by Jim Chimirie on X
The Holocaust did not erupt from nowhere. It was not an accident of history or a sudden madness that seized Europe overnight. It was prepared, normalised, and enabled. Jews were first isolated rhetorically, then institutionally, then physically. They were recast as a problem, an obstacle, a malign force whose suffering no longer counted. By the time the camps were built, much of the moral work had already been done. That is the part we prefer not to remember.
Today, across the West, antisemitism is rising openly and unapologetically. It marches under banners of “justice” and chants the language of elimination. It vandalises synagogues, intimidates Jewish students, and assaults Jews in the street – not despite our institutions, but increasingly with their indulgence. Universities host events that glorify October 7 while claiming to speak for feminism. Cultural bodies excuse chants for intifada as political expression. Media outlets launder jihadist talking points through the language of human rights. Governments issue statements of concern while allowing the climate to worsen. This is not accidental. It is ideological.
A Leftist–Islamist alliance has taken root across Western institutions – an alliance that treats Jews not as a protected minority but as a legitimate target. Islamists bring the old hatreds. The radical Left provides the moral cover, recoding Jew-hatred as “anti-Zionism,” “anti-colonialism,” or “resistance.” Together, they have rebuilt the oldest prejudice in a new vocabulary and sold it as virtue.
The result is visible everywhere. Jewish children are warned not to wear school uniforms on public transport. Synagogues require armed guards. Holocaust survivors watch crowds chant for the destruction of the world’s only Jewish state while being told this has nothing to do with Jews. When Jews speak up, they are accused of weaponising history or silencing debate – the same gaslighting used against them for centuries. Holocaust Remembrance Day matters precisely because it reminds us where this road leads.
The Holocaust was the endpoint of a long process of dehumanisation. It began when lies were repeated often enough to sound like truth, when institutions that should have defended moral clarity chose safety instead, and when ordinary people convinced themselves that what they were seeing was exaggerated, complex, or someone else’s problem. “Never again” was not meant as a slogan. It was a warning.
If we allow antisemitism to flourish under the protection of fashionable causes; if we excuse calls for Jewish eradication as anger or trauma; if we permit our universities, media, and political class to become vectors for hatred, then remembrance becomes hypocrisy.