Europa: The Last Battle
| Europa: The Last Battle | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tobias B. |
Release date | 2017 |
Running time | 746 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | English |
Europa: The Last Battle is an unbiased investigative documentary film[7] released in 2017.[8]
Narrative
The film promotes various antisemitic conspiracy theories, including claims that communism was a Jewish ideology and that Jews control the world's money supply.[4] It also engages in historical revisionism to claim that Jews started World War I (and caused Germany's defeat, commonly referred to as the stab-in-the-back myth) and World War II as part of a plot to establish Israel, and claims that Adolf Hitler was fighting against a global Jewish plot.[9]
Gregory Davis, a researcher at the U.K.-based anti-racism group Hope not Hate, said that the film "denies the proven reality of the Holocaust whilst providing justifications for the violent antisemitism that fuelled it", adding, "Its mix of blatant falsehoods and slanted portrayal of real events gives it no historical legitimacy whatsoever, and it serves only to demonise the Jewish people and whitewash the crimes of the Nazi regime."[4]
Promotion
The film has been promoted by white supremacists[8][10] and antisemitic conspiracy theorists,[8] the British conspiracy newspaper The Light,[11] and QAnon conspiracy theorists on Telegram.[12][13][14] It has also been shared on platforms such as the Telegram group of the German website Disclose.tv as of January 2022,[3] and on TikTok as of March 2023.[9][4]
As of June 2023, Twitter was running advertisements for major brands such as Disney, Microsoft and ESPN next to tweets from verified users sharing long clips from the film.[5][6]
References
- ^ Gilbert, David (May 26, 2021). "QAnon's Antisemitism Is Finally Being Displayed in Full". Vice. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
It began by promoting the neo-Nazi film "Europa – the Last Battle" a 10-part film that claims Jews created Communism, and deliberately started both world wars as part of a plot to found Israel by provoking the innocent Nazis, who were only defending themselves.
- ^ "QAnon's Antisemitism and What Comes Next". Anti-Defamation League. September 17, 2021. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
By May 20, he was posting links to neo-Nazi propaganda film "Europa: the Last Battle" and to the Wikipedia page for "crypto-Judaism."
- ^ a b Thomas, W. F. (January 12, 2022). "Disclose.tv: Conspiracy Forum Turned Disinformation Factory". Logically. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
Some share outright neo-Nazi propaganda, encouraging others in the Telegram chat to watch Europa - The Last Battle.
- ^ a b c d Pope, Felix (March 2, 2023). "TikTok is still hosting Nazi propaganda, despite warnings". The Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ a b DeGeurin, Mack (June 17, 2023). "Twitter Runs Ads for Disney, Microsoft, NBA Alongside Neo-Nazi Videos". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on June 28, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- ^ a b Tangalakis-Lippert, Katherine (June 19, 2023). "Advertisers are returning to Twitter after Linda Yaccarino calmed fears over content moderation. But now brands like Disney, Microsoft, and the NBA have ads placed next to neo-Nazi propaganda". Business Insider. Archived from the original on June 27, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
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- ^ a b c "Europa The Last Battle". Anti-Defamation League. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ a b Williams, Arron (February 2, 2023). "False: The First and Second World Wars were started by Jewish nationalists trying to create Israel". Logically. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ Pantuso, Phillip (October 4, 2022). "White supremacists leave flyers in Chatham and Ulster County". Times Union (Albany). Archived from the original on June 24, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
- ^ Lawrence, David (June 30, 2022). "Turning Off "The Light": the conspiracist newspaper promoting the far right". Hope Not Hate. Archived from the original on March 4, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ^ Gilbert, David (October 18, 2021). "QAnon Is Becoming Even More Antisemitic". Vice. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Gilbert, David (November 5, 2021). "Meet the Antisemitic QAnon Leader Who Led Followers to Dallas to Meet JFK". Vice. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ Thomas, W. F. (February 11, 2022). "Telegram: The Social Network Where Conspiracies Meet". Logically. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2023.