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Teens are learning Holocaust denial on TikTok. Nazi networks are exploiting algorithms to radicalize kids. Survivors are fighting back, but time is running out.
Seventeen percent of Holocaust-related content on TikTok either denies or distorts history. That’s one out of every six videos, out in the open where millions of kids scroll every day.
Your 14-year-old swipes from a makeup tutorial to a dance trend to—suddenly—a video explaining how gas chambers were fake, how Jews invented the Holocaust for sympathy, how Hitler was “saving Europe.”
This isn’t an accident. It’s a concerted campaign.
Hundreds of openly Nazi accounts operate on TikTok. Their usernames flaunt swastikas and SS bolts. Their bios declare “Armed revolution now. Complete annihilation of Jews.” These accounts post Holocaust denial, praise Hitler as a misunderstood hero, and celebrate synagogue and mosque shooters—including those who livestreamed their massacres.
Antizionist Nazis are cosplaying as Jewish Holocaust experts on TikTok, then they blame the Jews for the Holocaust and promote Nazi propaganda
In this instance, the known Nazi TikToker Boho Hippi Historian is promoting the protocols of the elders of Zion while pushing… pic.twitter.com/R7vKIhZht9
— Adam Albilya - אדם אלביליה (@AdamAlbilya) June 14, 2024
This isn’t just random antisemitism; it’s organized propaganda. Nazi groups coordinate on Telegram, where they trade videos, coach each other on which trending sounds to hijack, and plan engagement drives to game TikTok’s algorithm. They know exactly what they’re doing. They call it “waking people up.” What they mean is radicalizing teenagers into believing Jews are evil and the Holocaust is a hoax.
The numbers are chilling. Researchers uncovered a network of 200 Nazi accounts with a combined 6.2 million views.
One account calling for Jewish annihilation stayed up for over a week after being reported. In that time, it gained 3,800 followers while sharing bomb-making guides and instructions for 3D-printed guns. Another account promoting Nazi ideology amassed 87,000 views before TikTok took it down. That’s 87,000 opportunities to plant doubt, to normalize hate, to push kids one step closer to radicalization. And these are just two accounts out of hundreds.
These networks strategically use AI to translate Hitler’s speeches into English, then sync them with popular TikTok sounds to trick the algorithm into boosting them. They cloak slurs in coded language: “Jews” become 🍹 emojis, parentheses, or the number 109—a reference to the antisemitic lie that Jews have been expelled from 109 countries. They disguise videos with thumbnails of European cathedrals or architecture, then flip mid-video into Holocaust denial and white supremacist propaganda.
And TikTok’s algorithm doesn’t just let it slide—it accelerates it. Researchers created test accounts, watched 10 Nazi videos, and within just three swipes on the For You Page, TikTok was recommending more Nazi propaganda.
A White Woman says she isn't falling for the jewish lies and propaganda, that is the Holocaust.
Everyone is waking up to the truth, FINALLY. https://t.co/po9pJd1jAw pic.twitter.com/v0Hw385YfH
— MAKE EUROPA SNOW 🤍❄️🧬 (@Make_EuropaSnow) June 10, 2025
That’s how quickly the platform drags users into a rabbit hole of hate.
The timing couldn’t be worse. The generation using TikTok as their main source of information is also the generation that knows the least about the Holocaust.
These findings reveal just how fragile Holocaust memory has become. Survivors are passing away, taking their testimonies with them. What fills the void? Not museums or history books—but lies on TikTok.
And yet, there’s another story unfolding: survivors and their families have stepped onto TikTok to fight misinformation at its source.
Lily Ebert, with her great-grandson Dov Forman, built an audience of 1.9 million by sharing her Auschwitz survival story in short, direct videos. She turned history into lived reality for a generation raised on fast content.
@lilyebert Deportation to the hell, Auschwitz-Birkenau 💔 #100yearold #holocaustsurvivor #lilyebert #auschwitz #survivor ♬ Ambient-style emotional piano - MoppySound
Tova Friedman, one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz, collaborates with her grandson Aron Goodman to post videos that have reached millions. She answers blunt questions from viewers: What did kids eat in Auschwitz? What did liberation feel like? She turns unimaginable history into personal, accessible memory.
@tovafriedman Reply to @katieyim Her ‘name’ was A-27633. #shoah #fy #fyp #plestine #israel #jewish #jewtok @israel @lilyebert #education #xyzbca ♬ Sad - AShamaluevMusic
Montana Tucker, a Jewish influencer with millions of followers, brings Holocaust education into communities that would never otherwise encounter it.
@montanatucker I am beyond sad and sick to my stomach with all of the ANTI-SEMETISM going on in our world. HOW is HATE towards ANY religion, race, ethnicity, sexual preference, etc allowed/tolerated?!? My grandparents are Holocaust SURVIVORS- 77 years later and this is STILL happening ?! •Follow along as I travel across the world to WITNESS the ATROCITIES of the Holocaust and dive even deeper into my family’s Holocaust survival story. Sharing their story with you is the most meaningful thing I could ever do with my platform. Episode 2 coming November 1. Join me in making sure we #neverforget #neveragain #holocaust #education #nohate #jewish #antisemitism #endantisemitism ♬ original sound - Montana Tucker
What makes these accounts powerful is their authenticity. Friedman doesn’t dramatize—she doesn’t need to. The facts alone are devastating. By pairing her with her grandson, she creates a bridge across generations, showing teens that Holocaust memory isn’t ancient history—it’s living testimony.
TikTok already has systems that catch and erase child sexual abuse material and ISIS propaganda. It should treat Nazi recruitment the same way: immediate removal, network bans, and real prevention. The technology exists. The choice not to use it for Nazi content is deliberate.
The Holocaust ended less than 80 years ago. Survivors are still alive and we're already at a point where a huge portion of young people either don't know basic facts about it or actively believe it was fake. This is not just about respecting history; it’s about whether the next generation will recognize genocide when they see it, or whether they'll participate in it because they've been convinced the victims deserved it.
Hey Nazi's I thought you were proud of your work? Why deny it?