Ephraim Borowski, director of the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities (SCoJeC) told Airdrie sheriff court that the video was extremely offensive.
“In many ways, the bit I found most offensive was the repetition of ‘gas the Jews’ rather than the dog itself”, he said.
“The other thing that struck me was the explicit statement that this was intended to give offence and intended to be the most offensive thing he could think of and then he says he isn’t a racist. But unfortunately we hear that all the time from people.
“I’m no historian but it is the marching signal of the Nazi stormtroopers who contributed and supported the murder of six million Jews, including members of my own family, and I take this all slightly personally”, Mr Borowski continued, adding that the SCoJeC website had been “bombarded with abusive comments” after the video appeared online.
“Material of this kind goes to normalise the antisemitic views that frankly we thought we had seen the last of”, he said.
“The Holocaust is not a subject for jocular content.”
The court has also seen a later video where Mr Meechan can be seen apologising for any offence caused.
The trial continues.
