so that being said, why did in the holocaust happen -- why did the holocaust happen? it happened in significant part because the pressure for democracy in germany from the pressure to transform the imperial political system which was authoritarian into a parliamentary democracy such as in france and england at the same time, unfortunately, this pressure came almost entirely from one political party, and this political party was the socialist party in germany. and this was very, very unfortunate because it meant from the outset that for many, many, for most germans the idea of democracy was tainted by association with socialism. and this taint was a very heavy taint, indeed, because the socialist apparently in germany -- at least in its rhetoric and in its formally-stated program -- was quite radical. they called for revolution. they called for an end to the capitalist system. they called for an end to private property. and for almost everyone in germany outside of the industrial working class which was the base, the constituency of the socialist party, the socialists

the holocaust has been with me for a long time now. in my experience it is qualitatively different from how we respond to contemplating other historical events. when we look at all the terrible suffering human beings have inflicted on each other down through the centuries we are often saddened by what we see and sometimes we are also a angry. we look at the holocaust, we are frightened. the holocaust frightens people. why is that? what is different? what is special, what is unique about the holocaust? today i will offer you an answer to that question. i will talk for five minutes about my book, what is new about this book and why you may find it useful and i will take 15 minutes to summarize the central argument of my book which is my explanation, my answer to the question why did the holocaust happened in the last 12 minutes of my remarks i will return to the question in what sense may we consider the holocaust to be unique, to be in a category by itself not only among episodes of genocide but among all historical occurrences as in fac

from the u.s. holocaust memorial museum who's the reason this program is here today, she arranged the speakers and had the idea for the program. roberta schafer, associate librarian of congress. beecher wiggins, our aba director, audrey fisher and the staff of the public affairs office, suvita who let us have the wonderful pavilion, and galena of the ij section. also, of course, marvin kalb and our panelists, martin goldsmith and diane afoumado. i will be stepping aside as soon as i introduce mr. be kalb, and he will take over the program. marvin kalb spent 30 years as an award-winning reporter for cbs news and nbc news. he's written or co-authored 11 nonfiction books and two fiction books, and he's currently working on a new book, "the soviet spring: the rise and challenge of putin's russia." he's a nonresident senior fellow with the foreign policy programs at brookings and is a senior adviser to the pulitzer center on crisis reporting. he focuses on the impact of media and on public policies and politics a

when the holocaust is invoked, disappointed at the way the administration and my leadership and partyhandling this. >> i really appreciate you joining us. >> take a listen. >> this very serious influx has been brought about not to benefit the young immigrant children, but in order to benefit the democrats and the 2016 election. liz: coming up, another liz: coming up, another hollywood actor to speak out. c'mon, you want heartburn? when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast, with tums. heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact. and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum... tums! my motheit's delicious. toffee in the world. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. . earth justice defends that

could do the .nimaginably cruel things that was not the great lesson of the holocaust. great lesson of the holocaust is that decent cultured people, people who would otherwise be considered evilpeople, can allow such to prevail, that the german public -- they were not monsters, but it was ok with machine dide nazi what they did. i am not drawn comparison tween israeli machine and the condition. point is not exactly what they did, but the pot is, the thatnce that they gave decent people could watch evil and do nothing about it, that is the most important point of the holocaust. but theer and the ss, public that allowed this to happen, and my deep disappointment that the israeli democracy,it is a put these people back into office again and again. mentioned your experiences as a holocaust survivor. could you go into it more deeply? you were born in germany in 1930. talk about the rise of the nazis and how your family escaped. >> i do not consider myself a survivor in the sense that i was not in a concentration camp but i lived under nazi occupation. came born in 1930, nazis

when the holocaust is invoked, disappointed at the way the administration and my leadership and partyling this. >> i really appreciate you joining us. >> take a listen. >> this very serious influx has been brought about not to benefit the young immigrant children, but in order to benefit the democrats and the 2016 election. liz: coming up, another hollywood actor to speak out. ♪ ♪ ♪ really... so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 dollars a month? yup. all five of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line anytime for 15 bucks a month. low dues... great terms... let's close. introducing at&t mobile share value plans... ...with our best-ever pricing for business. there was like an i haderuption on my skingles. and burning. i'd lift my arm and the pain back here was excruciating. when i went to the doctor his first question was "did you have chickenpox?" i thought it was something that, you know, old people got. your studied d

you made a comment back in 2009 comparing climate change to the holocaust. and my question is, are you suggesting, when you made that comment, that climatologists and climate scientists are the equivalent of hitler and nazis? i mean that's what seems like you were trying to say. >> you know, you know, i get called a denier, and anyone who objects to all of the hype gets called a denier. that's supposed to make me a holocaust denier. you know, i'm getting tired of that. and the comment i made was the demonization of carbon dioxide is just like the demonization of the poor jews under hitler. carbon dioxide is actually a benefit to the world, and so were the jews.

the letters offer unique insights into nazi germany, and the holocaust from the perspective of one young german-you -- german-jewish woman and how an average family responded to the holocaust to assist relatives who they may or may not have known trapped in europe. charlotte will provide her presentation, more details about the letters and the impact of the letters. i do want to remind us that in an age of smartphones, twitter and other rapid communication technologies, that back in the 1930s when lucy set out to save her family, detailed correspondence was the main communication tool. now i would like to welcome a couple of guests in the audience; stephen solomon and roger blaine who represented lucy for many years. it was roger who found the letters in lucy's forest hills apartment where she had lived alone for 61 years. and it was roger who called charlotte, our author, to tell her about the letters. you see, there was a direct ajc connection. lucy, for most of her life in new york, worked at ajc in this very building on the -- gene tells me on the second floor right below where we're

holocaust denial can be promoted on websites, radio programs, videos, and so forth. but in the academy, holocaust and i'll is intricate -- holocaust denial is intraday did -- interdicted. it is not that it never rises, but when it does arise, it never arrives as an option. it is not regarded as an alternative vision that one might sincerely have. rather holocaust denial is regarded as one might view "elvis is dead" denial. rather -- so it is therefore the property of kooks and crazies. you can get promoted in a history department for writing about it, but if you advocate it, you will neither get hired or promoted. -- neither get hired, nor promoted. there is the structure of inclusion and a structure of exclusion. but this goes again to eric's point. the first amendment that we now have, which i would call not in a friendly tone a libertarian first amendment. the first amendment we now have is a recent development. and i would say it only emerged fully in 1964 with the famous case "new york times" versus sullivan, which is a case that is dear to the heart of all free-speech ide

for those who were forced to wear triangles in the concentration camps they had no choice during the holocaust it is one of the history part of the appreciating where we arrest important pride weekend it understanding where we've been to make sure that the had a never happens again what can happen with hated and bigotry happened like in the 18930s and 40s. this has been incredible for the lgbt rise in this country, however, aable part of world unfortunate that the offer one hundred countries and 38 nations in saving that cripple lists hometown sexiest and sudan the punishment can be death and it's not illegal in russian president pudding tin signed a law this year's much discrimination for the lgbt community and speakers will point out that out seem as the earlier 1930s and 40s still exist today. the third wrecking demonstrates how easily a government can brand homosexuals so that germans feel comfortable looking the other way in prosecution. i'd like to thank all those who will be speaking the mayor ed lee first (clappin (clapping) senator mark leno (clapping) assembly member tom (clapping) a

in the holocaust, six million jews died. this is genocide. at we jews feel is the highest form of anti-semitism is the blood libel where you falsely attribute murder jews for which they're not responsible. it's specifically these human shields that are being employed by hamas. >> fareed, if someone automatically criticizes israel's actions in gaza, is that automatically anti-semitic? >> no. i think it should be perfectly legitimate for anyone to criticize israel, the government of israel, as it is to criticize any government. but what is deeply disturbing about what you're seeing is the scenes we saw that particularly in europe where people are attacking local jewish restaurants or shops. the idea that a jew anywhere in the world has to be held responsible or can be attacked for actions of the state of israel is reprehensible. >> let me get more specifically about what you're saying there was a jewish-owned business in suburban paris being attacked and looting in belgium. posting a sign in turkish saying entrance allowed for dogs but forbidden

in germany, the country which perpetrated the holocaust against the jews, this al-quds demonstration in previous years has attracted the more militant type of pro palestinian and, frankly, anti-semitic protest. it is a good thing that this year the demonstration has gone on without people overstepping the line. >> certainly a tricky situation, especially for germany. thank you very much. the u.s. state department has accused russia of firing artillery from its territory into ukraine. this comes as the eu is debating whether to impose fresh sanctions on russia. >> after months of hesitation, the eu reached agreement on measures including closing capital markets to state owned russian banks, an embargo on firearm sales to moscow, and restrictions on the supply of energy technologies. it would not affect current supplies of oil, gas and other commodities from russia. cracks in the meantime, the ukrainian -- >> in the meantime, in the ukrainian capital of kiev the government is trying to avoid a political crisis after the government said he wanted to resign. >> prime minister arseniy yat

we also witnessed the greatest tragedy of modern times, the holocaust. so many of you, i have visited and walked among the ruins and ashes of the death camps of auschwitz. while there, i was dumbfounded by how evil can overtake human kind. the scale of war was undeniable, which is why history demands that we are here and proclaim, never again. the same history has taught us that through suffering and sorrow we can find the best of mankind. the one man that we honor here today, raoul wallenberg, provided strength and showed fearlessness while saving the lives of thousands of innocent people. he would eventually give his life to prevent men, women, and children from entering the death camps. those he saved were people he had met and people he never knew. in the jewish faith, we believe that god works through messengers. i truly believe that raoul wallenberg was one of history's greatest messengers for freedom and peace. in the spirit of redemption, it is written in isaiah, the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. to those were rescued by

history -- about the holocaust, there is the scene in poland. the camp was in the distance. the gas chambers. they interviewed all of these people -- no, they did not smell anything, they did not know anything. the great olfactory collapse in poland. time, and as i said for all of the other papers, i well, ane qualifies as good paper is where you can't answer all the questions. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] are watching american history tv, 48 hours of american history programming on c-span3. follow us on twitter, @cspanhistory, to keep up with their schedule and the latest history news. >> this year c-span is touring cities across the country looking at local history. up next, our visit to des moines, iowa. watchingbuilt at the confluence des moines and the raccoon rivers. the geography, if you will, everything feeds there. of the water at the central part of the state. flooding in iowa is not all that uncommon. when you take a look at the snowpack, these snow melt, if you will. us

we also witnessed the greatest tragedy of modern times, the holocaust. ps of auschwitz. while there i was dumbfounded by how evil can overtake human ki kind. the scale of horror was undeniable, which is why history demands that we are here and proclaim never again. the same history has taught us that through suffering and sorrow we can find the best of mankind, the one man who we honor here today raoul wallenberg provided strength and showed fearlessness was saving the lives of thousands of innocent people. he would eventually give his life to prevent men, women and children from entering the nazi death camps. does he saved were people he had met and people he had never known. in the jewish faith, we believe that god works through messengers. i truly believe raoul wallenberg was one of history's great messengers for freedom and pea peace. in the spirit of redemption, it is written in isaiah, the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. to those who were rescued by raoul wallenberg, he was their light that shines in their darkness. his gifts

the parents eventually were killed during the holocaust. but the kids grew up in england.se parallels are never precise, but it's something our viewers might want to look back at as well, the whole kinder transport. gloria, we have to wrap it up, but go ahead. >> i was just going to say, that's why i think it was so important that the president should have actually gone to the border. and sort of borne witness to what was going on so he could talk to the american public about it, having seen it. it would have been a lot more than a photo op. >> yep, all right, guys, thanks, gloria borger, david gergen. discussion, very critically important issue. >>> coming up, a new assignment for bowe bergdahl as the u.s. army sergeant looks to get back to normal after five years in captivity. >>> and shock and anger after attackers carry out a major massacre. we're going live to the iraqi capital. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >>> welcome back, i'm wolf blitzer reporting from jerusalem. let's go

the nazis were still in power and had their version of the holocaust and the people who suffered had their version, would you compare them or is that insulting to the people who suffered? we had to suffer twice. first what we went through, and now what cuba is saying happened to us. is that fair or insulting? >> i guess it depends on whether you are approaching it as an academic or as a person. an academic walks a fine line. >> does it give credence to what do not cease -- nazis say they did during the holocaust, holocaust deniers? >> i doubt any academic would give credence to that. but i do believe many academics, in fact scholars i am friends with, have studied the nazis and formed andey socialized children to make them be members of the nazi youth. they have studied them not necessarily to legitimize what they have done but is a way of attempting to understand how it happened. >> i understand that. compare ourto collective memory with their collective memory, which is not their collective memory, but .heir way of making history trying to rewrite history. compare what we went thro

but with the holocaust so recent and european history to be in here the venom that europeans have towardsael, i often feel that europeans don't let the holocaust for getting caught. lou: that is harsh. >> i'm sick of attacks on israel. >> i understand that. and i will join you in that. but i also think that we have to be careful not to over generalize particularly about europe, much of it is frustrating and i'm sure they find this this way as well. but when you think about this, these demonstrations were anti-somatic. >> okay. now, israel is a rule of our democracy in the middle east where ribbons whites are respected and even the president is not above the law, where education and hard work are valued. and our government is once again betraying israel and john kerry has gone to the middle east to save hamas again. lou: it is always good to have you with us and thank you. >> thank you. lou: drug offenders are now eligible for early release after voting unanimously late last week to reduce those terms. unless our congress moves to stop the commission plan, a judge will now be able to revie

know the families and my grandfather was the first person on the house floor to speak out against the holocaust and so you he had a real sense of his constituents actually newark who were talking on about family members that they were concerned about and about the issues going on across the atlantic at the time and so he was one of the first to speak out against the holocaust but he also was able to hmm build relationships in a way that over the course of 20 years opened real powerful solutions and his mother and his uncle were both in the senate and others going back across the tide senator what impact do you think this extraordinary lineage mm hmm in public service has had on you? in your view of serving in government? well i think there are really two things that impact me um number one it's you know we always solve very clearly that it's proud that you know what your ancestors have done as all of our ancestors were proud of but you have to know what they did but it's deeply important that they would be proud of what you were doing and so whether it's in a volunteer capacity and me as a volu

this is a film about a polish jewish boy about age 8 who has to oppose as a gentile to survive the holocaust. it's told through his eyes and he has to go from home to home trying to find a place to live and concocting a story in order to be taken in by the different households that he goes to. >> do you know what his nationality was and field, sociologist or journalist? >> an attorney. >> i'm not sure which country he came from. might have been hungary. >> interesting. >> he was taken with what was happening with the armenians in turkey. that's what got him involved and then he became a holocaust survivor himself. >> the work in this arena predates the work in world war ii. >> yes, kind of fascinating. >> interesting. we'll see another film clip, do you want to set that up? >> this is a film by local film makers, schneider. it focuses on their son, micah, who for his bar mitzvah, decides to do a mitzvah and collect baseball equipment for cuba. and he's motivated because his grandfather was a holocaust survivor that ended up in cuba and felt an allegiance in the country and he is following in

it is not just about politics and it certainly isn't about the holocaust.even bringing it up, pollution being an issue. >> this is a long-standing and bilateral trade between china and germany when it comes to energy. when china and germany began their advance with renewable chinese supply for german demand. but if you look at the traditional power grid, there has been a long-standing tradition of siemens selling it to china. today, if you are in a world in which russia is rotating its gas supply more towards china than towards germany, you have a situation where there is a lot of demand downstream for things that germany can still make, not just the 22 million cars it can sell, but all kinds of environmental goods and services which, germany with its good capital quality and services, can meet their needs. >> germany provides the technology that china needs. >> germany supplies the market and china supplies the technology. historically, there is a good bilateral trade. >> it goes back to what i was saying, trade surplus. everybody needs china, don't they n

the holocaust. it is an instrument to use and play against the international public opinion to play with the image of iran. otherwise any changes in this position broad policy for them, the position that is very much the same. therefore i don't believe a change in the iranian position would matter. this is a fact and you can compare it. and second, the problem with the compilation of israel, i'm very surprised why everyone is talking about iran than 90% of muslim countries, the majority of u.s. allies like saudi arabia if you can convince them, commends them to negotiate. but for 40 or 50 years, you have not been able to convince your allies and you blame iran. i don't know, you have 67 countries. and this is not the issue with iran. but can you find one piece of evidence with any higher-level of these individuals saying that they would wipe israel off the map? >> you would find a lot of statements, very high level and they said that we would not be a part of this peace process, it was that if there

about a jewish boy, a polish jewish boy about age eight who has to pose as a gentile to survive the holocaust and it is told through his eyes and he has to go to try to find a place to live and concocting a story to be taken by the different households that he goes to. >> do you know what his nationality was field was? >> an attorney, a lawyer. i'm not sure which country he came from. >> i think it may have been hungary. he was really taken with what was happening in turkey. >> so his work in this arena predates his experience in world war ii. >> interesting. >> so we're going to see another film in a moment. do you want to set this up? >> this say film by local film makers. and it focuses on their son michah and for his -- they collect base bat equipment for cuba his father was a holocaust survivor that ended up in cuba and he feels and allegiance for cuba. >> we need to pay a debt. and what better way to give people love. you got to be willing to donate any equipment to me, bats, balls, mitts, hats? >> it is a country under sanction but it is safe. >> the baseball summer program is here. >>

>> nothing compares to the holocaust. if you go back to what we have, that attracted the right short of immigrants. they came here specifically because they were free. they were able to pursue their own self interest. >> don't forget. >> you would say that the people here legitimately have to suffer for the people here illegitimately. that's not american. that's more mean spirited than anything. >> and that is the end of the block. we will have to leave it right the there. >> i just tweeted this. airliner shot out of the sky, war breaking out in the mideast, commander in chief fund raising around the country. >> >> everybody is doing their fair share. >> their fair share. >> do their fair share. >> fair share. >> the young americans voted for the president and now it seems they are buying into his message. a new survey finding nearly half of my -- our officials have been preaching for decades now. a lot of young people don't know what capitalism is. it means that your life doesn't matter. the state owns you. you have no ri

she studied the holocaust with her father and they planned this trip together. this is not the first time this type of controversial selfie has gotten such debate. they explain in the past few months, they have seen them taken in auschwitz and others posted to social networks. they have all sort of wacky shots in somewhat dubious taste. >> hoping to gather as many birthday cards as possible for the special day. earlier, they posted this message, an american boy who has an inoperable brain tumor. see, these are setup up to track his progress. they are from across the united states. in addition to the 8500 plus birthday cards, there is also 900 gifts to his great delight. the wave has far exceeded all expectations and the parents have expressed their greatest thanks. and this heart warming doesn't end there. some users have contributed to the crowd funding campaign set up to help pay for his treatment. raiserents were hoping to $15,000 but ended up with over $25,000. this should be enough to cover the hefty medical fees. the 75th anniversary of the first appearance

and sisters, over 1 million of them children, who were killed in the senseless slaughter during the holocaust by the nazi butchers. and as we pray for the survivors who so need your love in the twilight of their days, let us also resolve never to forget raoul wallenberg, a great light in that terrible darkness. you, almighty god, command us to cherish and preserve all life. raoul wallenberg did this even at the risk of his own, and today some 100,000 people, those he saved and their descendants, live and breathe and work to make your world better as a result of his ultimate sacrifice. as one of those wrote of raoul wallenberg, those words engraved on the medal, he lives on forever through those he saved. from this special and historic place, and in the presence of our leaders, on behalf of 300 million of my fellow americans, until when? how much more senseless taking of innocent life, dear god? how many more rivers of tears shed by your children with broken hearts and shattered lives who will never again see their loved ones because someone evil felt the need to prove a point? when will you f

around world war ii where this country unwisely closed its borders to people who were fleeing the holocaust in germany. they came here, they returned back, sent back, many of them to certain death. >> reporter: now, it was the hispanic caucus that president obama invited here to the white house to try to talk them back. they are very angry with what the president wants to do. the president was also compelled to send him homeland security secretary, jay johnson, back to the alcohol. afterwards john mccain came back and said sending them back is the humanitarian thing to do and the only thing had a would deter the flood from the central america. >> i hope we'll act immediately in order to change that law. nothing is going to improve until the plane loads of children return to the country that they left, thereby costing their parents and families thousands of dollars. then they'll stop coming to the united states. >> reporter: now, what about public opinion? the pew research organization john has a poll out today. 53% of americans the majority now say the government should speed up that legal

>> nothing compares to the holocaust. if you go back to what we have, that attracted the right short of immigrants. they came here specifically because they were free. they were able to pursue their own self interest. >> don't forget. >> you would say that the people here legitimately have to suffer for the people here illegitimately. that's not american. that's more mean spirited than anything. >> and that is the end of the block. we will have to leave it right the there. >> i just tweeted this. airliner shot out of the sky, war breaking out in the mideast, commander in chief fund raising around the country. >> wondering what that is? that, my friends, is everything. and with the quicksilver card from capital one, you earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on everything you purchase. not just "everything at the hardware store." not "everything, until you hit your cash back limit." quicksilver can earn you unlimited 1.5% cash back on everything you could possibly imagine. say it with me -- everything. one more time, everything! and

>> nothing compares to the holocaust. if you go back to what we have, that attracted the right short of immigrants. they came here specifically because they were free. they were able to pursue their own self interest. >> don't forget. >> you would say that the people here legitimately have to suffer for the people here illegitimately. that's not american. that's more mean spirited than anything. >> and that is the end of the block. we will have to leave it right the there. >> i just tweeted this. airliner shot out of the sky, war breaking out in the mideast, commander in chief fund raising around the country. >> it's not happening in france. it's happening right here in the u.s. and thank you for your bravery. thank you colonel. thank you daddy. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance can be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. >> everybody is doing thei

pro-palestinian demonstrators with signs and slogans show images of hitler, the holocaust, and apartheidages say oren segal that confuse historical facts and fan the flames of religious intolerance. >> it conflates issues that people may have with issues with israel with issues they have with jews that is anti-semitism. and that's what is dangerous. >> reporter: segal heads the center on extremism for the jewish anti-defamation league which tracks protests. >> increasingly it's not just israel or israelis that are being compared to hitler and the nazis, it's jews. so, the focus for many of the people at the rallies is to demonize jews. they don't see the difference. >> reporter: europe has seen a rise in anti-semitic attacks over the last few weeks, most blatantly, jewish-owned businesses vandalized and one burned in paris after an anti-israel rally. the u.k. has also reported a spike. more than 100 incidents reported. and america is not immune. smaller acts of vandalism directed not towards israeli institutions, but toward synagogues, like the one in miami sprayed with nazi swastikas, t

meeting here today was an amazing experience like antonio frank talked about what happened in the holocaust and gave a glimgs it's amazing it takes a young woman to talk about how we have is a ways to go and that's from julie why in the bay area in this is this day and age a trans woman that goes to school high school was bullied and targeted. and what happened is that instead of going after the people that are that bullying here and abusing her you had the local district attorney when they stride to defend herself they filed criminal charges against her this is high blood pressure in 2013-2014 in the bay area so the fact she's here tells us we still have a ways to go but there's something to amazing about this community there are people who notwithstanding their anchorage not afraid to speak i so julia on behalf of the all the queer boys and girls that are struggling with who they are even in this bay area thank you so much i am honored to be in your presence. thank you (clapping.) good morning, everyone. i would like to thank you, everyone for letting me be here today. and not everybody k

taking place we must remind people of the hatred and prevent it from happening what happened in the holocaust must be m my not be repeated ever >> (clapping) thank you leah that was terrific she'll be speaking a little bit later. now to give the rest of the history the pink triangle. we have the grand marshall melanie she's going to tells what's happening in africa she's an attorney and a human rights advocate and s has a human rights advocacy firm >> thank you. hi everybody and thank you for being here. hello maliciously and thank you it's wonderful to see you a big thank you for o to peaking this is a tremendous land use & economic developmently important thing looking at that pink triangle on the one hand we've made strides in iceland and israel many countries punish homosexual and now homosexuality protective we have we have the twin peaks that's an u.s. bancorp citizen particularly across the decades we can't ignore. 81 years ago on may 6, 1933, nazi ransacked places and researched the records this year the u began ransacked the projects leading to its e itself closer in 18934 a special

pro palestinian demonstrators with signs and slogans show images of hitler, the holocaust and apartheidd fans intolerance. >> it is anti-semitism and that's what's difference. >> segal heads the center of extremism for the jewish anti defamation league which tracks protests. >> it's not just israel or israeli being compared to hitler and the nazis, it's jews. the focus for many of these people at these rallies is to demonize jews. they don't see the difference. >> reporter: europe has seen a rise in anti-semitic attacks over the last two weeks, most recently a business burned in paris after an anti israel rally. the uk has also reported a spike, more than 100 incidents reported. america is not immune. smaller acts of vandalism directed not towards israeli institutions but towards synagogues like the one in miami sprayed with nazi swastikas, the word jew written in cream cheese on a car. it's spreading on social media sites and online hackers have targeted synagogue websites with claims denying the holocaust. ziad ramadan with the group care says it could trigger an anti muslim backlash,

. >> [indiscernible] >> could you wait for the -- historye interested in -- about the holocaust, there is the scene in poland. the camp was in the distance. the gas chambers. they interviewed all of these people -- no, they did not smell anything, they did not know anything. the great olfactory collapse in poland. time, and as i said for all of the other papers, i well, ane qualifies as good paper is where you can't answer all the questions. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] are watching american history tv, 48 hours of american history programming on c-span3. follow us on twitter, @cspanhistory, to keep up with their schedule and the latest history news. >> this year c-span

we also witness the greatest tragedy of modern times, the holocaust. ng the ruins and ashes of the death camps of auschwitz and berkenow. while there, i was dumbfounded of how evil can overtake human kind. the scale of horror was undeniable. which is why history demands that we are here and proclaim never again. the same history has taught us that through suffering and sorrow, we can find the best of mankind. the one man that we honor here today, raoul wallenberg, provided strength and showed fearlessness while saving the lives of thousands of innocent people. he would eventually give his life to prevent men, women, and children from entering the nazi death camps. those he saved were people he hadn't met and people he'd never know. in the jewish faith, we believe that god works through messengers. i truly believe raoul wallenberg was one of history's great messengers for freedom and peace. in the spirit of redemption, it is written in isaiah, the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. to those who were rescued by raoul wallenberg, he wa

a jewish massacre in europe and calling for blood vengeance so he's explicitly linking this to the holocaust he referred to the killers and hamas as human animals and his incitement has led directly to the murder of this seventeen year old palestinian boy apparently abducted by settlers now the israeli government. and its intelligence services and the palestinian authority had a recording of a phone call by one of the israeli teens who were apparently abducted that. they could hear a gunshot in the phone call they had known that these teens were dead since sometime around july fourteenth not only that but it was reported in palestinian media that the israeli of israeli forces had raided the homes of the cole was may and families in hebron ten kilometers from the site of the alleged kidnapping and accused these to their sons of conducting the kidnapping those are the two suspects who have been announced but they were announced two weeks later so it's not clear to me that the israeli government has manipulated this situation to avoid a police action to a justify a military action directed at h

person, the imminent threat of destruction of all the atrocities that happen our entire life, from the holocaustif we have an army now, i have to help them out. >> reporter: more than 900 palestinians have been killed in the latest conflict, at least 40 from the israeli forces are dead, including two americans. >> max is from los angeles, from the san fernando valley. that's where my brother and i grew up. though i didn't know him personally, it's, it hits close to home. >> reporter: asher, an american and iz raley citizen served with the idf for three years. his brother is on active duty now. his unit is in the conflict zone. >> you start imagining the worst. and on one hand, each time they release a name you breathe a sigh of relief because it's not him, but then you realize that's someone else's son or brother or father. >> reporter: zlotnik says some have been called back to duty, his group hasn't. >> this is what we have to do. >> reporter: he doesn't live in israel, but he believes he shares a responsibility to fight for it. >> it's easy to live in america and advocate for israel, but if y