At time of rising antisemitism, Holocaust survivors take on denial and hate in new digital campaign

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
Associated Press

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Holocaust survivors are participating in a digital campaign called #CancelHate which features videos of them reading Holocaust denial posts from different social media platforms. The campaign was launched Thursday by the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Each post illustrates how denial and distortion can not only rewrite history but perpetuates antisemitic tropes and spreads hate. In the videos, the survivors juxtapose the hate post with their personal stories of persecution during the Holocaust. The campaign comes at a time when antisemitic incidents, triggered by Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and the following war, have increased from Europe to the U.S. and beyond, to levels not seen in decades.