How Nazis used personal names to spawn the Holocaust
In order to identify and hunt them down during the Holocaust, Nazi authorities declared that all Jews must only bear names selected from a sanctioned list. University of Cologne professor Iman Nick has spent years studying these naming tactics and their frightening similarities to the world we live in today.
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Before the infamous Yellow Star, Nazi authorities forced all Jews to only bear names from a sanctioned list
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Posted: Nov 27, 2020 6:15 PM ET | Last Updated: November 27, 2020
Using first-hand accounts from Holocaust survivors and secret Nazi documents, professor Iman Nick reveals how personal names were used to fulfil Hitler s genocidal vision and connects how naming can be weaponized in our own day.(Shutterstock)