In subsequent emails, Kozdron was reluctant to say much about himself, due to what he called “the endless death threats I am receiving.” But he did share that he is 28, the descendant of Polish immigrants who came to the United States around the time of World War II, and a former gas station worker somewhere in the U.S. “Or maybe they just cannot equate having to wear a mask with that feeling, but I do.” “I chose holocaust images because I couldn’t think of a better group of images to express the feeling of having everything taken away, and I guess some people really just don’t get it because they haven’t felt that feeling yet in their lives,” Kozdron wrote. Identifying himself as Tyler Kozdron, he said that he believes requiring face masks could lead to something like the Holocaust “or even more sinister.” And he doesn’t feel bad about saying so. The site’s founder responded quickly to an inquiry from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “In the times of the olocaust people may not have had such a recent example of evil to keep them vigilant and weary of evil to come. “Our goal here is to provide a reminder of what can happen when millions of people follow seemingly innocent ‘orders’ and ‘rules,’” the site says. But in case you don’t, the website’s founder explained his objective on the homepage. A T-shirt sold on the site shows three pictures in numerical order: first, a generic face mask second, a photo of Jews lining up to enter a ghetto third, a photo of a Nazi concentration camp. Other products on the site feature photos from Nazi rallies or a Japanese internment camp in the United States. Those masks, and others like them, are sold online at. The product description below the mother-and-child mask reads: “Another bold image that gets the point across without being overly offensive.” It sells for $12.44. Another shows an unmistakable image of a concentration camp crematorium.

( JTA ) - The face masks aren’t subtle: One is emblazoned with the famous photo of a Jewish mother and child, their hands raised, at Nazi gunpoint.

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