Elon Musk visits Auschwitz after uproar over antisemitic messages on X
LA TimesElon Musk visits the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp in Poland on Monday. Elon Musk, who has been accused of allowing antisemitic messages on his social media platform, X, visited the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on Monday, saying afterwards that the tragedy of the Holocaust “hits you much more in the heart when you see it in person.” Musk toured the most notorious extermination camp established by Nazi Germany during World War II before attending a conference on antisemitism organized by the European Jewish Assn. X has since sued Media Matters, saying the Washington-based nonprofit manufactured the report to “drive advertisers from the platform and destroy X Corp.” Musk visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau site with his 3-year-old son and others, including Shapiro and the founder and head of the European Jewish Assn., Rabbi Menachem Margolin. “Due to schedule concerns, before Elon Musk’s arrival to the European Jewish Association conference, he took part in a private visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau with EJA Chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Ben Shapiro and Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev. Oliver Bradley, an EJA media advisor, said the organization “challenged” Musk to come to Auschwitz during a Zoom conference on antisemitism in social media several months ago.