In the U.S., importance of Holocaust Remembrance Day underscored by rising antisemitism

[Behind the Aegis]

On Tuesday, the U.S. officially marks Holocaust Remembrance Day to memorialize the six million Jews murdered by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945, and to celebrate those who survived the persecution.

The day is part of a week-long national Days of Remembrance commemoration established by Congress that began on Sunday. This year's events come as anti-Semitic incidents continue to rise in the U.S. and as the genocide becomes ever more distant for young Americans.

This year’s national ceremony, organized by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., will be held Thursday at the U.S. Capitol. The commemoration will mark the first time the event will be held at the Capitol since before the pandemic.

“As we lead the nation in remembering the six million Jews who were murdered, honoring the survivors, paying tribute to the rescuers and celebrating the liberators, we are reminded of the power of their history to inspire people everywhere to confront antisemitism, all forms of group-targeted hate and genocide,” the museum said on its website.

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[NullTuples]

1. "as the genocide becomes ever more distant for young Americans."

Yet, many of those same young people seem far more aware than their elders that we're fast heading down that same path again.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. In some respects, but not in regard to anti-Semitism.

Frankly, that disgusts and scares me.