<p>"We must recognize what happened in Germany and understand how intriguing Germans found the American example as ways of reminding us of the basic, really terrifying truth that it can happen here."</p>
<p>"We must recognize what happened in Germany and understand how intriguing Germans found the American example as ways of reminding us of the basic, really terrifying truth that it can happen here."</p>
For Qods (Jerusalem) Day, the Iranian regime continues to incite for Israel's destruction, taking ownership of the Palestinian issue to push for Shi'ite control of the region.
Holocaust and Genocide Studies 17.1 (2003) 62-88
The Holocaust and American Public Memory, 1945-1960
San Diego State University
Abstract: Until the 1960s, many scholars assert, most Americans
awareness of the Holocaust was based upon vague, trivial, or inaccurate
representations. Yet the extermination of the Jews was remembered in
significant ways, this article posits, through World War II accounts,
the Nuremberg trials, philosophical works, comparisons with Soviet
totalitarianism, Christian and Jewish theological reflections, pioneering
scholarly publications, and mass-media portrayals. These early postwar
attempts to comprehend the Jewish tragedy within prevailing cultural
paradigms provided the foundation for subsequent understandings of
that event.
Between the end of the war and the 1960s, as anyone who has lived
December 17, 2020
Special Dispatch No. 9098
MEMRI To Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif: Your Claim That The Iranian Regime And Leaders Are Not Antisemitic And Do Not Seek To Annihilate Israel Is A Lie
December 17, 2020
In a December 9, 2020 interview with Arman TV, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif used an antisemitic term for Jews –
jahood in Persian.
To view the clip of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif on MEMRI TV, click here or below.
A few days later, he attempted to cover up his statement with a dishonest attack on MEMRI. On December 16, he tweeted: MEMRI has sunk to a new low in taking my prejorative [sic] usage of a word to accuse me of Antisemitism.