Holocaust

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.”

“Our delegation was deeply moved by our visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau. We came to commemorate 75 years since its liberation and to reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that the horrors of the Holocaust will never be repeated,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

“Events over the past year and beyond have left us with a sense of insecurity and vulnerability. I’m upset and outraged by it—that we are targeted like that—but at the same time I’m not entirely surprised,” said Temple Sinai chair Matthew Smith.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to meet with P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah ahead of the 2020 World Holocaust Forum has ruffled some feathers at the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

The revealing images came from the estate of Johann Niemann, a deputy commandant at the camp who was one of 10 SS-men killed by inmates during the October 1943 uprising.

In a TV interview ahead of the Fifth World Holocaust Forum, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the lesson of Auschwitz is to “stop bad things when they’re small—and Iran is a very bad thing.”