It has been 79 years since the darkest chapter in Jewish history, the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jewish men, women, and children perished in the largest and most monstrous genocide in human history. This year presents an even greater challenge in addressing Holocaust remembrance and the singularity of this tragedy, following the massacre of over 1,200 Israeli men, women, children, and elderly and the kidnapping of over 240 people on October 7, 2023, by Hamas terrorists and their accomplices.

On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, INSS researcher Adi Kantor sits down with Israel’s Special Envoy for Combatting Antisemitism Michal Cotler-Wunsh. Together they discuss how to address the issue of Holocaust memory in the shadow of the October 7 massacre. Where do these two tragic and traumatic historical events in Jewish history meet, and where do they differ? Why is it so important to see and acknowledge the differences between the events and to be aware of dangerous comparisons? And how do Jews around the world feel at a time of such an alarming rise in antisemitism after the events of October 7?