Susan Pollack is a Holocaust survivor who was incarcerated at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen- Belsen. Born in Hungary in 1930, she lost 50 members of her family in the Holocaust. Today she shares her story with school children across the UK as part of her work with the Holocaust Educational Trust. The opinions in this article belong to the author.

(CNN) The rise of the far right in Europe has brought back to the surface fears that many had hoped were gone forever.

There is something chilling about the way in which some countries and politicians have treated people fleeing war and persecution.

Emboldened by the justification that their racism and xenophobia is protected under the guise of free speech, hatred is being allowed to flourish -- and it is not being challenged.

As with any time of upheaval and political uncertainty when the far right rises, Jews become an easy target.

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