The Orange Order of Scotland has apologised to the Jewish community after photographs emerged of a fancy-dress party in one of its venues which show guests mocking the Holocaust.
The picture, of a group dressed as Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun and two child Holocaust victims wearing yellow stars, was taken at a Halloween party in 2013 at Airdrie and District Orange Hall in Scotland.
Ephraim Borowski, the director of the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities, said the photographs should be “condemned in the strongest terms”, saying the Holocaust is “not a joke”.
Robert McLean, the executive officer of the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland, distanced the Order from the photos, saying processes are now in place to prevent a similar incident happening again.
