Holocaust survivors president warns of disturbing parallels to Nazi Germany

George Foster, president of the Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants, has warned of "disturbing parallels" between rising antisemitism in Australia and the social atmosphere of Nazi Germany, though he clarifies he does not believe Australia is becoming a fascist state. Speaking to an antisemitism royal commission, Foster highlighted concerning similarities in the exclusion of Jews from public life while acknowledging that Australia's democratic institutions remain fundamentally different from 1930s Germany.