SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS filled with antisemitic posts are spreading false claims about historical figures online.
One such Facebook account, with many hundreds of posts alleging conspiracy theories, includes claims that Holocaust victim Anne Frank’s diaries were forged, as well as saying World War Two leaders Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt were part of a Jewish plot.
Other posts on the account include illustrations of people wearing the Star of David, a symbol of Judaism that was also incorporated into the flag of Israel, secretly pulling the levers of power, or turning people against each other.
While those allegorical images aren’t factcheckable, the historical claims are.
“Left to right, seated,” begins the caption on a photo of the Yalta conference, a meeting of Allied leaders to discuss the postwar reorganization of Europe.
“Churchill, a.k.a. Jacobson; F. D. Roosevelt, a.k.a. Rosenfelt; Stalin, a.k.a. Dzhugashvili (son of a Jew)!!” the caption continues.
“The three Jews were responsible for or caused the deaths of millions of innocent human beings during and after WW2.”
This post was shared more than 147 times since being posted on 5 December.
Aside from the conspicuous absence of blame for the Axis powers (which had invaded many European countries, starting World War 2, and pre-emptively attacked US and Russia), the description of the three leaders as Jews is false.
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