“I was very keen and willing to come and speak and hear from the children themselves why they were able to do anything like that, being so, so hurtful to millions of other people.”

She was surprised to hear their answer: They didn’t know what their actions meant. Not the swastika. Not the Hitler salute.

At least one student from the school told the Los Angeles Times they had just learned about the Holocaust in school last month, at least in her history class, watching graphic videos of concentration camps like the one Schloss was in.

But Schloss said even if the lessons had been given, the children had not fully understood or internalized the horror of the camps that she survived and the broader Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews.

…She said she noticed “some had tears in their eyes. They didn’t realize the impact. They were very sorry.”

…the prevalence of Nazi imagery and ideology on social media can be desensitizing for others, said Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University.

“What disturbs me the most about some of these photos and videos is how relaxed these people are at parroting the most bigoted views that we used to see really parroted at places like skinhead rallies,” he told CNN.

Anne Frank’s stepsister meets the teens who partied with a swastika – CNN

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