{"id":1212711,"date":"2022-01-12T22:50:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T03:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1212711"},"modified":"2022-01-12T22:50:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T03:50:13","slug":"amazon-blasted-for-monetizing-jew-hatred-by-hosting-selling-nazi-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-blasted-for-monetizing-jew-hatred-by-hosting-selling-nazi-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Blasted for \u2018Monetizing Jew-Hatred\u2019 by Hosting, Selling Nazi Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famazon-blasted-for-monetizing-jew-hatred-by-hosting-selling-nazi-propaganda%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1212711&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/a28afb38abbdd3ef288ef43053110224-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>After the recent revelation of the sale of original Nazi propaganda films on Amazon, prominent voices slammed the e-commerce giant, accusing it of engaging in \u201chate-for-profit schemes\u201d and \u201cdangerous\u201d monetization of antisemitism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Following a recent <\/span><span>publication<\/span><span> by Americans Against Antisemitism (AAA) which <a href=\"https:\/\/americansaa.org\/letter-to-amazon-concerning-nazi-propaganda-films-on-platform\/\">slammed<\/a> Amazon for hosting \u201chorrific\u201d Nazi propaganda films and declared its intention to implore the multinational tech company to remove the hateful content from its site, a slew of groups and individuals joined in the condemnation of the Big Tech behemoth.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Former New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D), founder of the AAA advocacy group that combats hate, posted a clip on Monday stating, \u201cWe at @AmericansAA uncovered the latest of @amazon\u2019s hate-for-profit schemes: selling more than 30 original version Nazi propaganda films!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI haven\u2019t heard back from Amazon despite their recognizing having made the same error repeatedly,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmericansAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmericansAA<\/a> uncovered the latest of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amazon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@amazon<\/a>&#8216;s hate-for-profit schemes: selling more than 30 original version Nazi propaganda films!<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t heard back from Amazon despite their recognizing having made the same error repeatedly<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NaziFilmsOnAmazon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NaziFilmsOnAmazon<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1h1qqjpliv\">https:\/\/t.co\/1h1qqjpliv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ayNrb0kCch\">pic.twitter.com\/ayNrb0kCch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HikindDov\/status\/1480667692629733385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>In the two-minute clip, Hikind is seen speaking before a screen displaying scenes of specific propaganda films.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>I can\u2019t believe what I came across on Amazon,\u201d he began, slamming the availability of Triumph of the Will \u2014 a 1935 Nazi propaganda film commissioned by Adolf Hitler which contains excerpts from speeches by Nazi leaders interspersed with footage of Nazi troops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCan you imagine how proud [Nazi propaganda minister Joseph] Goebbels is to think that the work that he was involved in is being celebrated by people all over the world thanks to Amazon?\u201d he asked. \u201cIs this insane? It makes no sense.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Slamming \u201cAmazon in 2022\u201d for featuring \u201cfilms that glorify the Nazis,\u201d Hikind noted that, unlike with other such films, none of these contain any Disclaimers or content advisory notices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAll of these films \u2014 there is no explanation; there\u2019s no commentary; there is nothing,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Noting the recent increase in antisemitism, Hikind then asks, \u201cWhy would Amazon be making money off Nazis?\u201d and concludes by calling on the site to end the sales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cShame on you, and put an end to this right now,\u201d he says.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Hikind also spoke with <\/span><i><span>Breitbart News<\/span><\/i><span> on Tuesday, blasting the \u201cincompetent\u201d tech company for not keeping to its own policy after previous statements made by Amazon executives declared such content unfit for their site.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd yet, they\u2019ve chosen to ignore our communications while turning a blind eye to the hate they\u2019re actively helping spread,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Claiming we are at a \u201cturning point in post-Holocaust history,\u201d he suggested we \u201cdecide if we would be, as a collective in America, entirely fine with strolling about our neighborhoods and seeing [antisemitic Nazi propaganda films] \u2018Der Ewige Jude\u2019 or \u2018Jud Suss\u2019 featured on the local cinema\u2019s marquee, or not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cIf not,\u201d he added, \u201cthen we must register a loud and unequivocal rejection of such accursed offerings at one of the world\u2019s largest retailers, otherwise the slope only gets slippier from here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Addressing arguments that such content possesses \u201ceducational value,\u201d Hikind sought to distinguish between education and \u201cindoctrination.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s true, all Nazi films can be instructive but no one would sit children in a classroom and have them watch two straight hours of vile racist content without any warning and Disclaimer as well as sufficient context to help them understand and properly situate what they\u2019re watching and why,\u201d he said. \u201cOtherwise, it\u2019s not education but indoctrination.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf these Nazi films on Amazon were the sort designed for educational purposes their product descriptions would specify that aspect rather than reading like they were copied verbatim from the press releases of the Third Reich\u2019s Ministry of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Wednesday, following the publication of AAA\u2019s report, Amazon appeared to have removed access to Triumph of the Will from their streaming platform. In response, Hikind <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HikindDov\/status\/1481268065203535873?s=20\"><span>called<\/span><\/a><span> it an \u201cimportant victory,\u201d while still noting, \u201cthere are a number of obviously hateful Nazi films still for sale.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After Hikind\u2019s clip gained considerable attention \u2014 receiving over 55,000 views as of Wednesday \u2014 others joined him and his group in condemning Amazon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe availability of Nazi propaganda films is deplorable and serves to propagate antisemitism,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news\/320287\"><span>stated<\/span><\/a><span> Dani Dayan, head of Yad Vashem \u2014 Israel\u2019s premiere Holocaust museum and research center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights organization that researches the Holocaust and contemporary antisemitism, also slammed the \u201cdangerous\u201d monetization of \u201cJew-hatred\u201d today.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Is it legal to peddle Nazi propaganda that set the stage for the genocide of 6 million innocent Jews?\u201d the center tweeted. \u201cProbably but shame on<\/span><span> @Amazon<\/span><span> @PrimeVideo<\/span><span> for monetizing Jew-hatred at a time of surging <\/span><span>#Antisemitism<\/span><span>. Dangerous.\u201d<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffBezos\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>@JeffBezos<\/span><span> should put a stop to it now,\u201d it added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is it legal to peddle Nazi propaganda that set the stage for the genocide of 6 million innocent Jews? Probably but shame on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amazon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Amazon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrimeVideo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PrimeVideo<\/a> for monetizing Jew-hatred at a time of surging <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Antisemitism?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Antisemitism<\/a>. Dangerous. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffBezos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JeffBezos<\/a> should put a stop to it now. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v1QAqX1oLM\">https:\/\/t.co\/v1QAqX1oLM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SimonWiesenthalCntr (@simonwiesenthal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonwiesenthal\/status\/1480691640884891649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin (NY), too, joined in the calls to end the sales of such content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAmazon should neither be drawing profit nor providing a platform for Nazi propaganda,\u201d he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepLeeZeldin\/status\/1480970799372771333?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThese products need to be immediately removed from inventory.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGrateful to <\/span><span>@hikinddov<\/span><span> &amp; Americans Against Anti-Semitism for leading the charge to raise awareness &amp; call for these sales to END!\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis called for every \u201chateful film\u201d on the platform to be removed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI stand with<\/span> <span>@RepLeeZeldin<\/span><span>,<\/span> <span>@HikindDov<\/span><span> &amp;<\/span> <span>@AmericansAA<\/span><span> in calling for<\/span> <span>@amazon<\/span><span> to remove this horrific Nazi propaganda,\u201d she wrote.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey have removed one film, but that\u2019s simply not enough,\u201d she added. \u201cEvery hateful film should be removed from its platform immediately.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I stand with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepLeeZeldin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepLeeZeldin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HikindDov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HikindDov<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmericansAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmericansAA<\/a> in calling for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amazon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@amazon<\/a> to remove this horrific Nazi propaganda. They have removed one film, but that&#8217;s simply not enough. Every hateful film should be removed from its platform immediately. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CpWu0W3LuU\">https:\/\/t.co\/CpWu0W3LuU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Office of Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (@RepMalliotakis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMalliotakis\/status\/1481280492066455553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a>.<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the recent revelation of the sale of original Nazi propaganda films on Amazon, prominent voices slammed the e-commerce giant, accusing it of engaging in \u201chate-for-profit schemes\u201d and \u201cdangerous\u201d monetization &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1212711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1212711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1212711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1212711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1212711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}