ThenMessages like Swastikas, stars of David and a demeaning usage of the word "Jew" were graffitied on business and store fronts during Hitler's rule.
(Encyclopedia Britannica) Jewish students like Eva Rosenbaum, (seated at the front center desk on the right) were forbidden to attend school. Eva was sent on the kindertransport in 1938.
(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) |
NowA UMN student wrote this message in his Jewish friend's dorm room . There have been several other cases like this at this particular university.
(Minnesota Daily) Bomb threats at Jewish Community Centers and Jewish Schools have been increasing. This results in school not taking place and instills fear in students.
(NBC 6) |
During the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler deceived the German Nation into thinking that Jews were being given jobs in great condition. However, Jews were being deported to concentration camps, where they were enslaved and tortured, destined to die.
(Encyclopedia Britannica) Propaganda against Jews was very common in Nazi Germany. They placed blame for the war on Jews while depicting them in a condescending manner. In this poster, the star of David is used as a symbol for a lying, deceiving, disgusting person.
(New York Daily News) |
This erasure of the cruel realities of the Holocaust even continue today as demonstrated when President Donald Trump didn't even acknowledge the Jewish people of Holocaust Remembrance day.
(Business Insider) Propaganda against Hillary Clinton put forth by the Trump campaign during this past presidential election insinuates that her ties to Israel make her corrupt. The star of David is also used as a symbol of a lying and corrupt person.
(Haaretz) |