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This article examines the intersection of anniversaries related to the Holocaust and contemporary violence through social media engagement.

May 8, 2026Memory Mind & MediaOpen Access

The digital multidirectionality of anniversaries: 7 October 1944/2023, Catch-22 commemoration and the comparative instrumentalization of Holocaust memory on X

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This article examines the intersection of anniversaries related to the Holocaust and contemporary violence through social media engagement.
Analyzed posts, comments, and quote reposts from X about the 80th anniversary of the Sonderkommando revolt and the recent Hamas attacks.
Adapted Rothberg’s concept of 'multidirectional memory' to code user interactions with commemorative content.
Focused on the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum’s online presence during these events.
Users demonstrated a strong moral engagement with Holocaust memory, highlighting its relevance.
Some users controversially compared or contrasted Holocaust memory with recent events in the Middle East.
Identified four types of comparative instrumentalization: empathising commemoration, empathising contestation, polarising commemoration, and polarising contestation.

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Analysis reveals how social media users reacted to Holocaust remembrance amid contemporary violence, highlighting complexities of memory.

Boyd et al. (2026) studied this question.

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