Tag: Holocaust

For Holocaust Remembrance, My Friend Fell for QAnon and Into Antisemitism

Ifirst learned about QAnon by accident, around the time of the 2020 Superbowl. Jennifer Lopez and Shakira had put on this awesome halftime show that had me dancing all over my living room. “I haven’t seen a performance like this since the 90s!” I yelled to my boyfriend...

For Holocaust Remembrance, My Friend Fell for QAnon and Into Antisemitism

The Jews who survived the Holocaust . . . in Berlin

When we consider the fate of the Jews in Europe during the Nazi years, our thoughts tend to drift toward stereotypical images. The gas chambers at Auschwitz and other death camps. And doomed Anne Frank cooped up in hiding for two years until she was betrayed. Both images are accurate, as they reflec...

Defying the Holocaust didn’t just mean uprising and revolt: Remembering Jews’ everyday resistance

Richard Glazar insisted that no one survived the Holocaust without help. To this Prague-born Jewish survivor, who endured Nazi imprisonment at Treblinka and Theresienstadt, plus years in hiding, it was impossible to persevere without others’ support. Glazar conceded that some of his fello...

How Did Morocco Save Its Jews from the Holocaust?

In the tumultuous epoch of the Second World War, characterized by widespread animosity and systematic persecution, an extraordinary narrative of resilience and benevolence emerged in North Africa. Morocco, a nation distinguished by its diverse cultural and religious mosaic, emerged as a bastion o...

American Holocaust & Genocide Remembered

The American Indian Reservation inspired Hitler as the model for Auschwitz and other Nazi Germany concentration camps during WW2 for the “Final Solution” of his “Jewish Problem”. Predating the Jewish Holocaust, American Indian Reservations were first established as prison cam...

Why are people accusing JK Rowling of Holocaust denial?

First lets give a quick timeline of events. The tweets that led to people accusing JK Rowling of Holocaust denial start with her response to NHS England’s decision to halt new puberty blocker prescriptions again. She quotes professor Carl Heneghan before launching into a tirade in re...