Anne Frank Center Suggests Parallels Between Trump’s America And Nazi-Era Germany
- 7 years ago
The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, a human rights organization founded in the late 1950s, recently tweeted a short list of President Trump’s actions that, for some, sound similar to tactics employed by Adolph Hitler.
The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, a human rights organization founded in the late 1950s, recently tweeted a short list of President Trump’s actions that, for some, sound similar to tactics employed by Adolf Hitler.
That list includes, “The President creates his own media; He exploits youth at a rally,” and, “He endorses police brutality.”
It also states, “He demonizes people who believe, look or love differently; He strips vulnerable people of their families, jobs and ability to live,” and, “He believes Congress should change its rules to give him more power.”
The center’s comment reads, “Alarming parallels of history escalate.”
Steven Goldstein, the director of the center, told Newsweek that the tweet is in no way intended as a direct comparison between the two leaders, as doing so, "would trivialize the Holocaust."
He further noted, “By the same token, it is responsible, and indeed our moral imperative, to point out parallels between actions taken by the Trump administration today and the actions taken by Germany in the 1930s before the Holocaust…That comparison is just, and not to make the comparison would be a dereliction of our duty to ensure 'never again' to any people."
The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, a human rights organization founded in the late 1950s, recently tweeted a short list of President Trump’s actions that, for some, sound similar to tactics employed by Adolf Hitler.
That list includes, “The President creates his own media; He exploits youth at a rally,” and, “He endorses police brutality.”
It also states, “He demonizes people who believe, look or love differently; He strips vulnerable people of their families, jobs and ability to live,” and, “He believes Congress should change its rules to give him more power.”
The center’s comment reads, “Alarming parallels of history escalate.”
Steven Goldstein, the director of the center, told Newsweek that the tweet is in no way intended as a direct comparison between the two leaders, as doing so, "would trivialize the Holocaust."
He further noted, “By the same token, it is responsible, and indeed our moral imperative, to point out parallels between actions taken by the Trump administration today and the actions taken by Germany in the 1930s before the Holocaust…That comparison is just, and not to make the comparison would be a dereliction of our duty to ensure 'never again' to any people."