WVIA Special Presentations
Looking Back
Clip: Season 2023 Episode 6 | 2m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Take a look back at the conditions and environment that enabled the Holocaust
Take a look back at the conditions and environment that enabled the Holocaust
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WVIA Special Presentations
Looking Back
Clip: Season 2023 Episode 6 | 2m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Take a look back at the conditions and environment that enabled the Holocaust
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipThe history of Germany is paramount.
They lost the First World War and after the war they faced depression conditions, great unemployment, and they needed somebody to blame for it.
The oldest hatred is Judaism.
People have hated Jews for 5000 years because we believed in one God.
Civil engagement is really what can stop in the future.
Something like what happened in Germany during the Holocaust.
Because the reality is, is that Hitler and his party were elected a few years ago.
I actually went to Germany and I met with descendants of Nazis.
And there was one girl there.
She was 17 years old.
Her grandparents voted for Hitler.
They didn't murder anyone.
They were not in the military.
They were just civilians.
But they voted for Hitler.
And the granddaughter asked her, Grandma, why did you vote for Hitler?
And the grandma says, Because he was strong.
He was like a strong leader.
He was going to save Germany.
He was going to make our country better.
And Hitler promised them, you're going to have jobs and we're going to be the strongest country.
The anti-Semites started brewing up the story that they lost the war because of the Jews.
Don't believe the lies.
Don't believe the conspiracy theories.
Anything that is being perpetuated right now.
I would like for them to think about this as a cautionary tale of this is what can happen if we let hate and hateful people become acceptable.
Hate never wins.
We're all human beings.
We're not black or brown or red or orange.
We're just human beings with people trying to live, make a living, have a family, love each other, and there is no such thing as never again.
Governor Josh Shapiro - Hate has No Home in Pennsylvania
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Clip: S2023 Ep6 | 2m 8s | A message from PA Gov. Josh Shapiro about hate speech and antisemitism (2m 8s)
Holocaust Warnings - Show Open
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Clip: S2023 Ep6 | 1m 52s | Holocaust Warnings: American Antisemitism and Extremism (1m 52s)
Preview: S2023 Ep6 | 1m 14s | Watch Thursday, September 7th at 9pm on WVIA TV (1m 14s)
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