Jonathan Greenblatt

Whoopi Goldberg is facing a backlash after She Said on a US Talk Show that The Holocaust " was not about race".

The Actress and Television personality said the Nazi genocide of The Jews boiled down to a conflict between " two groups of white People ".

Critics pointed out that Hitler himself had vented his hatred of The Jews in racial terms.

The Nazis , who believed themselves an Aryan " master race" murdered six million Jews in The Holocaust .

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Goldberg, a 66-year-old Oscar-winning actress who has been on ABC Talk Show The View since 2007, told her co-hosts: " I'm surprised that's what made you uncomfortable, the fact that there was some nudity.

" I mean, it's about The Holocaust , The Killing of six million People , but that didn't bother you?

" If you're going to do this, then let's be truthful about it. Because The Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race. "

Co-host Joy Behar pointed out that The Nazis said The Jews were a different race.

Goldberg said: " But it's not about race. It's not. It's about man's inhumanity to other man. "

" But it's about White Supremacy , " responded co-host Ana Navarro . " It's about going after Jews and Gypsies and Roma. "

" But these are two white groups of People , " countered Goldberg.

Co-host Sara Haines pointed out that The Nazis " didn't see them as white".

Goldberg continued: " But you're missing The Point ! The minute you turn it into race, it goes down this alley. Let's talk about it for what it is. It's how People treat each other. It's a problem. "

She nodded to someone behind the camera as The Show 's theme music played to signal an ad break.

Critics blasted The Show for platforming dangerous disinformation.

Jonathan Greenblatt , leader of the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish anti-hate watchdog, tweeted: " No @WhoopiGoldberg, the #Holocaust was about the Nazi's systematic annihilation of the Jewish People - who they deemed to be an inferior race.

" They dehumanised them and used this racist propaganda to justify slaughtering six million Jews. Holocaust distortion is dangerous. "

Meghan Mccain , a former co-host of the The View , tweeted: " Antisemitism is a cancer and a poison that is increasingly excused in our culture and Television - and permeates spaces that should shock us all. "

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro tweeted a quote from Nazi leader Adolf Hitler , who wrote in Mein Kampf : " Is not their very existence founded on one great lie, namely, that they are a religious community, whereas in reality they are a race? "

The US Holocaust Museum, in what was interpreted as a subtweet at Goldberg, wrote: " Racism was central to Nazi ideology. Jews were not defined by religion, but by race. Nazi racist beliefs fuelled genocide and mass murder. "

Source of news: bbc.com