Holocaust

“In all, we did too little. Not enough protection, not enough help, not enough recognition,” says Dutch leader Mark Rutte • Anti-Semitic in France increased by 27 percent in 2019, says French interior minister.

Every child deserves the love and care of grandparents; or, if they are taken by natural causes, the loving memories and recollections of those people by their own children.

The proclamation notes that Holocaust survivors have told their story, and that the world should learn from the European genocide that killed 11 million people—6 million of them Jews.

“It is no longer possible to make up for the suffering of the Dorville family under the Nazi persecution, but we must render them visible and this restitution comprises an important gesture of historic justice,” said Germany’s commissioner for culture and the media, Monika Gruetters.

Sheikh Mohammed al-Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League, is the most senior Islamic leader to visit the former death camp.

From the get-go, this international assembly meant business, starting without preamble, showing statistics on the dramatic increase in anti-Semitic acts across a giant screen.

He said he would “direct the Justice Department’s Community Relations Service to prioritize its efforts to combat anti-Semitism and reduce tensions in communities where anti-Semitic incidents occur.”

“Nearly 75 years ago, Allied troops liberated Auschwitz and saw with their own eyes the Nazi regime’s evil and barbaric persecution of Jews and other minorities,” said Grace Meng (D-N.Y.). “Since then, the United States has resolved to teach future generations about the Holocaust, and why anti-Semitism and bigotry must be fought whenever and wherever these acts of hate occur.”

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called on the world to unite against growing anti-Semitism, and notably called out Iran for its Holocaust denial and threats to wipe out Israel.

Those working on the Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan are expected in the Jewish state soon to discuss details ahead of its release.

“I hope and pray that from this room, the message will go out to every country on earth that the leaders of the world will stand united in the fight against racism, anti-Semitism and extremism, in defending democracy and democratic values. This is the call of our time,” said Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin.

According to Pew, “the data suggests that respondents who get more questions right also tend to express warmer feelings toward Jews.”