Commentary

As a young kid, I recall my parents had a multi-volume set of books covering World Wars I and II in pictures.  I vividly remember the photographs of Jews packed in rail cars, their captivity and the piles of bodies. Although my family is not Jewish, we knew the hell of the Holocaust.

This came back to me when I read that nearly two-thirds of young American adults were unaware that six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust, and more than one in 10 believe Jews caused the Holocaust, a new survey found; revealing shocking levels of ignorance.

According to the study of millennial and Gen Z adults aged between 18 and 39, almost half could not name a single concentration camp established during World War II. Twenty-three percent said they believed the Holocaust was a myth, or had been exaggerated.  One in eight had not heard about the Holocaust.

As recollections of the Holocaust surfaced while the heinous descriptions of Hamas torture of Jews on October 7, 2023 came to light, I was particularly struck by the disbelief again exhibited. The leaked videos were said to be staged.

We are told how young people are wedded to their cell phones and social media, but in a matter of seconds they, too, could have found the accompanying photo of the skin and bone remains of Jews at Auschwitz-Birkenau. 

I publish it here because we need to be reminded of the Nazi atrocities, and that the current flippant references of someone being a Nazi, or Hitler-like, is reprehensible.

May God continue to bless the United States of America