Holocaust
The gaslighting is “particularly galling” given “what has happened over the last 15-plus months,” Sam Markstein, of the Republican Jewish Coalition, told JNS.
His “fate was just rumors,” Yuval said of his grandfather’s brother. “This trip gave my family proof and closure we never imagined possible.”
“The mounting evidence that knowledge about the Holocaust is beginning to fade should also alarm us all,” said Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), who led the measure.
“I demand the world remember what happened only 80 years ago,” she said.
Holocaust survivors and scholars said the international community’s abandonment of the Jewish state belies its promises to learn from the genocide.
The forest was inaugurated by youth, who planted the first saplings in a touching ceremony following World War II.
This year’s commemoration marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
The UAE, Indonesia and Albania are all home to initiatives documenting the Nazi genocide.
“We will never forget the 6 million Jews murdered in cold blood,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The public has been given online access to 380,000 pages related to the 1961 trial of the Nazi war criminal.
“Since the Oct. 7 massacre, antisemitism has raised its ugly face, but we will fight it,” said Israeli Ambassador to Portugal Oren Rozenblat.
Anti-Israel co-organizers and their rhetoric at last year’s event make attendance at the ceremony “unacceptable,” community leaders said.
