Holocaust crimes can be forgiven though not forgotten, Brazil’s Bolsonaro says

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro believes a crimes of a Holocaust can be forgiven, though shouldn’t be forgotten.

The far-right personality done a comments Thursday night during a assembly with devout pastors in Rio de Janeiro. He was applauded by those who attended.

“We can forgive, though we can't forget. That quote is mine. Those that forget their past are condemned not to have a future,” Bolsonaro said, adding that actions are indispensable for a Holocaust not to be repeated.

On Apr 2, Bolsonaro visited a Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. During that visit, a Brazilian personality labelled Nazism a revolutionary ideology, a explain deserted by historians.

More than 6 million Jews were killed by a Nazis in a Holocaust.