More on Anne Frank in the current non-Jewish moment

This controversy appears to have legs, helped by this from Trump’s antisemitism envoy:

To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.

Joel S. (@joelhs.bsky.social) 2026-01-27T15:28:20.113Z

I did not remember the part about the summons to Margot. The question-begging is so pervasive I could not put together a coherent post–“they were in The Netherlands legally(until the laws changed and they weren’t;” “she was targeted for being Jewish while these people are not Jewish;” “she was murdered, not deported;” “ICE is going after horrible criminals harming our society (exactly what the Nazis said).”

I doubt I can improve on this from Emily Tomkin. Nor should the Auschwitz Memorial be required to remind a rabbi of this:

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence… to systematic and industrial murder.Auschwitz took time.

Auschwitz Memorial (@auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social) 2026-01-27T11:00:13.161470314Z

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