From Nazi 'language rules' to the American military's 'collateral damage' and Israel's 'voluntary migration' policy for Gaza, euphemisms do more than conceal crimes. They allow ordinary people to live with themDaniel Blatman01:10 PM • August 24 2026 IDTIn 1947, two years after the collapse of the regime that had threatened his life, the German Jewish philologist Victor Klemperer published a short book titled "The Language of the Third Reich" ("Lingua Tertii Imperii"). Klemperer, who escaped extermination because he was married to a non-Jewish woman, did not write about extermination camps or SS death squads. He wrote about words.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel war crimesGazaWest BankCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesAltalenaE1SyriaWest BankNetanyahuGazaMansour AbbasPollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastFrom Armenia to Gaza: The Language of Denial That Make Atrocities PossibleThis Druze Farmer's Levantine Eggplant Is So Prized, There's a Waiting ListAltalena Shipwreck Found Intact Underwater 78 Years After IDF Sank Irgun VesselTreasury Secretary Bessent: Trump's 'Economic D-Day' on Iran to Begin at DawnIsrael's Former Labor Party Leader Announces Pancreatic Cancer DiagnosisRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaGermany Found Its Israeli Villain. Will It Continue to Ignore What Produced Him?Israeli Army Orders Criminal Probes Into Killing of Hind Rajab, Gaza Medics