I have a the personal letters of someone who, together with her brother, fled to the UK from Nazi Germany.
The letters record the hatred the family were facing, their fear and their agonizing over the decision to flee.
They also record the reception the siblings received in the UK and the first years of their lives in England.
Tragically, letter after letter after letter brings news of the deportation of their parents, relatives and final confirmation of their deaths.
I’ve frequently read these letters through my teenage years and adult life.
I’m absolutely sure there are incidences of abuse against Jews in the UK, one such incident would be one too many, but I doubt very much anything happening in the UK now comes anywhere near close to the experiences of Jews in Nazi Germany.
I do however think the experiences of Jews in the UK are heading in the direction of where they were in 1930s UK. Antisemitism has a long history in the UK and was certainly experienced for Jews who fled Nazi Germany to the UK.
But the UK 2024 feeling like Nazi Germany?
IMHO hyperbole.