Holocaust Denial Adapts for the Social Media Age

Single-series bar chart on a black background titled “Social Media Mentions of Auschwitz Orchestra.” • Yellow bar for 2022 reaches roughly 1,900 mentions. • Brown bar for 2024 rises to about 4,800 mentions. A diagonal arrow links the tops of the two bars and is labeled “+158 %,” highlighting the growth. The y-axis spans 0–5,000 mentions with horizontal grid lines.

Holocaust denial and distortion are mutating online, where memes, pseudo-history, and other misinformation recycle old conspiracies for new audiences. As the number of living survivors dwindles, the burden of safeguarding historical truth shifts to future generations confronting these digital falsehoods.