns about the environmental impacts of erecting a large monument in the area while there have been concerns about the social consequences of such a decision.
Many believe the monument, which is planned under immense pressure from pro-Israeli group UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation, would incite more hate against a Jewish community in Britain which has repeatedly decried the Israeli violence against Palestinians.
They say such memorials would further anger the pro-Palestinian activists at a time when the British government is accused of inaction in the face of Israeli crimes against the people of Palestine.
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