The museum dismissed the fact that its talks would be partisan or biased, but decided to cancel the round table talks in order to "not polarise". The museum's director Fränk Schroeder confirmed that one of the parties involved in the talks had accused the museum of not being impartial.
Whilst Schroeder did not want to identify the accusing party, RTL's research has revealed that the 'Committee for a just peace in the Middle East' was the one to make the claims. The committee sent a letter to the museum's president - Esch-sur-Alzette mayor Georges Mischo - decrying the organisation of the round table.
Above all, criticism surrounded the fact that Schroeder, who was due to moderate the discussion, ascribed to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of 'antisemitism', which the committee rejects as a definition. Additional issues with the round table discussions are that allegedly the museum had attempted to impose who the committee should send as a delegate. The committee also insinuated that another guest wanted to discredit them.
Queried on whether the museum was naive to organise discussions on such a sensitive topic, Schroeder answered that they had underestimated the entire issue. Other invited parties have described the cancellation as a shame, expressing their enthusiasm for debating the topic. One party invited regretted the 'drama over nothing'.
