Holocaust Survivor Says Gaza Is an Extermination Camp Amid Growing Crisis
June 10, 2026
“Stephen Kapos, a Holocaust survivor, has drawn a powerful and deeply controversial comparison between what he witnessed in Europe during the 20th century and what he says is happening in Gaza today.
“What is happening in Gaza is a Holocaust. Gaza is an extermination camp because there is no way out other than dying.”
The words carry particular weight because they come from someone who survived one of history’s darkest chapters.
For Kapos, the horrors unfolding in Gaza are not abstract political debates.
They are scenes that remind him of the consequences of dehumanisation, collective punishment and a world that waits too long to act.
His remarks come as Gaza continues to face mass displacement, widespread destruction, hunger and a staggering civilian death toll.
While many will debate the language he used, his central message is harder to dismiss:
No people should be trapped, bombed, starved or denied basic human dignity.
And no government should be shielded from criticism when civilians are paying the highest price.
As the devastation in Gaza continues, voices from across the world—including Holocaust survivors themselves—are increasingly speaking out, warning that silence in the face of human suffering has never been on the right side of history.
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English Script:
Stephen Kapos: What’s happening in Gaza is a holocaust, and what is currently being designed by the Israeli government is the final solution to their Palestinian problem. And as a Holocaust survivor, my reaction is: not in my name. Extermination, dehumanization, starvation, blockade, lack of water and medication. The destruction of the health service. The hunting down of doctors. The hunting down of journalists. Safe places which turn out to be not safe at all, but traps concentration camps. All this together makes a clear holocaust. Clearly, all these elements are not in any way different from similar actions by the Nazis during the Second World War. Gaza is an open air concentration camp. In a sense, it’s an extermination camp because there is no way out other than dying through bombing or disease or lack of food. The only alternative is to agree to be replaced somewhere where you don’t want to be.
