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Eisenhower’s Heir Warns of Rising Holocaust Denial 80 Years After WWII

Sarah Johnson

Sarah Johnson

May 8, 2025

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Eisenhower’s great-grandson warns of rising Holocaust denial 80 years after WWII, urging remembrance of 6 million Jews killed.

Eighty years after the Holocaust’s horrors, Merrill Eisenhower Atwater, great-grandson of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, warns that denial and downplaying of the genocide are rising. Speaking ahead of Victory in Europe Day, which marked Nazi Germany’s surrender on May 8, 1945, he urged remembrance of the 6 million Jews and millions more killed.

Atwater joined the March of the Living last month, walking from Auschwitz to Birkenau with survivors and thousands globally, honoring victims and liberators. “Sitting with survivors, we wept together,” he said, crediting their bravery and his great-grandfather’s leadership for saving generations. Among them was Eva Clarke, born April 29, 1945, at Mauthausen’s gates, surviving by divine timing as the Nazis’ gas supplies ran out.

Clarke’s mother, Anka Kauderova, endured years in camps, losing her husband and first child. “Her story is a testament to human resilience,” Atwater noted. Israel Meir Lau, a Buchenwald survivor, and Chaim Herzog, who helped liberate Bergen-Belsen, were also remembered, their legacies tied to Eisenhower’s Allied command.

“Holocaust denial stems from disbelief in such evil,” Atwater said, stressing the documented truth of 10,000 daily murders. As survivors like Clarke return to Mauthausen to mark its liberation, he calls for moral clarity: “We all know right from wrong. This must never be forgotten.”

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Holocaust denialEisenhowerWWIIAuschwitzVictory in EuropeMarch of the LivingsurvivorsNazi genocideMauthausenWorld NewsHistoryHolocaust

Editor's Comments

Holocaust denial’s creeping back like a bad sequel nobody asked for. Atwater’s out here reminding us: 6 million isn’t just a number—it’s a truth Nazis themselves scribbled down. Imagine surviving Mauthausen like Eva Clarke, born as the gas ran out, only to hear folks say it didn’t happen. That’s not just denial; it’s like telling her life’s a typo. Why do some folks dodge history? Because facing it means admitting humanity’s got a dark side that needs constant watching. Here’s a joke: Why’d the denier skip the history lesson? Too busy rewriting it on a conspiracy blog!

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