Kristallnacht survivors in warning about antisemitism and hate speech

Flowers lie on a concrete slab of the Holocaust Memorial to mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day (AP)

Holocaust survivors from around the world are warning about the re-emergence of antisemitism as they mark the 84th anniversary of Kristallnacht – the “Night of Broken Glass” – when Nazis terrorised Jews throughout Germany and Austria.

In the campaign #ItStartedWithWords by the organisation that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis, several Holocaust survivors have recounted on video how antisemitic speech led to actions that nearly saw the mass extermination of Jews in Europe in the last century.