Holocaust survivors, Jewish advocacy groups and Israel's Diaspora Affairs Ministry marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday by condemning anti-vaccine activists who likened Covid-19 response measures to the Holocaust and comparing healthcare officials to Nazis.
Jews were compelled to wear a patch resembling the Star of David by the Nazis.
According to a report published Thursday by the Diaspora Affairs Ministry, protesters who liken themselves to Jews under Nazism fuel anti-Semitism and contribute to trivialization of the Holocaust.
Friedlaender's mother and brother were killed at Auschwitz and she was horrified to see the new enemies of democracy wearing yellow Stars.
Holocaust survivors said using Holocaust imagery to protest vaccines was an insult to both living and dead Holocaust victims.
There are comparisons of Covid-19 measures to Nazism made by two U.S. congressmen.
The Diaspora Affairs Ministry reported that some anti-Semites distributed flyers in Denver, San Francisco and Miami claiming that the Covid-19 crisis is the result of a Jewish conspiracy.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an anti-vaccine activist.
Nazism became ahistorical symbol for pure evil as images from liberated concentration camps spread around the world. The symbols of the Nazis and Hitler have been used to vilify political opponents. In 1990 the tendency was codified by attorney Mike Godwin as Godwin's law, which states that the longer an online discussion continues, the more probable a comparison between Nazis or Hitler becomes. The first person to fulfill the law has lost the argument.
The chairman of Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial said that covid brought Holocaust trivialization to a summit.
1.2 million people. According to the Combat Antisemitism Movement, there were online discussions linking Covid-19 to the Holocaust from 2020 to 2021. In English, 56.9 million posts, comments, and other engagements took place.
January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the day that the Soviet Red Army liberated Auschwitz.
RFK Jr. apologized for comparing Anne Frank to the anti-vax rally.
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