Holocaust's lessons being un-taught? Survivor of Nazi-labor camp and Israeli-American relate their views

UK schools are eliminating Holocaust history from curriculum- due to pressure from Muslims and their anti-Zionist, leftist sympathizers. US statistics show shocking ignorance about Holocaust among young people.

Israeli-American Girl Scout, Sivan Barashi, returned from a Scouts' trip to the Auschwitz Museum in Poland with a sense of the scope of the institutionalized genocide which she feels is not being adequately addressed in American schools' history curricula. Why might the subject discriminatorily be de-emphasized by Christians and/or liberals in public (and private) middle and secondary school education?

Nonagenarian, Daniel Szafran, survived the Nazi genocide of European Jewry as a slave laborer. Living in Las Vegas, he met with a small group of Israeli-American Girl Scouts who took an educational trip to the Auschwitz camp - where he was incarcerated. He doesn't feel that Holocaust education is emphasized sufficiently in America or even in Israel. 

Mr. Natan Barashy bemoans leftist influence in minimizing history resulting in the Holocaust in educational curricula. He also condemns Democratic Socialists throughout the world buying-into the libel which reverses Israel's defense against Islamist-Imperialist, Iranian-armed, Palestinians as "aggressive" - but supporting the anti-Semitic Muslim world, religiously mandated to annihilate the Jews of the world in a Muslim-led Holocaust against Israel. 

On the 78th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz death camp

Full Film: The Path to Nazi Genocide

Film Chapters:  Prologue (Starts at 00:00) 

Aftermath of World War I and the Rise of Nazism, 1918–1933 (Starts at 00:58) 

Building a National Community, 1933–1936 (Starts at 12:22) 

From Citizens to Outcasts, 1933–1938 (Starts at 18:12) World 

War II and the Holocaust, 1939–1945 (Starts at 24:34) 

Sources and Credits (Starts at 37:25)

"Netanyahu: Allies could have saved 4 million Jews if they’d bombed death camps in 1942" The Times of Israel, 4/24/17
 

Israeli P.M. Benjamin Netanyahu condemned int'l complacency
to earlier intel of Nazi's mass murdering of Jewish people 
at Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance ceremony 

"In bitter Holocaust Remembrance Day speech citing new UN documents, Israel's PM castigates global indifference 81 years ago, says it persists today.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday launched a blistering assault on Allied policy during World War II, saying world powers’ failure to bomb the Nazi concentration camps from 1942 cost the lives of four million Jews and millions of others.

Citing recently released UN documents that show the Allies were aware of the scale of the Holocaust in 1942, some two years earlier than previously assumed, Netanyahu said in a speech marking Holocaust Remembrance Day that this new research assumed “a terrible significance.”

Film stills from "What the Allies Knew" by Virginie Linhart,
produced by Fabienne Servan-Schreiber and Cinétévé

“If the powers in 1942 had acted against the death camps — and all that was needed was repeated bombing of the camps — had they acted then, they could have saved 4 million Jews and millions of other people,” he said at the official state ceremony marking the start of the memorial day.

Allied declined to bomb the railways which
which transported Jews to the camps daily

“The powers knew, and they did not act,” he told the audience at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem. “When terrible crimes were being committed against the Jews, when our brothers and sisters were being sent to the furnaces,” he went on, “the powers knew and did not act.”

In a bleak and bitter address, the Israeli prime minister said that the Holocaust was enabled by three factors: the vast hatred of the Jews, global indifference to the horrors, and “the terrible weakness of our people in the Diaspora.” 

Iran's "World without Zionism" (photo: BlazingCatFur)

Anti-Semitism had not disappeared, and “it would be naive to think” that it would do so in the foreseeable future, he said. It was being exacerbated by “hatred from the East,” led by Iran and the Islamic State, he added.

"Bombing Auschwitz" 75th Anniversary Preview: The Great Moral Dilemma of the 20th Century

In May 1944, Rabbi Michael Weissmandl sent the Auschwitz Protocol, along with a plea for help and a demand for Allied air forces to bomb Auschwitz, to Roswell McClelland at the War Refugee Board in Switzerland.

Should the Allies have risked killing Auschwitz prisoners and bombed the camp to stop future atrocities? Join historians, survivors and experts as they consider one of the great moral dilemmas of the 20th century.
 
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D-Day to V-E Day: World War II continued for almost 11 months after the successful Normandy landings in France on June 6, 1944, commonly known as D-Day.

American troops liberating Dachau Concentration Camp

At "The Liberators" documentary screening by the Zachor Foundation, Holocaust survivors, Ben Lesser and Joshua Kaufman discuss their reunions with the Yankee soldiers who liberated them from Dachau Concentration Camp.

   

Czech Republic's Consul General Pavel Sepelak and Prof. Abraham Sion of Ariel University in Samaria discuss the Allies' mistake of sacrificing Czechoslovakia to delay war with Nazi Germany.

In Christianity's birthplace, Muslims persecute Christians, scapegoat Jews

Bethlehem: Christianity Dying Where it Began by Egyptian, Coptic-Christian, Raymond Ibrahim in Gatestone Institute

• "The systematic persecution of Christian Arabs living in Palestinian areas is being met with nearly total silence by the international community, human rights activists, the media and NGOs." — Justus Reid Weiner, International Christian Embassy, Jerusalem, Israel, August 20, 2013.

• "There are incidents happening constantly... Most times, it is a case of the Muslim community overpowering the minority, which is the Christian community." — Christian Arab, quoted on condition of anonymity, Israel365News, November 21, 2022.

• "[T]he leaders of the Christian community in the West Bank are reluctant to hold the Palestinian Authority and their Muslim neighbors responsible for the attacks. They are afraid of retribution and prefer to toe the official line of holding Israel solely responsible for the misery of the Christian minority." — Khaled Abu Toameh, October 31, 2022.

• "The only thing that interests the PA is that events of this kind not be leaked to the media. Fatah regularly exerts heavy pressure on Christians not to report the acts of violence and vandalism from which they frequently suffer, as such publicity could damage the PA's image as an actor capable of protecting the lives and property of the Christian minority under its rule. Even less does the PA want to be depicted as a radical entity that persecutes religious minorities. That image could have negative repercussions for the massive international, and particularly European aid the PA receives." — Dr Edy Cohen, "The Persecution of Christians in the Palestinian Authority," BESA Center, May 27, 2019.

• "The fact that the Palestinian Authority continues to make sure that there is a Christian mayor in Bethlehem is only window dressing... It's a show used to convince the world that Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christianity is still a Christian town. It is not Christian. It is Muslim in every regard." — Rabbi Pesach Wolicki, director of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation, November 21, 2022.

• This Christmas, it is important to remember that, due to ongoing but silenced persecution, Christianity is on the verge of disappearing in the place of its birth -- Bethlehem, the scene of the Nativity. It is a silence that gives the Christmas song "Silent Night," an ominous meaning.

After noting that there “has been a marked uptick in religiously motivated attacks by Palestinian Muslims on Christians in Bethlehem,” a Nov. 21, 2022 report offers some examples:

Just over two weeks ago, a Muslim man was accused of harassing young Christian women at a Forefathers Orthodox Church in Beit Sahour near the city of Bethlehem. Soon after, the church was attacked by a large mob of Palestinian men who hurled rocks at the building while congregants cowered inside. Several of the congregants were injured in the attack.

The Palestinian Authority, responsible for security in the area, did nothing.

In October, unidentified gunmen shot at the Christian-owned Bethlehem Hotel after a video on social media associated the hotel with a display that included cardboard cutouts of a Star of David and a Menorah. …

No arrests were made in connection with the shooting.

Perhaps the greatest shock to the community came in April when the Palestinian evangelical pastor, Johnny Shahwan, was arrested by the Palestinian Authority security forces on charges of ‘promoting normalization’ with Israel. …

In January, a large group of masked men carrying sticks and iron bars attacked Christian brothers, Daoud and Daher Nassar, on their farm near Bethlehem. The Palestinian courts have been working to confiscate the farm that has been owned by the family since the Ottoman Empire.

Although this report focuses on recent attacks, the persecution of Palestinian Christians is a longstanding problem.  As Rabbi Pesach Wolicki, Director of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation, said:

Unfortunately, these recent attacks against churches are not new. Christians have been under attack in Bethlehem for many, many years. There have been bombings. There are near-constant physical attacks against Christians. They’re going on a regular basis, ever since the Palestinian Authority took over.

His words echo those of Kamal Tarazi, an elderly Christian man from Gaza who in 2019 said: “The moment they [Hamas] took control [of the Gaza Strip], they started persecuting us, ruining our churches and forcing Christians to convert to Islam.”  Before fleeing, he tried to resist the Islamist takeover, including by calling on Muslims and Christians to unite against Hamas.  As a result, “I was jailed several times. Do you know what a Hamas prison is? It is pure torture.”

Even mere numbers—which are inherently objective—confirm that Christians living under the PA are experiencing some sort of unpleasantry unexperienced by Muslims: In 1947, Christians made up 85% of the population of Bethlehem, an ancient Christian stronghold, whereas by 2016, they had declined to only 16%.

“In a society where Arab Christians have no voice and no protection it is no surprise that they are leaving,” Justus Reid Weiner, a lawyer acquainted with the region, said: “The systematic persecution of Christian Arabs living in Palestinian areas is being met with nearly total silence by the international community, human rights activists, the media and NGOs.”

This final point cannot be overstated: incidents of persecution are never reported by international media.  Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Christian Arab resident of Bethlehem emphasized that all of the most recent instances listed above were even under-reported within Israel itself, before adding:

This needs to be heard for the purpose of educating the Jewish world and the Christian world about the state of Bethlehem.  There are incidents happening constantly, whether it be neighbors against each other, or people in the streets, or even organizations and churches. Most times, it is a case of the Muslim community overpowering the minority, which is the Christian community.

Why is the persecution of Christians in Bethlehem and other PA-controlled territories so un- or under-reported?  Certainly it’s not because they experience less persecution than their coreligionists throughout the Muslim world, where the bulk of the world’s persecution of Christians occurs.

“The attacks by Muslims on Christians are often ignored by the international community and media, who seem to speak out only when they can find a way to blame Israel,” wrote the Muslim journalist Khaled Abu Toameh:

Another disturbing situation is that the leaders of the Christian community in the West Bank are reluctant to hold the Palestinian Authority and their Muslim neighbors responsible for the attacks. They are afraid of retribution and prefer to toe the official line of holding Israel solely responsible for the misery of the Christian minority.

But it doesn't stop the Qatari-funded Al Jazeera+ News from producing propaganda segments orchestrated to divert and scapegoat Israel and Jews for the phenomenon, exonerating Muslim anti-Christianism and replacing it with Jewish anti-Christianism: "Why Are Palestinian Christians Leaving Jesus’ Birthplace? [Pt. 1]"

Part 2 of the propaganda story is designed to vilify American, Evangelical Christians for supporting Israel and to break that support.

Open Doors, a human rights group that follows the persecution of Christians, reports that Palestinian Christians suffer from a “high” level of persecution, the source of which is “Islamic Oppression”:

Those who convert to Christianity from Islam, however, face the worst Christian persecution and it is difficult for them to safely participate in existing churches. In the West Bank they are threatened and put under great pressure, in Gaza their situation is so dangerous that they live their Christian faith in utmost secrecy….The influence of radical Islamic ideology is rising, and historical churches have to be diplomatic in their approach towards Muslims.

Tudor Dixon, Michigan gov candidate at #CPAC-TX: Why re-upping govs like Gretchen Whitmer is everybody's problem

Michigan gubernatorial candidate, Ms. Tudor Dixon, addressed #CPAC22 Texas audience in August, moments ahead of President Trump's address there.

Original video - chronicled by DemoCAST.TV

Video Transcript: "I'm glad I got his (Donald J Trump)'s support! I am excited to be here! I'm so excited to be standing with you as the Republican nominee for governor of the great state of Michigan and I have to tell you the coolest part about this is that that seed was planted at a CPAC conference much like this one several years ago as I sat in the audience like you are now. 

And I encourage you today to let that seed grow inside of you you can be a Difference Maker in a space that's becoming increasingly ugly. If we're honest but today I may be looking out at a new school board member maybe a future governor and maybe even the first female president out in that crowd for me it's so exciting to be chosen by the people of the great state of Michigan to help end the long oppressive reign of the queen of  lockdowns- Gretchen Whitmer.

[Applause]

More than that though I can't describe how excited I am about the opportunity we have in Michigan to finally stand up for families who can't afford gas or their groceries and for their children who saw their schools closed the halls of learning locked because the current governor was more interested in seizing control of the state than helping our students.

 

We have our work cut out for us those of you who aren't in Michigan have watched as Gretchen Whitmer one of the worst governors in America has taken my great state and driven it into the ground. Moms like me who live there - we've done

more than watch we've lived it we suffered Joe Biden and Gretchen Whitmer's inflation every time we go to the grocery store we suffer her war on affordable energy every time we fill up the gas tank.

 

You think gas prices are bad here? Michigan routinely has some of the highest gas prices in the entire United States

and that's not an accident that's the sad part. Moms like me who live in Michigan have watched our children struggle when

Gretchen Whitmer closed the school against advice from public health experts from pediatricians and student advocates

Gretchen Whitmer ruled by fear when courage was what we needed. Moms, daughters and granddaughters like me we know what it's like to live in a state where Gretchen Whitmer imported Covid into our nursing homes while locking out healthy family and friends leaving our loved ones to die terrified and alone.

It's been a long four years under Gretchen Whitmer's tyrannical reign. She's been riding with Biden and they've

been driving our state off a cliff do you remember when Gretchen Whitmer was auditioning to be Vice President of

the United States. Yeah and yet he picked Kamala so what

does that say about Gretchen Whitmer?

 

I don't know if you remember when she used to go on MSNBC she had this little Fauci pillow in the corner of her desk.

I say we send her crying into that Fauci pillow - what do you say? Yes because in Michigan our economy is tanked. Jobs companies families have fled our state and people struggle to pay their bills. It's time to hold Gretchen Whitmer accountable for the pain she has inflicted during the past four years. 

If we don't the only the problem is only going to grow because trust me today Gretchen Whitmer is Michigan's problem but tomorrow if we don't she's going to be auditioning again but this time it's to boot out Joe Biden and get into the White House herself and none of us want that. 

 

What's happened to my state is personal - it's personal to me and it's personal to everyone who lives in Michigan. Too many of us have suffered under the queen of lockdowns deemed we were not essential but I have hope together we will help our students get back on track. 

 

We will restore Michigan's

education system we will fund the police

and respect rule of law

and we will partner with our job

creators instead of being an enemy

looking to attack

in Michigan we will value every citizen

because we know everyone is essential

so if you remember one thing today

remember this

let your seed grow

someday God may lead you into the same

battle for family

and your armor will be strong

so choose courage over fear

today I head into my battle for Michigan

and I know the good guys will prevail

we're tough we've had to be tough and

we're taking Michigan back for our

families this November

God bless you and God bless the

beautiful United States of America

thank you

Conservatives distraught at Marxist contempt towards Pres. Trump's rescuing America

Americans disillusioned by a Democrat US administration which has devalued the dollar, doubled the price of gasoline, imposed censorship on conservative news, and pit the Left against the Right, welcomed President Donald Trump's  speech at CPAC Dallas, Texas in August. Part One of original video of speech:

  

Restore American greatness: Contrast Democrat-inflicted recession with conservative stability #CPAC_Texas, Part Two

Speech transcript excerpt:  "... national campaign to dismantle organized crimes these are street crimes. Organized crime today is on the streets and this administration doesn't want to talk about that crime. They want to talk about what they think are other crimes and many people say they're not crimes we have to round up the drug dealers the gang members and the dangerous offenders. Charge them for their crimes and get them either out of our country and back to where they came from or put them behind bars. If you look at countries throughout the world there's another thing. If you look at countries throughout the world the only ones that don't have a drug problem are those that institute the death penalty for drug dealers. 

"Independence (from Jihad) Day" vigil reminds us of Islamist supremacism's threat to free countries

"Independence from Jihad Vigil" - to learn from the West Coast Jihadist mass-casualty attack attempt on American and Canadian, Jews and Christians at Los Angeles Airport on July 4th, 2002 which killed 2 Californians and wounded 4 other people. The family of Vicky Hen have organized these vigils to remember their daughter and their family's sacrifice for the public's benefit - on Independence Day mornings since 2003.

 

A previous vigil about the California jihad attack that killed El Al attendant, Vicky Hen (portraited) and Yakov Aminov on July 4th,2002. Speakers included Jewish and Christian clergymen as well as US and Israeli diplomats, the El Al airline station-master, the relative of
an Israeli terror victim, and Vicky's family of Avi, Rachel, and Udi Hen.

The jihadist, Hesham

El Al security and a passenger, neutralized Islamist sleeper
massacrist, Hesham Mohammed Hedayet, an illegal alien
Egyptian-Muslim who fronted as a SoCal shuttle van-driver 

Muhammad Hedayet, known to the FBI, undertook his hoped massacre at the El Al check-in desk at Los Angeles Int'l Airport's International Terminal on July 4th morning, 2002. His shooting murdered flight concierge, Vicky Hen, 25, and Jacob Aminov, 46, father to 8 children - and injured 4 other innocent people.

Commentaries (below) were chronicled at the 2022 Independence from Jihad Vigil for victims of the first jihadist attack on the western U.S.

How El Al thwarted Islamist's massacre at LAX. Station Supervisor at 20th Vicky Hen Independence from Jihad Vigil. Interviewed for KTLA Channel 5 TV News.

 

German-born, L.A.X. El Al airline supervisor recalls his experience of July 4th, 2002. An Egyptian- Muslim illegal immigrant's near massacre of passengers who were checking-in for a Canada-bound flight.

 

LAX '02 Israeli airline manager honors clerk, Vicky Hen, shot dead by Islamist immigrant van driver.
 

The station-manager of El Al Airlines at that time describes the characteristics of his then flight check-in concierge, Vicky Hen, a 25-year old Jewish-American from Israel. Miss Hen was in the process of checking-in a flight to Toronto when she was assassinated by a Jew-hating, Islamic supremacist, Hesham Muhammad Hedayet. 

 

LAX terror victim's dad: Employ lessons of 9/11 NY/DC, 7/7 LON, & 7/4 LAX 1st West Coast Islamist attack 

 

Avi Hen at 20th-year "Independence from Jihad Vigil" for victims of the first West Coast Jihad attempted-massacre that slew his daughter, Vicky Hen, at Los Angeles Int'l Airport.

Western officials endanger their Jewish and Christian citizens by importing Middle-Eastern Muslims - bred to spread Islam over all countries by intimidation.

The vigil will reunite one last time on July 4th, 2023 at 10:45am at the Vicky Hen Memorial Garden under the infield arches opposite Terminal 6.