Responsibility for the Holocaust

"It Started With Words" - Holocaust Survivors Give Stunning Testimonies To Mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Thursday, April 8, 2021
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"The Holocaust started with words," said Gideon Taylor, President of the Claims Conference.

Key Points: 
  • "The Holocaust started with words," said Gideon Taylor, President of the Claims Conference.
  • These words alienated, belittled, and shocked; but worse, these words gave birth to the horrific massacre of six million Jews.
  • The #ItStartedWithWords campaign will show through first-hand survivor testimony that the Holocaust didn't come out of nowhere.
  • So, it's important for younger generations to hear their stories and learn about the events that led up to the Holocaust.

"It Started With Words" - Holocaust Survivors Give Stunning Testimonies To Mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, April 8, 2021
The Holocaust, Holocaust historiography, Holocaust studies, Aftermath of the Holocaust, Bibliography of The Holocaust, Responsibility for the Holocaust, World War II, The Holocaust in the arts and popular culture

"The Holocaust started with words," said Gideon Taylor, President of the Claims Conference.

Key Points: 
  • "The Holocaust started with words," said Gideon Taylor, President of the Claims Conference.
  • These words alienated, belittled, and shocked; but worse, these words gave birth to the horrific massacre of six million Jews.
  • The #ItStartedWithWords campaign will show through first-hand survivor testimony that the Holocaust didn't come out of nowhere.
  • So, it's important for younger generations to hear their stories and learn about the events that led up to the Holocaust.

Holocaust Survivors Foundation USA Disappointed By United States Supreme Court Decisions In Favor of Germany and Hungary Against Survivors

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Wednesday, February 3, 2021
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MIAMI, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As Holocaust survivors, we are profoundly disappointed by U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Philipp v. Federal Republic of Germany and Simon v. Republic of Hungary.

Key Points: 
  • MIAMI, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As Holocaust survivors, we are profoundly disappointed by U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Philipp v. Federal Republic of Germany and Simon v. Republic of Hungary.
  • Those prior decisions allowed governmental and corporate Holocaust profiteers to avoid accountability, and denied Holocaust survivors and victims' families material and moral restitution available under the law.
  • The Holocaust is not an abstraction it was real and remains so for survivors and our families.
  • The Holocaust Survivors Foundation USA Executive Committee:

Message by President Charles Michel for the EJA International Holocaust Remembrance Day event

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Thursday, January 28, 2021
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This tragedy the systematic and industrial elimination of six million children, women, and men is unique in the history of humankind.

Key Points: 
  • This tragedy the systematic and industrial elimination of six million children, women, and men is unique in the history of humankind.
  • Remembering the Holocaust is a moral and a historical duty.
  • But also to renew our allegiance to our deepest human values, negated by the perpetrators of this unspeakable crime, while others remained silent.
  • Since 1945, those who survived the number cut into their skin, did not remain silent.

First-Ever 50-State Survey On Holocaust Knowledge Of American Millennials And Gen Z Reveals Shocking Results

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Wednesday, September 16, 2020
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The state-by-state analysis yielded a particularly disquieting finding that nearly 20 percent of Millennials and Gen Z in New York feel the Jews caused the Holocaust.

Key Points: 
  • The state-by-state analysis yielded a particularly disquieting finding that nearly 20 percent of Millennials and Gen Z in New York feel the Jews caused the Holocaust.
  • The study reveals that Wisconsin scores highest in Holocaust awareness among U.S. Millennials and Gen Z. Arkansas has the lowest Holocaust knowledge score1, with less than 2-in-10 (17 percent) of Millennials and Gen Z meeting the Holocaust knowledge criteria.
  • The states with the highest Holocaust Knowledge Scores are:Wisconsin, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Maine, Kansas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Idaho, Iowa, and Montana.
  • Also troubling is the percentage of Millennials and Gen Z that have witnessed Holocaust denial or distortion on social media.

Gripping New Book Chronicles Life of Holocaust Refugee and Challenges Faced in Different Countries While Searching for Identity

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Tuesday, July 14, 2020
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The book also blends Heymans personal experiences with scholarly theories about language, nationality, and identity to better understand the long-term struggles and challenges immigrants face.

Key Points: 
  • The book also blends Heymans personal experiences with scholarly theories about language, nationality, and identity to better understand the long-term struggles and challenges immigrants face.
  • As refugees, Heyman and her family were constantly on the go, running from the Nazis as they shadowed them wherever they went.
  • Although I lived through the war, the war did not live through me and while I was a refugee from the Holocaust, I could never call myself a Holocaust survivor, said Heyman.
  • This remarkable account historically, politically, socially, and educationally challenges readers to seek joy and hope in times of despair and loss.

AJC Welcomes Appointment of Senior Romanian Official for Fighting Antisemitism

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Monday, March 9, 2020
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NEW YORK, March 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes the appointment of Silviu Vexler as Romania's High Representative for Fighting Antisemitism, Protecting the Memory of the Holocaust, and the Development of Jewish Life.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, March 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes the appointment of Silviu Vexler as Romania's High Representative for Fighting Antisemitism, Protecting the Memory of the Holocaust, and the Development of Jewish Life.
  • His appointment by the government received broad bipartisan support in the Romanian Parliament.
  • Creation of the position follows similar measures taken by several European governments that have established senior level posts to coordinate the fight against antisemitism.
  • AJC, the leading global Jewish advocacy organization, has maintained an international association agreement with FEDROM since 2006.

Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities Awarded Jo Cox Memorial Grant

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Thursday, March 5, 2020
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She championed many vitally important causes, such as the prevention of mass atrocities and the protection of women's rights.

Key Points: 
  • She championed many vitally important causes, such as the prevention of mass atrocities and the protection of women's rights.
  • More than seventy years after the Holocaust, genocide and other mass atrocities remain a constant threat to global peace and security.
  • The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities formerly known as the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation is honored to announce that it has been awarded a Jo Cox Memorial Grant, one of the most prestigious grants for work on atrocity prevention.
  • AIPG is committed to making Jo Cox's vision a reality through the creation of a world that prevents genocide and other mass atrocities.

75th Anniversary of Hungary's Liberation From the Fascist Occupation Was Celebrated in Budapest

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Friday, February 14, 2020
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Historians organized a tour of well-known battle sites and a lecture about the liberation of Budapest and the mission of the Red Army in it.

Key Points: 
  • Historians organized a tour of well-known battle sites and a lecture about the liberation of Budapest and the mission of the Red Army in it.
  • Another important stop of the tour was the Holocaust Victims memorial "Shoes on the bank of Danube," erected in 2005.
  • Massive executions of Jews in Budapest continued until early 1945, with executions in the thousands taking place on the Danube bank to avoid interments.
  • These are the facts we wanted to deliver to Russian citizens, to citizens of other countries touched by the war.Such horrors must not be repeated."

Article - Parliament pays tribute to the victims of the Holocaust

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020
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The European Parliament opened the plenary session of Wednesday 29 January with a solemn ceremony in memory of the six million victims of the Holocaust.

Key Points: 
  • The European Parliament opened the plenary session of Wednesday 29 January with a solemn ceremony in memory of the six million victims of the Holocaust.
  • Whenever we read in newspaper articles of acts of violence, attacks, or racist insults, we must consider these attacks addressed at each of us.
  • In her speech, Liliana Segre, Italian senator for life and survivor of Auschwitz, said: I am extremely moved to be here in the European Parliament.
  • The term Holocaust refers to the mass murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.