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Actress targeted after describing UK 'like Nazi Germany in the 1930s'
- Lipman faces calls to cancel her Allegra performance in Aberdeen amid antisemitism concerns.
- Campaigners depict Lipman with devil horns, linking her to antisemitic imagery.
- Lipman had described Britain as 'like Nazi Germany in the 1930s' after antisemitic attacks.
- SPSC Aberdeen urged Aberdeen Performing Arts to reconsider hosting the show.
- Campaigners linked Lipman’s past remarks to broader antisemitism concerns in the arts.
- Dame Maureen Lipman defended by supporters as a beloved Jewish performer.
- The controversy coincides with Lipman's remarks on banning pro-Palestine marches.
- Lipman previously commented on UN resolutions and Palestinian refugees' right to return.
- SPSC Aberdeen condemned the promotional poster for Allegra’s Aberdeen run.
- The article notes Lipman has long been a target of antisemitism and political debate.
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