Leaders of the Jewish Museum of Chile condemned the projection of swastikas onto the faces of President José Antonio Kast, Argentine President Javier Milei, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamín Netanyahu during a Lollapalooza presentation. They argue it trivializes the Holocaust and Nazi crimes.
In a letter to the editor published by La Tercera on March 16, 2026, Dalia Pollak, president of the Jewish Museum of Chile, and Beate Wenker, education director, voiced deep concern over the projection of swastikas during a Lollapalooza presentation. The symbol appeared over the faces of political figures including Chilean President José Antonio Kast, Argentine President Javier Milei, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamín Netanyahu, in a context of spectacle or artistic provocation, as per the letter. The authors note that 'the swastika is not just any political symbol. It is inseparably linked to an ideology based on racism, antisemitism, and the systematic persecution of minorities and people deemed “undesirable” by the Nazis, e.g., homosexuals'. They recall that under this emblem 'six million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust, 500,000 Roma, and millions of others', and that Nazi Germany started history's deadliest world conflict. Pollak and Wenker warn that projecting it this way 'creates a comparison that distorts history and trivializes Nazi crimes', turning the Holocaust into a 'mere rhetorical tool in political disputes'. For the museum, tasked with educating against discrimination, this representation is 'particularly unsettling'. They acknowledge artistic freedom as 'an essential value in a democratic society' but stress it 'also implies responsibility, especially when using symbols associated with one of history's most atrocious crimes'.
