The Trump administration has eliminated several appointments made by former President Biden to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Council. Notable figures removed include Douglas Emhoff, Ron Klain, Tom Perez, Susan Rice, and Anthony Bernal. Emhoff criticized the decision, emphasizing that Holocaust remembrance should remain apolitical and warning against politicizing such a significant historical atrocity. The dismissed members expressed sadness over the shift from a nonpartisan council to politically motivated actions, marking a concerning intersection of politics and historical memory, particularly regarding antisemitism.
Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized. To turn one of the worst atrocities in history into a wedge issue is dangerous and it dishonors the memory of six million Jews murdered by Nazis.
This is a sad day because our mission at the council has always been nonpartisan.
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