As October 7 Deniers Emerge, We Could Use a Man Like Dwight Eisenhower, Again

The Supreme Allied Commander understood the importance of documenting what the Allies saw when they went into the Nazi camps. ‘I want you to get everything down,’ Ike ordered.

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Lieutenant General George Patton, left, General Omar N. Bradley, center, and General Dwight Eisenhower, the supreme Allied commander, right, on April 26, 1945 observe liberated occupants of the German concentration camp at Ohrdurf demonstrate how they were tortured by Nazis. AP

Fighting in Gaza is paused, but Hamas propagandists carry on the war by other means. As they work to erase the atrocities of October 7, President Eisenhower’s foresight in documenting the Holocaust reminds us that sharing the truth can’t wait until after the guns fall silent.

“Denial of Hamas’ atrocities,” Haaretz reported on November 7, “is gaining traction online as more and more people play down the terror group’s responsibility for its brutal murders, rapes, and destruction.” If a lie once traveled halfway around the world before the truth put on its pants, today it circles the globe at the speed of tweet.

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