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Yesterday at Windsor Castle, I received my CBE from The Princess Royal
@RoyalFamily
, and I could not be more thrilled or grateful.
@HolocaustUK
What an amazing man - Georges Loinger was a French Jewish resistance fighter who saved hundreds of Jewish children during WWII. He passed away yesterday at the age of 108. Hero. May his memory be a blessing.
What a day. Thousands upon thousands came together to stand shoulder to shoulder and say NO to antisemitism.
Thank you to each and every person for showing up and speaking out. An uplifting solidarity march against hate.
💪🙏❤️
It should not be difficult to understand or recognise that this is an intimidating atmosphere for Jewish people on their way home from work.
Many have had to turn back.
Chants ‘From the river to the sea’ are calling for the destruction of Israel, the only Jewish state.
Enough.
Did the audience member
@bbcquestiontime
actually compare efforts to defeat Hamas terrorists to The Final Solution?? I’m in shock.
I had to rewatch this to be sure I hadn’t misheard. I hadn’t.
This is an outrageous, ignorant and deeply offensive comment to make.
The mantra for feminist organisations has been to “believe her”. Yet as the past month has revealed, it only goes so far — and becomes meaningless if you live in Israel
@nicolelampert
tells the painful truth here
@unherd
MeToo unless you’re a Jew
Tortured at Dachau, she told her captors nothing. Her last word was “Liberté”:
Brave spy Noor Inayat Khan is first woman of Indian heritage to win plaque honour
Pontificate as much as you like on here and get your likes and retweets, but please know that today’s ‘peace marches’ included blatant antisemitism, calls for the destruction of Israel and support for Hamas terrorists. There is plenty of evidence of this.
I cannot describe how distressing it is to read this. Someone previously suspended for antisemitism being considered to replace
@LouiseEllman
in Liverpool. I really hope this does not happen. Such an insult. So appalling. No words are enough.
“We’ve done everything, I think, we can possibly do. We’ve apologised to the Jewish community”
#Marr
asks Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell about anti-Semitism in the Labour Party
Owen, the entire meeting that Mr Corbyn chaired was *predicated* on the Israel/Nazi comparison. And on Holocaust Memorial Day. There is absolutely no justification for this
I strongly oppose comparing Israel to the Nazis. Corbyn did not do so at this event: an elderly Jewish survivor of Auschwitz did. Are we going to start calling Jewish Holocaust survivors anti-Semites now? Was Corbyn supposed to interrupt and lecture a Holocaust survivor?
Can’t stop thinking about this. Happening on our streets. It has to be condemned at the highest level. This is not a call for peace. It is incitement against Jews.
At the
#FreePalestine
demonstration in London today cries of:
"Khayber Khayber Ya Yehud jaish Mohammad Sauf Ya'ud" (Khayber Khaybar oh Jews, Mohammad's army is returning)
Happy Birthday to this incredible woman. 98 today!!
Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert - the personification of strength and determination. An unstoppable force with a wonderful sense of humour. What a privilege to know you Lily.
We all send our love ❤️❤️❤️
@HolocaustUK
Can we travel on the tube? Are there places to avoid? Is it safe for the kids to go into town? Will people be chanting against Jews?
👆 some of the conversations on the family whatsapps.
Police investigate after Tube driver leads pro-Palestinian chants
I caution against Nazi comparisons. But Owen, your comment seems disingenuous to me. The real issue is the antisemitism seeping out of the pores of
@UKLabour
ignored by the leadership, system, outriders. True fighters against racism fight the racists not those calling it out
I really think it’s a pretty reasonable rule not to compare people you disagree with to Adolf Hitler, a genocidal totalitarian dictator, except in extreme, justifiable circumstances, and I had assumed there was a consensus on this, not least if you’re discussing your own side?
Chilling moment when confronted with drone footage of Uyghur people blindfolded and forced on to trains.
“I don’t know where this is from”
Witness statement from Uyghur woman from Newsnight interview re sterilisation.
“This is not our policy”
Terrifying
@BBCPolitics
#Marr
“However passionately we feel about important and pressing issues of the day, comparing those current concerns with the unimaginable horrors of the Nazi period is wrong”
My piece
@thetimes
@redbox
@HolocaustUK
I can’t stop thinking about this.
It’s irresponsible, disappointing and dangerous to post something like this to thousands of followers who sincerely want to fight racism.
“Gagged”? Gagged by whom? The insinuation is depressingly clear.
You can’t fight racism with racism.
As Israel moves forward with the annexation of the West Bank, and mainstream British politics is gagged of the right to critique Zionism, and Israel’s settler colonial pursuits, we loudly and clearly stand beside our Palestinian comrades.
FREE PALESTINE.
The Holocaust was the murder of 6 million Jewish men, women and children.
Yes it was a human tragedy but make no mistake: Jews were not barricaded into gas chambers because they were human beings. Rather, humans were massacred in their millions simply because they were Jews.
It’s been a horrible day and it’s a difficult and worrying time. We will start the Jewish festival of Shavuot in the hope that we can have a peaceful few days (I’ll be glad to get off this site that’s for sure). Be safe and Chag Sameach to all. 🙏❤️🙏
#Panorama
utterly devastating. Difficult to express how it feels watching Jewish people describe what they’ve had to endure
@UKLabour
. The courageous whistleblowers’ description of what they witnessed and the impact it had on them is just so shocking and distressing. What bravery
Absolutely tragic. Remains in mass grave believed to contain 1,000 executed Jewish men, women & children discovered in Belarus. We often talk re the camps but Jews being marched to remote parts of forests & brutally killed is key part of Holocaust history
Demanding loyalty from
@lucianaberger
rather than addressing the racism in your party? What a disgrace. Take responsibility
@johnmcdonnellMP
and deal with the racism in your own party. What has
@UKLabour
become?
John McDonnell on Luciana Berger no-confidence motions: "Luciana has been associated in the media with a break away party…the media have asked her to deny that and she hasn’t been clear on that. So, my advice on all of this is for Luciana to just put this issue to bed."
“A small act of unarmed resistance”? Defacing the wall of the Warsaw ghetto where hundreds of thousands of Jewish men, women & children were imprisoned, starved & eventually sent to their deaths? Sickening and shameful
@thetimes
@HolocaustUK
When we remember the 6 million brutally murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust, we remember that each person was an individual.
We share their name, their age, their photo.
We are guardians of the memory.
Please remember Lorand David and share this only in his memory.
3 September 1935 | Jewish boy Lorand David was born in Târgu Mureș in Romania.
In June 1944 he was deported to
#Auschwitz
and murdered in a gas chamber.
Shocking story! The Leeds university Jewish chaplain has been forced into hiding after his family received hundreds of malicious calls including death and rape threats. This is really terrible.
Yesterday I saw this great man, 90 yr old Holocaust survivor & former Olympic weightlifting champ Sir Ben Helfgott.
We went for lunch & it was the BEST DAY EVER.
Seeing him in fine form, unphased & full of positivity, reminded me that whatever we are facing today, we will be OK.
“Mr Corbyn has a formidable record fighting against racism and in speaking up for many persecuted peoples, but in this case he was too slow and too defensive”
Dear me
@guardian
. I mean, this is certainly a ‘take’…
Pretty appalling IMO.
Seeing the comments below our own posts
@HolocaustUK
& the disgusting responses to Tom’s tweet, make us even more determined to educate the next generation. And my goodness it is needed. On behalf of all of us who are sincerely against antisemitism and hatred, thank you Tom
It sometimes feels like people have been calling for me to stand down from day one but I never, ever thought I’d be facing demands to
#resignwatson
for standing up for people who are facing prejudice and hate.
The Anne Frank kindergarten in Germany want to change their name.
What is it about this Jewish girl’s experience that conflicts with a “new focus on diversity”?
My piece
@Telegraph
@HolocaustUK
Lucy Dee.
Her heart went to a 51-year-old woman, her liver to a 25-year-old man, her kidneys - to one man in his late 30s and another in his late 50s. Her lungs to a 58-year-old woman. Her corneas were harvested and will go to recipients at a later date.
“Sit on the fence”? Louise is a victim of racism. Bullied out as a Jewish woman. This astonishing response from someone who sits on the ruling executive of
@UKLabour
says it all. Absolutely disgusting. Sadly demonstrative of the huge problem the Party has...
We are faced with an imminent election after a decade of Tory devastation. The choice is Johnson or Corbyn - and you choose to sit on the fence.
Imagine writing that Jeremy Corbyn has spent decades “not confronting antisemitism and Holocaust deniers”... demonstratively false.
This is absolutely shocking.
Sarah Halimi was beaten, murdered, thrown 3 floors from a balcony. Because she was Jewish.
Her killed today acquitted.
This is heartbreaking and devastating news for the family and friends of
#SarahHalimi
and all Jews of France.
News breaking in France that a top court has affirmed the acquittal of an antisemitic killer on the basis that he was high on weed when he mercilessly beat + threw 65-yr-old Sarah Halimi off her balcony.
The blow to French Jews can't be understated.
We stand in full solidarity.
These front pages are shocking and should be a major cause for concern for us all - for the Jewish community and all of society.
Antisemitism has surged by nearly 150%. On our streets, in our schools and universities, in our workplaces and online.
This has to stop.
This is so touching, so uplifting and such a timely reminder of who we really are and who we can be. In troubling times this certainly lifted my spirits.
@JewishNewsUK
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the incredible Lily Ebert. 97 today. YES, 97!!!
This amazing woman survived the Holocaust, inspires thousands upon thousands with her unforgettable testimony and reminds us of the resilience and strength we all possess.
We all send our love ❤️❤️❤️
@HolocaustUK
Happy Birthday to the legend Sir Ben Helfgott. 92 today!!
Holocaust survivor and GB Olympic weightlifting champion.
An inspiration and hero
@HolocaustUK
❤️💪🥳
The haters can keep on @ me on here but they won’t ever learn - first, most of you are muted and second, I’m not reading any of your mad abusive rants as I’ve no interest in your antisemitic racist trolling.
Today in London it was a good day. United against antisemitism 💪❤️🙏
Why Warsaw, the site of the Warsaw ghetto, where hundreds of thousands were imprisoned & starved before being sent to their deaths?? Why not graffiti a different wall, in another city - somewhere without this specific history relating to Jews? Don’t think it takes a genius
The trial by media of Ewa Jasiewicz for her graffiti is no way to judge anyone. “Libertate all Ghettos” and “Free Gaza and Palestine” are not antisemitic statements. The whole context, more info than Gilligan provided & her own defence must be considered as we do at Labour's NEC
This is very painful to see. Why would you not support releasing hostages kidnapped by terrorists? Innocent children? Mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, grandparents. Innocents.
Had to post this before Shabbat. Absolutely amazing to be with Ben yesterday. Just incredible.
Holocaust survivor, Olympic champion, a true hero.
@HolocaustUK
Shabbat Shalom ❤️
I can’t believe it. He supported us
@HolocaustUK
for decades, joining us at every opportunity. A gentle man committed to our cause and to his public service. This is absolutely tragic and so so shocking. I’m thinking of all his family right now.
It’s this beautiful lady’s 90th birthday today. Yes I said 90! Holocaust survivor Mala Tribich is an absolute inspiration to all of us
@HolocaustUK
and we wish her many happy returns. What a woman!
Happy 91st birthday to this incredible man! Holocaust survivor, Olympic weightlifting champion, driving force for Holocaust education and remembrance, our hero
@HolocaustUK
.
Sir Ben Helfgott:
These comments from Jimmy Carr are beyond tasteless. The targeting of Roma and Sinti during the Holocaust is no laughing matter. Deeply offensive. I also don’t understand how this was aired
@netflix
?
@HolocaustUK
Isn’t this wonderful? Prince Charles
@ClarenceHouse
has commissioned portraits of seven Holocaust survivors. An extraordinary initiative that means so much to our survivors. Very special indeed.
@HolocaustUK
This is fantastic news! The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have consistently demonstrated their support for Holocaust education and remembrance. I’ve no doubt that their presence will mean so much to the survivors and will send a strong signal for future generations.
Thank you.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will attend the UK Holocaust Memorial Day Commemorative Ceremony in Westminster on Monday 27th January.
2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
@HMD_UK
#HMD2020
I’m afraid all this indicates is that
@UKLabour
seems to be home to the racists, rather than the anti racist party it professes to be. I say to the good, decent people - when will you speak up and actually *do* something?
@politicshome
Tonight I light a candle in memory of the 6 million Jewish men, women and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators.
And I pay tribute to those who somehow managed to survive. They inspire me every single day.
@HMD_UK
@HolocaustUK
#HMD2024
#LightTheDarkness
Today is Holocaust survivor Freddie Knoller's 99th birthday! We would love you to
#SendSomeLove
to him today!
You can read his biography and find out more here:
George Galloway is a demagogue and conspiracy theorist, who has brought the politics of division and hate to every place he has ever stood for Parliament. His election is a dark day for the Jewish community in this country, and for British politics in general.
BREAKING: In the same week Luciana Berger has spoken out on antisemitism, members in her CLP have proposed a motion of no confidence in her, saying "our MP is continually using the media to criticise the man we all want to be prime minister".
This opened yesterday and we
@HolocaustUK
are proud to support it. It’s very powerful. An hour of your time and a lot to think about afterwards. It’s open until March next year. Highly recommend
@SeeingAuschwitz
We will mark Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, we will remember those who fought and died in the effort to defeat Nazism. We will remember those who have fallen to keep this country and its citizens safe.
@JewishChron
@HolocaustUK
I am deeply touched that our work
@HolocaustUK
has been recognised in this way.
It is a tribute to our incredible and inspirational Holocaust survivors and thanks to the dedicated and brilliant HET team.
This award reinforces our determination to educate the next generation.
This is disgusting. It is not normal and it is not acceptable - in our politics or in our lives. Enough.
Pro-Palestine fanatics target new Labour MP over Israeli husband
@JewishNewsUK
Sadly, antisemitism in the UK is at an all time high. If you want to take a stand against prejudice, if you believe we must fight this pernicious hate, if you want to stand up and be counted - join us.
This Sunday. 26th November.
An important March Against Antisemitism will take place in Central London this Sunday. Please do attend to stand shoulder to shoulder with British Jews against prejudice.
I called Lily today to say thank you. We chatted a bit and she told me she was fasting over
#YomKippur
. I was astonished and tried to dissuade her.
She said: “Karen, I have had days without food. Even in Auschwitz I fasted on Yom Kippur... “
It took me a moment to find my voice
Lily Ebert BEM “I am a Holocaust survivor. I want to tell you about my story because in a few years time I won’t be able to, it will become a history.”
#IAmYourWitness
1/
This sends an appalling message. “Zero tolerance" either means zero tolerance or it's meaningless. The scathing report from the EHRC less than three weeks ago outlined a stream of racism and discrimination by the Labour Party on Jeremy Corbyn’s watch. Yet here we are.
Owen, the Leader of the Labour Party and General Secretary were in the room. They heard the rantings and said nothing. How is this a desperation to rebuild trust? And this Labour MP *after* the recording came out, posted this:
It’s terrifying Owen
After his comments, there's no way I'll vote for Pete Willsman for Labour's NEC.
I'll proudly vote for the other 8 excellent Labour left candidates. I won't vote for someone who undermines the struggle against the disgusting disease of anti-Semitism.
Just before we begin the Jewish new year, a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has supported me and the Holocaust Educational Trust. The messages, emails, tweets we receive mean so much & give us the courage and impetus to carry on our important work. Thank you & Shana Tovah!
Yesterday the Duchess of Cambridge
@KensingtonRoyal
visited Windermere and met Holocaust survivors who settled there after the war. What a wonderful and special thing to do. We could not be more grateful.
It is wonderful to see
@KensingtonRoyal
visit Windermere and meet Holocaust survivors who settled there after the Second World War. Our deep thanks to the Duchess of Cambridge for shining spotlight on these incredible people and this important history
#ThisIsOurStory
On Holocaust Memorial Day, when people from all backgrounds, parties & faiths came together to remember the unique evil of the Holocaust,Mr Corbyn chose to chair an event undermining its very purpose - deliberately distorting of the truth of history’s greatest crime.
@HolocaustUK
EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Corbyn hosted an event in parliament comparing the Israeli govt to the Nazis - on Holocaust Memorial Day. The 2010 event was part of a national tour called: "Never again for anyone - Auschwitz to Gaza"
Holocaust Memorial Day already rightly includes all victims of the Nazis and subsequent genocides. But the Holocaust was a specific crime, with antisemitism at its core. Any attempt to remove that specificity is a form of denial and distortion
“Weaponise. Even the word, mere weeks after weapons of death were used to massacre Jews, is offensive. At this moment, the accusation comes across as an attempt to invalidate Jewish pain.”
My piece
@guardian
:-
Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended by The View following her controversial comments about the Holocaust when she said 'it was not about race'
@Baddiel
tells
@susannareid100
and
@adilray
that Goldberg's comments reveal 'a lot about the confusions people have around anti-semitism'
This is what
@TwitterSupport
@jack
think is acceptable on their platform. We will look back in years to come and ask Why Mr Dorsey allowed this’s
One troll asked if all your family were killed in the Holocaust, why are you alive? Incredible. So shocking. And painful.
A moving interview with the brave
@TracyAnnO
:
When the world said 'Never again' nearly 80 years ago, we hoped that violent and barbaric antisemitism had been eradicated for ever
My piece
@DailyMailUK
@MailOnline
Her Royal Highness
@KensingtonRoyal
originally met Manfred and his wife Shary when she visited Stutthof - a concentration camp Manfred somehow managed to survive.
I cannot tell you how proud I feel and what this means to Manfred. A beautiful moment captured here.
@HolocaustUK
Catching sight of Manfred Goldberg and his wife Shary, the duchess broke into a broad smile.
‘Manfred,’ she beamed, ‘it’s so lovely to see you again. How are you? ‘When I saw your name on the guest list I thought ‘yes!’ I am so happy to see you!
‘How have you been?’
Great to pop in to see Lily today and celebrate! How glamorous does she look??
Mazel Tov to this incredible woman on her 100th birthday. What an inspiration.
@HolocaustUK
💪❤️🥳
I promised the world and I promised myself.
I am one of the last to survive.
I went through the worst period of human history but I came out with hope.
We the Jewish people went through so many difficult times. But we are still here.
Lily we ❤️❤️❤️ you.
@HolocaustUK
Tomorrow marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen by British troops in the 11th Armoured Division.
I will remember those who were murdered, the brave soldiers
who entered the camp and will share the stories of the eyewitnesses.
#Belsen75
#ThisIsOurStory
It is Holocaust survivor Freda Wineman’s 98th birthday today. 98!The most beautiful, charming, elegant woman with an incredible story.
Happy Birthday! 🥳❤️🥳
@HolocaustUK