US EditionHolocaust Survivor Among Boulder Attack Victims: 'She’s Victimized Again'
- On June 1, 2025, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian citizen, launched an attack on a peaceful gathering at Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado, injuring 12 individuals by hurling incendiary devices and utilizing an improvised flame-emitting weapon.
- Soliman planned the targeted act of violence for over a year and aimed to kill Zionist people while shouting "Free Palestine" during the attack on demonstrators advocating for Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
- Among the injured was 88-year-old Holocaust survivor Barbara Steinmetz, a member of Boulder’s Congregation Bonai Shalom, who suffered minor burns and called for unity, saying, "We are better than this."
- The FBI and local officials, including Governor Jared Polis, labeled the event a targeted terror attack against Jews, highlighting a surge in antisemitism with 9,354 incidents recorded in 2024, a 344% rise over five years.
- This attack, amid ongoing violence against Jews, has prompted Colorado synagogues to enhance security and renewed calls to confront antisemitism directly to prevent further targeted hate crimes.
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Holocaust Survivor Burned in Colorado Attack: 'What the Hell Is Going on in Our Country?'
An 88-year-old Holocaust survivor who was burned in Sunday's alleged terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, shares a message for the rest of Americans, saying, "We are better than this," before asking, "What the hell is going on in our country?" The post Holocaust Survivor Burned in Colorado Attack: ‘What the Hell Is Going on in Our Country?’ appeared first on Breitbart.
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Denver GazetteHolocaust survivor who suffered burns at Boulder attack: 'It’s about what the hell is going on in our country'
The Holocaust survivor who suffered from burns in Sunday's attack on a march in Boulder told NBC News that "it's about what the hell is going on in our country."
Holocaust survivor burned in Boulder attack speaks out: ‘What the hell is going on?’
Barbara Steinmetz survived the Holocaust as a child, fleeing from country to country with her parents after Italian dictator Benito Mussolini stripped Italian Jews of their citizenship in 1938. Nearly nine decades later, Steinmetz was among a dozen people injured in Boulder, Colorado after a man firebombed an event to raise awareness for hostages held in Gaza. In a brief interview with NBC News, Steinmetz, 88, said the attack “has nothing to do …
Doug Friednash: Acts of antisemitism, like the Boulder attack, are normalized by the silence of too many leaders
On a tranquil Sunday afternoon in Boulder, 12 people, including an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor, were set on fire. Silence normalizes this antisemitism.
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