Never cover up true horror of the Holocaust

I write further to the report in last week’s Mail on Sunday about how the Holocaust Memorial in Hyde Park was covered with tarpaulins during pro-Palestine demonstrations. While I understand that the Royal Parks’ authority’s decision was to protect the monument from vandalism, it is concerning that it felt the need to take this course of action. The democratic right of protest does not permit racial abuse or damage to property. Keeley-Jasmine Cavendish,

London

To say I’m saddened, astounded and disgusted by last week’s front page story is an understatement. No Holocaust memorial should ever be covered up, as it represents the suffering of a people at a time of an evil stain in human history. I desperately hope that a peaceful solution can be reached to end the Israel-Gaza conflict which has caused so much pain and suffering on both sides.

G. Gordon-Wilkin,

London

It was incredibly distressing to see the Holocaust memorial covered up in the fear that it would be vandalised by proPalestinian activists. Police chiefs must stop these weekly hate marches. Six million Jews perished in the most hideous

way, with some survivors still alive and dealing with the hell of that time. Seeing the world openly showing hate toward them and other Jews in this country must be upsetting.

Caroline Dascal, London

As somebody who was brought to tears during a visit to Auschwitz, I am beyond disgusted that it was felt necessary to cover the memorial to the Holocaust in Hyde Park in case it was vandalised by pro-Palestinian marches. Such a memorial should be sacrosanct, given that it reminds us of the absolute horrors inflicted by the Nazis against the six million who died and millions more who suffered horrendously during the Second World War.

Philip Munro, Manchester

Last week I joined the march for peace and freedom for Palestine. I joined a group of diverse and mainly female peace marchers from the London Borough of Enfield and we walked from Westminster in central London to Piccadilly, during which I saw many Jewish people, some holding placards in favour of a ceasefire in Gaza, and some even accusing Israel of genocide. During the day, I neither saw nor heard any anti-Semitic slogans or rude comments.

Hadi Samsami, London

Until recently, I was saddened by the state into which the country had declined. I am now actively ashamed of it. I don’t like feeling this way about the country I was born in and regard as mine.

S. Ellis, Wakefield