Councillor Fabian Breckels said the Bristol Rovers' boss's comments were 'appalling'.
"I don't think Mr Barton knows what the word means and he is certainly not aware of the huge sadness and offence he has caused.Image caption,The Bristol Holocaust Memorial Day Steering Group said it found Mr Barton's comments "really offensive".
"To compare the poor performance of a player or team to a Holocaust shows a lack of understanding of the true barbarism, torture and evil that was inflicted on vulnerable groups in society," it said. "As one of two professional football clubs that represent the city, it is saddening that neither the football club or the manager Joey Barton has issued an unequivocal apology."
Karen Pollock, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, also said it was "clearly an inappropriate comparison". During a post-match press conference on Saturday, Mr Barton told reporters: "I said to the lads during the week, 'the team's almost like musical chairs'."Someone gets in for a game, does well but then has a Holocaust, a nightmare, an absolute disaster.", carried out by the Nazis during World War Two, claimed the lives about an estimated six million Jews.
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