A post shared on social media purportedly shows an old headline from the New York Times that defends the Warsaw Ghettos of World War II.
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— Jake Wallis Simons (@JakeWSimons) November 1, 2023
Verdict: False
The headline is not real.
Fact Check:
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The Twitter post purports The New York Times published a headline that downplayed the horror of the German occupation of Poland. The alleged paper uses an image of a child with their hands up and the caption calls the SS “peacekeepers.”
The headline reads, “Warsaw Ghetto Uprising An Over-Reaction.’ The subheading states, “European Leaders Blame Jews For Disproportionate Response.”
The image is fabricated. There is no credible news report that suggests this image is an authentic New York Times report. The image stems from a satirical website called, the People’s Cube. The image on their website has a bar at the top of the image that reads, “IF today’s New York Times editors were in charge in 1943.”
The account that shared the image is owned by Jake Wallis Simons the author of “Israelophobia: The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred and What To Do About It.” He tweeted the image with a caption claims the image was satirical. The wrote, “Hilariously, I posted this obivous spoof front page earlier today… and Twitter users were so concerned that they added context to tell people it isn’t real.” (RELATED: Video Of Pakistani Air Force Is Old)
Hilariously, I posted this obivous spoof front page earlier today… and Twitter users were so concerned that they added context to tell people it isn’t real. Gordon Bennett. I suppose haters aren’t known for their sense of, well, irony… https://t.co/u1phlGc0Bf
— Jake Wallis Simons (@JakeWSimons) November 1, 2023
This is not the first piece of misinformation that has been shared online. Check Your Fact debunked a claim that Hamas fighters pretended to be dead in a viral video.