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This aerial image shows the Islamic Center of San Diego, on May 19, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
May 21, 2026, 11:35 am
San Diego mosque shooters, who met online, called for genocide of Jews and Muslims
Holocaust-denying teens praised Hitler, called all women ‘evil,’ in violent writings; terrorists killed beloved security guard Amin Abdullah as he protected 140 schoolchildren
By AP and Leon Kraiem
Holocaust stories and images generated by artificial intelligence are sparking debate among educators and historians. (Illustration by Grace Yagel for JTA)
May 12, 2026, 5:33 am
Experts debate whether AI-generated Holocaust content aids memory or distorts it
A World Jewish Congress clip of Anne Frank highlights potential and peril of new tools as firsthand testimony dies out — and opportunists capitalize on endless supply of ‘slop’
By Toby Axelrod
New Hampshire GOP state Rep. Matt Sabourin dit Choinière (center) testifies before a state committee on his proposed amendment to add a Holocaust denier to the state's Holocaust education commission, January 14, 2026. He is flanked by a stack of Holocaust-denial books. (Screenshot via JTA)
May 1, 2026, 4:15 pm
NH lawmaker faces little pushback after Holocaust deniers testify to education commission
Reports emerge of Rep. Matt Sabourin dit Choinière’s efforts to insert Holocaust denial into the state’s public education guidelines, which took place publicly in January
By Andrew Lapin
Piers Morgan, left, interviews Nick Fuentes on an episode of Morgan's YouTube show, December 8, 2025. (Screenshot via JTA)
December 10, 2025, 2:36 am
After Tucker Carlson, Piers Morgan interviews antisemite and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes
TV commentator and self-described ‘free speech absolutist’ holds white nationalist ‘to proper account’ in two-hour segment, as guest maintains that ‘Hitler was really f-ing cool’
By Andrew Lapin
The digital film set of Auschwitz-Birkenau, called 'Picture from Auschwitz,' was created by ATM Virtual Studio and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum in 2025. (Courtesy)
November 22, 2025, 8:29 am
Auschwitz launches a virtual film set of its grounds, and sparks an ethical debate
‘Picture from Auschwitz,’ a brick-by-brick digital reproduction of the Nazi camp created by the memorial, earns praise despite fears of AI-fueled distortion of Holocaust content
By Matt Lebovic
Elon Musk attends the public memorial service for slain right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on September 21, 2025. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
November 21, 2025, 10:31 pm
France to investigate Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot after posts denying Holocaust
Grok tweeted that gas chambers at Auschwitz were designed for ‘disinfection with Zyklon B against typhus’ rather than mass murder
By Thomas Adamson
Cans of Zyklon B on display at Auschwitz. (photo credit: CC BY Jaysmark, Flickr)
November 19, 2025, 11:36 pm
French authorities probing Grok AI over ‘Holocaust-denying comments’
X chatbot made post Monday, since seen by over a million people, falsely claiming Nazi gas chambers were designed for disinfection instead of mass execution
By AFP
Screen capture from video of Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation, during a video statement, November 5, 2025. (X)
November 6, 2025, 10:37 am
Heritage Foundation head apologizes amid antisemitism turmoil after defending Tucker Carlson
After backlash for his comments on right-wing commentator who hosted Holocaust denier on his podcast, Kevin Roberts says he’ll speak up even if friend Carlson ‘needs challenging’
By JTA and ToI Staff
Candace Owens speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at The Rosen Shingle Creek on February 25, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
October 15, 2025, 11:59 am
Australia upholds visa ban on antisemitic far-right US influencer Candace Owens
Rejecting appeal, High Court backs government’s decision last year to bar her from country, citing her antisemitic views, Holocaust denial and Islamophobia
By Reuters
Illustrative photo of podcasters. (Fenton Roman/iStock by Getty Images)
September 18, 2025, 1:57 am
Podcasts, going off-script, now fertile ground for antisemitic sophistry, critics warn
As long-form podcasts and other types of alternative media bring Holocaust denial and anti-Zionist revisionism to fresh audiences, a newcomer to the field aims to correct the record
By Luke Tress
Far-right Polish lawmaker Grzegorz Braun speaks to parliament in Warsaw, Poland, on December 11, 2023. (AP Photo/ Czarek Sokolowski)
July 12, 2025, 1:54 pm
Polish prosecutors probe far-right lawmaker who called Auschwitz gas chambers ‘fake’
Death camp museum head says will file separate complaint against Grzegorz Braun, a former presidential candidate, who also reiterated blood libel, disrupted pogrom commemoration
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People visit the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, January 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
May 24, 2025, 6:04 pm
Auschwitz museum sounds alarm over ‘harmful’ AI images of Holocaust victims
Museum officials warn that fake AI-generated bios, photos of victims shared on social media are ‘falsifying history,’ could lead to denial of Nazi atrocities
By Agencies
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Executive Secretary Kathrin Meyer appears at a press conference to sign a declaration formally adopting the IHRA working definition of antisemitism at Chelsea Training Ground in Cobham, England, January 17, 2020. (Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images via JTA)
January 28, 2025, 4:57 pm
Holocaust distortion more dangerous than outright denial, warns departing IHRA chief
‘It’s always those who attack freedom, liberal views, diversity and pluralism’ who twist the facts, says Kathrin Meyer. ‘They use Holocaust distortion for their political gain’
By Larry Luxner
High school students from France walk on the ground of the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau former concentration and extermination camp in Oswiecim, southern Poland, on 5 December 2024. (Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
January 23, 2025, 12:12 pm
Most people believe a genocide of Jews could happen today, multi-country survey finds
Claims Conference poll exposes a global trend of fading knowledge about basic facts of the Holocaust, with almost half of French young adults saying they’ve never heard of the term
By Zev Stub
Former far-right National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen clenches his fist at the statue of Joan of Arc, in Paris, May 1, 2017. (Kamil Zihnioglu/AP)
January 7, 2025, 3:59 pm
French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, anti-immigrant firebrand, dies at 96
Polarizing figure, father of politician Marine Le Pen, belittled Holocaust gas chambers as ‘a detail in World War II history,’ railed against migrants and multiculturalism
By Thomas Adamson, Sylvie Corbet and Elaine Ganley
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