Netflix is under fire for filming part of Season 4 of Stranger Things at Lukishkes Prison in Vilnius, Lithuania, where the Nazis arrested Jews and Roma, many of whom were executed during the Ponar massacre. The information was spread when a petition was posted on the site Change.org. These are the scenes with prisoner Jim Hopper (David Harbor) in Russia.
At the time of writing, with more than 15,000 signatures, the petition is aimed at “Bring Stranger Things and Netflix to account for deleting their Holocaust“Petitioners call on the platform to transfer the profits of the season to the Jewish and Roma communities in Lithuania.”Repair“.
The petition also condemns Airbnb’s efforts to turn prison cells into hotel rooms. They are transformed to look from series, for example, in the apartment of Joyce Byers. The authors of the petition demand “Close Airbnb immediately“, Which started receiving visitors on June 4. Note that any booking is not possible right now.
In addition, the petition condemns the fact that fans of the series are now putting numbers on their wrists and posting them on Instagram, while the Stranger Things Instagram account has re-posted some photos.
“This is not only a mockery of the trauma of the Jewish and Roma communities, but also an even greater insult to the memory of Holocaust survivors (a significant portion of whom are still alive today) and their descendants.“- It is said in the petition.
The following is a theme that condemns this practice:
In addition to reparations claimed for Season 4 income, the applicants are seeking “Public apology from Airbnb, Netflix and Stranger Things“; They must be published immediately”A full understanding of how this is compounded by the erasure of Holocaust victims and the constant persecution of Roma communities.“
Lukishkes Castle was built in the early twentieth centuryE Century and inhabited both criminals and political prisoners. During World War II, during the Nazi occupation of Lithuania, the castle became a place of detention for Jews and Roma in 1941. That year 348 Jews and others imprisoned in Lukishke were killed in the Ponari massacre.
This unspeakable massacre is the 100,000 people, mostly Jews, Poles and Russians, who were shot dead between July 1941 and August 1944 near the station Ponari, on the outskirts of Vilnius, Lithuania.
After its closure in 2019, the castle was transformed into an artistic and cultural venue that now hosts concerts and filming. When asked by us, Netflix did not respond to a request for comment.
Source: allocine
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