I agree with Sam Devinki, who writes in the Feb. 11 Chronicle that the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6 is not comparable to the Holocaust; nothing is. But some of the rebels at the Capitol admire the Holocaust. Their sign “Camp Auschwitz” inspired my letter of Jan. 21.
An article in the National Geographic shows many signs of Holocaust sympathy among the movement: “In December, a photographer captured a Proud Boy marching through the streets of D.C. bearing a shirt emblazoned with 6MWE: Six Million Wasn’t Enough.”
A recent book explains the similarity between the white nationalism movement here and fascism in Europe: “How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them,” by Jason Stanley. He is a Yale professor and the son of Holocaust survivors.
Leonard Zeskind, a Jewish resident of the Kansas City area and expert on white nationalism, writes in the Kansas City Star: “Capitol insurgents didn’t appear overnight. KC can lead the fight against radicalism.”
This movement is not good for the Jews.
Elizabeth B. Appelbaum, Ph.D.
Overland Park, Kansas
