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Dear John,

Today we observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Below, ADL’s Deputy National Director Ken Jacobson sounds an important warning about the ongoing need to educate the world about the historic uniqueness of the Shoah. He sharply explains how the Holocaust is being diminished right before our eyes by those devaluing the meaning of ‘genocide.’ These critics attempt to create a false moral equivalence between Jewish victims and those who attack Jews today with weapons and words.

The Holocaust Is Being Used Against the Jews

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The challenges to meaningful reflection on the lessons of the Shoah continue to grow. As has been increasingly noted over the years, the combination of distance from World War II, the passing of most survivors who testified to what took place, and the lack of connection — particularly among young people — to what happened then pose immense challenges to educating future generations about the tragedy of the Shoah.

However, the last two years have seen a new element in how the Shoah is presented that places further pressure on the Jewish world.

It is no accident that the main charges coming against the Jewish state and its Jewish supporters are directly related to the elements surrounding the Holocaust.

It starts with the term “genocide,” which came into being as an international phrase out of the Holocaust experience. Even though Israel’s war to defend itself against the horrors of October 7 bears no resemblance to genocide, it is no accident how quickly critics rush to that judgment...

Too often, lazy journalism pulls false accusations into the mainstream: shoddy reporting, selective framing, and a readiness to take Hamas at its word let inflammatory claims replace evidence — supercharged by faux social-media activism that rewards outrage over verification...

What all these examples intend to do is delegitimize the Jewish state and, in effect, the vast majority of Jews around the world who take pride in that state, while also impacting understanding of and learning from the Holocaust by psychologically canceling out the moral uniqueness of what the Jewish people experienced. Now we have an additional challenge that will make the task even harder — and make the necessity of exposing what this is about even more urgent.

Read Ken’s
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full op-ed here, on the Times of Israel website.

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VIDEO: Who are the Hidden Children? Robert’s Story

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, ADL is releasing
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the first video in a series where we hear the stories of Hidden Children. Who are they? The youngest survivors of the Holocaust who eluded the Nazis’ plan for the annihilation of all Jewish children...

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ADL is a leading voice against antisemitism and Holocaust denial while providing trusted education resources. ADL’s national education programs reach more than one million students each year, and we advocate for the passage of Holocaust education legislation to help ensure that these vital lessons endure for generations to come.

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