The Nazis used the gas chambers at Auschwitz to kill hundreds of thousands of Jews, homosexuals, and others during World War IIand now they're using technology to help erase prejudice.
The Auschwitz Pledge Foundation has launched the Erase Indifference Challenge, which aims to fund "modern, imaginative, and measurable initiatives that will lead to concrete actions and ultimately the demise of indifference, the rise of empathy, and the acceptance and celebration of our differences," the foundation says in a press release.
The challenge is open to teams of three people or more from around the world, and applications are due Feb.
11.
The foundation says it's "especially interested in ideas that will connect with younger people and concern one of our categories: racism, anti-semitism, anti-immigration & xenophobia, LGBTQIA+ discrimination, and misogyny."
The categories are: racism, anti-semitism, anti-immigration & xenophobia, LGBTQIA+ discrimination, and misogyny.
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