Sweden: Pro-Palestinian Protest Featured Hanged Skeletons in Holocaust Uniforms
20th July 2025
Swedish police have launched a criminal investigation into whether a pro-Palestinian demonstration in the northern university town of Umeå constituted incitement against an ethnic group. The protest featured hanged skeletons dressed in concentration camp uniforms beneath a banner reading “a genocide is a genocide,” according to social media footage circulating Saturday.
The skeletons were suspended execution-style, wearing blue-and-white striped uniforms marked with Stars of David and prisoner numbers—evoking Holocaust imagery.
Also visible in the image was a person wearing a keffiyeh and holding a baby doll standing near the display. Palestinian flags were also displayed at the manifestation, shown here in a post on X by Sofie Löwenmark, Swedish journalist and columnist dedicated to exposing extreme ideologies and defending civil liberties: