We, Holocaust survivors, lived through the Kristallnacht pogrom as children in Germany.

We saw with our own eyes how hatred turned to flames, how indifference became complicity, and how the world stayed silent as Jews were attacked.

Today, 87 years later, we look around us and say with deep pain: the world has learned nothing.

Once again, Jews are murdered for being Jews. Once again, synagogues are attacked. Once again, universities remain silent in the face of incitement.

Hatred of Israel and the Jewish people spreads like a plague.

The world today is no safer for Jews than it was 87 years ago.

In today’s atmosphere, Kristallnacht could happen again.

We call  on governments to act decisively to eradicate antisemitism and to strengthen Holocaust education.

Learn history. Teach your children what happens when the world stays silent.

We say this from a lifetime of experience: antisemitism does not disappear on its own.

It grows when met with silence. It thrives where ignorance prevails. It stops only when courageous people – Jews and non-Jews alike – stand up and say: enough.

Unlike the glass shattered on Kristallnacht, the Jewish spirit did not break, and will never break.

Our spirit is stronger than fire, more stubborn than hate, and shines even in the darkest times.

Am Yisrael Chai.

Walter Bingham, George Shefi, Paul Alexander