David Harbor Stranger things Season 4 (Photo: Netflix)
Netflix is under fire for its decision to film Stranger things Season 4 in Lukiški Prison in Vilnius, Lithuania, where the Nazis imprisoned Jews, many of whom were eventually executed in the Ponari massacre. New Change.org petition with nearly 10,000 signatures seeking to “keep Stranger things and Netflix Accounts for Erasing the Holocaust” and calls on the service to donate the season’s profits to Lithuania’s Jewish and Roma communities as “reparations”.
The petition also opposes Airbnb’s efforts Turn Lukiški’s cells into accommodation made to look like a kit Stranger things. The Signes are calling for the “immediate closure of Airbnb,” which began accepting visitors on June 4.
In this regard, it seems that the signatories got their wish: shortly after announcing that the prison would be open to Airbnb visitors, the tourism company that created the installation, Go Vilnius, suspended the project. “Installation from June 1 it is no longer possible to book and it did not accept visitors,” states the Go Vilnius report.
Additionally, the petition states that fans of the series are now get number tattoos on your hands and post them on Instagram Stranger things An Instagram account with some of those photos.
“Not only does it make a mockery of the shared trauma of the Jewish and Roma community, but it continues to desecrate the living memories of Holocaust survivors (the vast majority alive today) and their descendants,” the petition reads.
“We, the Jews and the Rroma, invite you to sign this petition and comply.” Stranger things and Netflix is responsible for its Holocaust erasure,” it continued. “The money earned from this season should be returned to the Jewish and Roma communities of Lithuania, as compensation for the damage caused by this season and a public apology from Airbnb, Netflix and Netflix. Stranger things should be published immediately with a full understanding of how it contributes to the erasure of Holocaust victims and the ongoing persecution of Roma communities.
The Lukiškės prison was built at the beginning of the 20th century and housed both criminals and political prisoners. in 1941 after the Nazis occupied Lithuania, the prison became a detention cell for Jews; That year, 348 Jews and others imprisoned in Lukiškės were murdered in the Ponari massacre, the mass killing of 100,000 people, mostly Jews, Poles and Russians, since 1941. July. until 1944 August. near the Ponari railway station, in the suburbs. today’s Vilinius, Lithuania.
Netflix did not respond to a request for comment.
This story has been updated to reflect the closure of Lukiški Prison’s Airbnb.
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