"Teach your children what happens when the world stays silent."
(Nov. 9, 2025 / JNS) On the 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht, three Holocaust survivors who lived through the infamous 1938 Nazi pogrom in Germany as children warned that the world today is once again dangerously unsafe for Jews, urging governments to take decisive action to combat antisemitism and strengthen Holocaust education.
Walter Bingham, 101, George Shefi, 94, and Paul Alexander, 90, who all experienced Kristallnacht, issued a stark joint statement with the International March of the Living, saying that the current wave of global antisemitism mirrors the climate of hate that preceded the Holocaust.
“With today’s antisemitic atmosphere, pogroms against Jews can happen again,” said Bingham, who witnessed Hitler’s rise to power as a boy.