Sarkozy defends Holocaust proposal amid uproar

“The emotional burden can have negative consequences for a child who is developing”

By Richard Balmforth

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, facing a tide of criticism over his call for schoolchildren to "adopt" Jewish child victims of the Holocaust, hit back on Friday saying France had to raise children "with open eyes".

In a speech praising faith that also drew fire from secularists, Sarkozy told France's Jewish community on Wednesday that every 10-year-old schoolchild should be "entrusted with the memory of a French child victim of the Holocaust".

The proposal unleashed a storm of protest from teachers, psychologists and his political foes who said it would unfairly burden children with the guilt of previous generations and some could be traumatized by identifying with a Holocaust victim. Read more

[Captain A]

I think France has way to many problems to be worrying about this kind of garbage. I think the french need to find out who initally started this stupid idea and find out why they have the power to make a President do somthing so stupid. Maybe they have pictures of him naked in a gay bar or something....