A recent poll conducted by The Economist/YouGov reports that 20% of young Americans age 18-29 believe that the Holocaust is or may be a myth; that it didn’t actually happen. If one in five young people actually do not believe the Holocaust occurred; is it any wonder why so many elite college campuses have become hotbeds of anti-Semitism?
Certainly one may rightly plead the case on behalf of the Palestinian people who have legitimate grievances against Israel and those who have supported and enabled the injustices inflicted on them. But one must not pretend that the Holocaust did not happen just so they can feel more virtuous in supporting Israel’s enemies.
My father was a member of the 101st Airborne. He was with those who liberated a Nazi concentration camp. It was one of the few war experiences he was willing to share. Together we would look at the photos and then he would just go silent. He could never reconcile what he saw there with what he had been taught and once believed about God. It haunted him until the day he died at the age of 46; an accidental death and an empty vodka bottle near where he had been working.
So for those of you who may not believe the Holocaust actually happened, I can assure you that it did.
"For the dead and the living, we must bear witness." - Elie Wiesel
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