The Goldman Report
Nazis in Australia Episode#3
This degradation of the Jewish experience belies modern anti-Semitism's inane origins. Like comedians over-using the slur "Nazi" when describing rude New Yorkers or unpopular U.S. presidents and the normalization of Nazi-like symbolism across popular culture, the infantilization of World War Two Jewish suffering is widespread and commonplace.
But these are just some of the threats to Holocaust history, mostly underwritten not by tiki torch–carrying white supremacists, nationalist populists, or radical jihadists, but rather by those tasked to honor and protect the lessons of the Holocaust — not just for the Jewish people, but for the entire world.
This degradation of the Jewish experience belies modern anti-Semitism's inane origins. Like comedians over-using the slur "Nazi" when describing rude New Yorkers or unpopular U.S. presidents and the normalization of Nazi-like symbolism across popular culture, the infantilization of World War Two Jewish suffering is widespread and commonplace.
But these are just some of the threats to Holocaust history, mostly underwritten not by tiki torch–carrying white supremacists, nationalist populists, or radical jihadists, but rather by those tasked to honor and protect the lessons of the Holocaust — not just for the Jewish people, but for the entire world.