Some politicians are using Holocaust analogies as anti-vaccine rhetoric
Republican state representative, Anne Dauphinais recently criticized Governor Lamont over his vaccine and mask mandates comparing him to Adolf Hitler.
She’s not the first politician to reference Nazi Germany and the Holocaust to criticize public health rules in the pandemic.
Today, we talk about why these analogies are harmful. Avinoam Patt, Director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life at the University of Connecticut joins us.
Do these references and jokes in popular culture point to the need for better Holocaust education?
Later, we’re going to talk…
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