Holocaust Survivor Sidney Zoltak Has a Message for Anti-Vaxxers Exploiting His Trauma

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To commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, Marlow Stern spoke with Sidney Zoltak about his family’s story of survival, why you shouldn’t be a bystander, and ignorant anti-vaxxers.

Published Jan. 27 2022 4:42AM EST

In recent months, a number of Americans—mostly on the conservative right—have compared taking precautions against the spread of COVID-19 to the Holocaust, reappropriating everything from swastikas to the yellow Star of David as symbols of their so-called oppression.

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Holocaust Survivor Sidney Zoltak Has a Message for Anti-Vaxxers Exploiting His Trauma

To commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, Marlow Stern spoke with Sidney Zoltak about his family’s story of survival, why you shouldn’t be a bystander, and ignorant anti-vaxxers.

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