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IanJSpalding Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons I'm brand new to Mastodon today and just want to say I'm grateful you're here. 🙏

@IanJSpalding @histodons Thank you.

Aaron Doty Dec 17, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @IanJSpalding @histodons The photos and short descriptions of individuals is an compelling and effective way to communicate the atrocities of the Holocaust. Keep doing what you’re doing!

Vcoon53 Dec 16, 2022

Kryten Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons
Keep doing what you're doing. It's important work especially as those that witnessed the atrocities are becoming fewer.
Thank you!

Alex Dec 16, 2022

I have heard that a #Jewish Mastodon instance just recently came online. I'm sorry but I didn't catch the name. Hopefully someone in the community will see the hashtag. #Mazeldon They might have some great resources for you - including the highly sought after 'here is a group of people you need to know' :)

For myself, I believe that your content should be exactly where it is. Exposing the humanity behind the history is so damn important and you handle it well. Thank you for level setting. <3

Colin Rosenthal Dec 16, 2022

@mentallyalex @auschwitzmuseum @histodons I believe it’s called #babka.

Avram Grumer 🎲Dec 17, 2022

@mentallyalex @auschwitzmuseum @histodons Babka.social, maybe?

https://babka.social/explore

Babka Social

A site where you can be unapologetically Jewish, with a healthy, diverse community of Jews and Jewish allies.

Mastodon hosted on babka.social

Red Faster Dec 20, 2022

@mentallyalex @auschwitzmuseum @histodons mazeldon is too amusing to ignore so that's probably the term you're looking for

David Collantes

Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons you are doing great! Simply use the medium as you did on Twitter. Don't abuse the allowed length as often it is better to be short, and simple, to carry the message across. Glad, and honoured to follow you!

@david @histodons It is not easy to use very few words on a very complex subject. We have a bit more possibility here, but we try to balance between short messages, some longer stories and giving access to materials we publish online.

Rage Against Leaves Dec 16, 2022

Just make sure you keep using hashtags in your posts.

Reach here is through boosting and hashtags. Following hashtags adds them to your feed.

When you post with them people following those hashtags will see them.

James Dec 17, 2022

@rageagainstleaves @auschwitzmuseum @histodons how do you follow a hashtag? (Sorry I'm also new!)

Peter Ravn Rasmussen Dec 17, 2022

@giantjj

Click the hashtag to open it, then click the "little person" symbol in the upper right of the window, just like you would when following a user:

Rage Against Leaves Dec 17, 2022

@giantjj @auschwitzmuseum @histodons

Click a hashtag in a post you like or search for one. Click the little dude on the right hand corner. Posts with that tag will start showing up in your feed

James Dec 17, 2022

@rageagainstleaves Thanks! I don't have that option though, I think because my instance isn't fully up-to-date (it's running 3.5 and looks like this feature was introduced in 4). nice feature though, will wait for it

Rage Against Leaves Dec 17, 2022

@giantjj Are you on android? The official andrpid app also doesnt have it yet but Tusky does. So might be a factor.

sonja dolinsek Dec 17, 2022

@giantjj @rageagainstleaves sometimes it also is only possible in the browser, not the mobile app

enigmajx #FBPE #FBPPR Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons
I have had the habit for ages now if retweeting you on the other site under the tag #Remember - a nod to the final "The World At War" episode.

Think you should claim this hashtag as your own as people should never forget!

Steve Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons I think you're posting the right content the right amount. While for most, a direct twitter mirror is not advisable, in your specific case it works.

Thank you for your work.

Yagmoth555 Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons I like the numbers of feed you do.

The thing I seen latelly and that I liked here more on mastodon is the text limit, the fact you describe a bit more than on twitter is nice.

ScottinSoCal 🇺🇦 🕊 🏳‍🌈Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons I'm very new here. On some days it can be overwhelming, seeing the faces and names in post after post. But it's a necessary overwhelming I think. Keep it coming.

@histodons @ScottSoCal @auschwitzmuseum

Jaydee Dec 16, 2022

When your very new, your feed can be dominated by a few accounts. As you grow your timeline, the posts will seem more spread out. I see these posts daily but it never feels overwhelming.

Ted Seuss

Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons you’re doing wonderful as always! I only suggest that you open a Post account as well. I hope USHMM also considers doing the same.

Manqueman Dec 16, 2022

With Nazis and antisemitism being normalized in this nation, y’all *cannot* post too much or too often. (If that wasn’t happening, you wouldn’t have set up on Mastodon.)
Clearly, too many forgot or just don’t care and are therefore in huge need of being reminded all the time.
@auschwitzmuseum @histodons

Jeff Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons I really find the posts educational and interesting.

Given the subject matter, I feel bad boosting/liking the posts, but they're important to see.

fcv Dec 17, 2022

@histodons @fraggedy_andy @auschwitzmuseum this is my dilemma too, I want to like the posts, but want to make it clear it’s to acknowledge + appreciate the post which humanizes a victim of the #holocaust + shows us more about about who they are. I just don’t want it to be misconstrued as liking what they went through.

Feedback: a small reminder that liking your posts is for acknowledgement + not being pleased with the subject’s demise would help.Thanks!

MeKobi Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons maybe add #Holocaust and maybe #Shoah to the toots that are related to that?

MeKobi Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons ah, I see you do for most, just not that one just before this post.....nvm...

@MeKobi @histodons Sometimes there is just not much space left for another hashtag.

@MeKobi @histodons We are doing exactly that.

Paul Jakes Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum
Maybe more biographical content about those lost to the Holocaust.

Paul Jakes Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum
Just noticed you're most recent post so you are doing it already.

Good to see.

hanfi Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons Your Toots are always welcome. I especially like those about individual persons, where they are born and when/how they died. These are daily reminders why we need keep fighting Nazis and be a little humble about our self and our problems.

Jeffrey A. Kaufman Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons I say me, but I'm a little rough around the edges. Like a boxer, with the love for writing.

Hias aus Oliva Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum

Happy that you are here and remind us to not forget

Rick Beetham Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons I find the posting just right. Not at all frustrating and does make me pause to think on them.

[email protected]Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum Okay, my English is very ... special 😏 but i want to tell you, that i think, it's very important, what you are doing and i have great respect for it, because although it always breaks my heart every time when i see photos from all these people and learn a little bit about their lives, it feels at the same time, as if they get back their dignity. I hope, you understand, what i'm trying to say. It helps me, to stay mindful.

Gosunkugi Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons You publish too much. But that's a good thing, don't stop, because we need to see it. We need to reminded, and if that's one heartbreaking story, one tiny glimpse at a life every five minutes that's still not enough.

I am thankful every day for what you do. ❤️

Alexandros Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons I find it quite interesting.

Michael Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons looks like you're doing great!

Ali Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons Your publishing is perfect. There can never be enough because it is imperative that we know these stories so we never forget and we continue to fight to ensure it never happens again. Thank You for all you do.

terrypdixon Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons
New to this Mastodon, so apologies if this seems AS, which it is not. I follow you and retweet (not sure how to share on M'don) over on twitter, but I also despair because whilst you show the horrors of apartheid/fascism leading to holocaust, your co-religionists in Zion keep demonstrating what they learnt back in Europe and bring the worst things to the "homeland". Have you ever considered commenting on current murders in the home state? I wish you well 1/2

Siobhán McElduff Dec 16, 2022

@terrypdixon @auschwitzmuseum @histodons don't you think the two are very different things? Unless you have the same expectations of every religious group or community or country, expecting the Auschwitz Museum to comment on Israel strikes me as anti-semetic, given that those murdered there and the murderers have nothing to do with the state of Israel.

@siobhanmcelduff @terrypdixon @auschwitzmuseum @histodons fair enough to suggest that Auschwitz Museum has no locus commenting on matters taking place in present day Israel.

However, to suggest that the government of Israel has nothing to do with it is arrant nonsense. Like suggesting the British government had nothing to do with the troubles in the north.

@peterbrown @terrypdixon @auschwitzmuseum @histodons I didn't say that. I just said that asking the museum to make a statement on the current system of things in Israel is inappropriate at best, and at worst anti-semetic.

@siobhanmcelduff @terrypdixon @auschwitzmuseum @histodons okay that’s maybe not what you meant but I do suggest you read the last sentence of that toot, starting from “given that those murdered there”

@peterbrown @terrypdixon @auschwitzmuseum @histodons the murderers = the nazis. I have no idea why you want to bring in Israel into a discussion of the Holocaust, but I really hope you think a bit about why that is before you do it again. Israel is responsible for its own offenses, and dragging it into discussions of everything to do with the Jewish people is problematic.

@siobhanmcelduff @terrypdixon @auschwitzmuseum @histodons wow!
You wrote a sentence which I now realise was ambiguous and now it’s my fault?
Harumph.
And harumph again.

I’m off for a coffee .

@peterbrown @terrypdixon @auschwitzmuseum @histodons

I'm saying it's inherently problematic to ask the museum to issue a comment on the modern state of Israel, and that you should reflect before you bring Israel into unrelated horrors relating to the Jewish people. I don't feel that's an enormous ask. Israel =/= all things Jewish.

@siobhanmcelduff @terrypdixon @auschwitzmuseum @histodons

*I* didn’t.

Look at the thread.

Typhoid Mango Dec 17, 2022

@siobhanmcelduff @peterbrown @terrypdixon @auschwitzmuseum @histodons Siobhán the problematic here is not you. I did not find anything you wrote ambiguous at all.

stefan boberg Dec 17, 2022

@siobhanmcelduff @peterbrown @terrypdixon @auschwitzmuseum @histodons
It's more than that. Saying:

> your co-religionists in Zion keep demonstrating what they learnt back in Europe

is deeply #antisemitic

@sboberg @peterbrown @terrypdixon @auschwitzmuseum @histodons I would think so too.

ETA: though I feel bad having this discussion on this account in particular, so best to drop it as no one is getting convinced.

stefan boberg Dec 17, 2022

@terrypdixon It is interesting how insert the word arpardheit for NS just to allow for the later equalisation of Israel and the Nazis. It's a semantic trick, not an analysis.

I work at a memorial too and we also focus on the historical period. The idea is that the visitors learn to make sense of historical developments by learning history. They can draw their own conclusions.

🌈Frieda (sie/ihr)Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons So grateful I have found you here.

Tamar Yellin Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons Because the Mastodon feed is chronological, it might make sense to space out posts a bit so people don't get overwhelmed if a few things post right after each other.

Also, as the granddaughter of an Auschwitz survivor, thank you for all that you do to educate and keep the victims' memories alive.

@TamarYellin @histodons We try to spread posts during the day, but until we will have possibility to schedule posts, it may happen sometimes.

Thank you for the kind words. Can you tell us a bit about the survival story?

Tamar Yellin Dec 16, 2022

@auschwitzmuseum @histodons My grandma grew up in the Carpathians of Eastern Czechoslovakia (now in Ukraine). She was 8 when the Hungarians took over and then things just kept getting worse. I believe they were deported to Auschwitz in 1944; she & her sister survived (Mengele himself made the call) but her parents and oldest brother were killed immediately. Another brother survived by joining the partisans and later worked with the Russians b/c of all the languages he knew. /1