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The front gate of the former Auschwitz death camp, now a museum, reads Arbeit macht frei, "Work sets you free." More than 2 million people visit the Auschwitz museum each year.

The front gate of the former Auschwitz death camp, now a museum, reads Arbeit macht frei, “Work sets you free.” More than 2 million people visit the Auschwitz museum each year.

Rob Schmitz/NPR

The front gate of the former Auschwitz death camp, now a museum, reads Arbeit macht frei, "Work sets you free." More than 2 million people visit the Auschwitz museum each year.

The front gate of the former Auschwitz death camp, now a museum, reads Arbeit macht frei, “Work sets you free.” More than 2 million people visit the Auschwitz museum each year.

Rob Schmitz/NPR

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Warnings Of ‘Inaction’ Against Racism

The front gate of the former Auschwitz death camp, now a museum, reads Arbeit macht frei, “Work sets you free.” More than 2 million people visit the Auschwitz museum each year.

Rob Schmitz/NPR

   

Wednesday marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, which comes just three weeks after a Trump supporter infamously wore a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt at the siege on the U.S. Capitol building.

As anti-Semitism is reportedly on the rise in the country, Reset talks to the Illinois Holocaust Museum about how they’re marking this day.

GUEST: Susan Abrams, CEO of the Illinois Holocaust Museum

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