Four top executives join the Museum of Tolerance’s Rabbi Marvin Hier to highlight the memory and lessons of the Holocaust
Holocaust survivor Betty Cohen, holding Hitler’s historic letter, was photographed Aug. 15 with Ron Meyer, Ted Sarandos, Rabbi Marvin Hier, Jim Gianopulos and Jeffrey Katzenberg.
At a time when hate speech and hate crimes are surging all around the world, West L.A.'s Museum of Tolerance is warning that every display of hate must be taken seriously, lest it grow into something powerful and deadly. That's what happened 100 years ago — on Sept. 16, 1919 — when a 30-year-old Adolf Hitler, just out of World War I service and into a German Army propaganda unit, penned a missive that's now the most historically significant item in the museum's archive.
"This would be published on 8chan today," says Sarandos of the letter. "The similarities of the darkest part of the human condition are quite striking." Adds Gianopulos, "The level of discourse has gotten so low and reflected things that are so despicable." And Meyer, a son of Holocaust survivors, says of the recent resurgence of hate, "Frankly, it probably never went away. People just feel more comfortable showing their feelings, unfortunately.
Can Hollywood help? "Those who are privileged to be making popular culture have an obligation to reflect our best values," says Gianopulos. "My daughters studied the Holocaust in school, but nothing had the impact of when I screenedfor them," he adds. "Hollywood can … reflect our best values, reflect the best of our society and also reflect the consequences of the alternative.
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