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Digital technologies are keeping our collective memory of the Holocaust alive. Survivors tell their tales on TikTok and as holograms. And a crowdsourcing project aims to make victims’ name accessible digitally.

Auf den Content-Fließbändern von TikTok verbreiten sich Falschinformationen und Verschwörungstheorien mitunter schnell. Daneben gibt es aber auch Kanäle mit Bildungsanspruch. Wir stellen fünf davon vor.

At age 97, Lily Ebert has gained more than a million followers on TikTok for her videos answering people’s questions about the Holocaust. She is one of the last living survivors of the notorious Nazi death camp Auschwitz.

Who is protecting us? WJC Executive Vice President Maram Stern in the German newspaper Juedische-Allgemeine. It sounds like a rhetorical question: Is it okay to insult the elderly? Or to mock and threaten Holocaust survivors? Of course not, any reasonable person would agree. There are laws, there are rules. But laws and rules are only as good as their implementation. The sober answer in reality is you can do it all, even when youre not allowed to, because there are almost never any consequences...

When a military conflagration halfway around the world ignites flames of hate that pour into the streets of New York City, it is sad, frightening and confusing. But it is not surprising. We have seen unfettered rage seek out an innocent mark too many times by now to be surprised. Still, seeing the verbal and physical harassment, assault and vandalism take over the streets I grew up on hit me hard.

Jewish social justice activists show up for other causes unconditionally - but many find themselves alienated after Israel-Hamas conflict

Anti-Defamation League calls on world leaders to educate against anti-Jewish prejudice following increase of nearly 65% in number of anti-Semitic incidents since the start of the latest round of hostilities between Israel and Palestinian terror groups

Supporters for both Israel and the Palestinians used the platforms in order to sway public opinion and pressure leaders to intervene, with posts becoming louder and more graphic in order to get more viral and have a greater impact

Holocaust survivor, 97, bombarded with anti-Semitic messages on TikTok Recent round of hostilities between Israel and Gaza’s terror groups prompts wave of anti-Jewish abuse online, including against Lily Ebert, who uses her social media account to answer questions about her life and survival in Auschwitz Tali Farkash, Alexandra Lukash, Nir Cohen | Published: 05.27.21 , 22:44 The TikTok account of 97-year-old Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert was recently swamped by a deluge of anti-Semitic mes...

Secure Community Network blames widespread disinformation, and clear calls for violence against Jews, deliberately spread online, including from Iran