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S8 Ep742: 5. Holocaust Remembrance and the Iranian Ideology. Malcolm Hoenlein reflects on Yom HaShoah and rising global anti-Semitism. He discusses how Iran's radical ideology drives its leaders to claim victory despite heavy military losses, refusing to compromise

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🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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5. Holocaust Remembrance and the Iranian Ideology. Malcolm Hoenlein reflects on Yom HaShoah and rising global anti-Semitism. He discusses how Iran's radical ideology drives its leaders to claim victory despite heavy military losses, refusing to compromise on their nuclear and proxy ambitions.
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0:00.0

I'm John Batcher. That is McCutter, American Greatness, my colleague and co-host,

0:20.3

and we welcome Malcolm

0:21.3

Holnline, who's been traveling, and he's back. Malcolm, delegations from all over the world land in Poland

0:27.1

these last days. March of the Living, 7,000 people expected to follow 50 Holocaust survivors

0:35.3

marching from Auschwitz and the hanging nooses and displays of

0:41.2

human grief to Berkenau, the former cavalry barracks that were turned into a death camp

0:50.6

once upon a time. This march is significant in that the number of deaths attributed to anti-Semitism

0:59.1

is at or near an all-time high since the Second War.

1:03.4

Is that correct, Malcolm?

1:04.3

Good evening to you.

1:05.8

Good evening to both of you, and it's good to be with you again.

1:10.3

So today is Yomashoa Holocaust Memorial Day,

1:15.2

and it is occasions with commemorations around the world. In Israel, everything stops at I think 11 a.m.

1:23.9

All the highways on the cars just stop wherever they are because the alarms are

1:29.3

sounded, the siren is sounded and it's universally respected. Businesses everything stops for

1:35.7

that moment and people recall and virtually every family touched by in one way or another by the

1:43.9

events even though it's now

1:45.8

more than 80 years since the end of the Second World War. But its relevance has only been

1:53.0

underscored by the rise of anti-Semitism globally and the denial of the Holocaust that we see increasing around the world, even in our own United States, even in our own universities, even amongst young educated Western students, a majority of whom don't know what Auschwitz was.

2:11.6

And many believe that it was concocted, that Israel was responsible, even though Israel didn't exist, or every other

2:18.7

lie in distortion misrepresentation, and based on their, and taken because they're ignorance.

2:26.5

And as you rightly note, a new report that is done annually shows that the death toll is the

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