Cardinal, Holocaust survivor on dangers of hateful rhetoric

More than 800 people gathered at Loyola Academy in Wilmette for an interfaith dialogue with Cardinal Cupich and Holocaust survivor Fritzie Fritzshall, president of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, on Nov. 18, 2019. This discussion followed a July 2019 visit to Auchswitz by the 90-year-old Fritzshall and the cardinal. Cupich and Fritzshall had a conversation about the hate speech that gave rise to the Holocaust and the language that continues to fuel the surge of antisemitism, racism and xenophobia in the world today. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Cardinal Cupich chats with Fritzie Fritzshall during an interfaith dialogue Nov. 18, 2019, at Loyola Academy in Wilmette. More than 800 people gathered to listen to their conversation about the hate speech that gave rise to the Holocaust and the language that continues to fuel the surge of antisemitism, racism and xenophobia in the world today. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Moderator Kelley Szany talks with Cardinal Cupich and Holocaust survivor Fritzie Fritzshall, president of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, on Nov. 18, 2019, at Loyola Academt in Wilmette. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Sisters of Christian Charity Mary Ann Warwick and Monica Cormier (on end) listen to Cardinal Cupich and Holocaust survivor Fritzie Fritzshall, president of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, at Loyola Academy in WIlmette on Nov. 18, 2019. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Cardinal Cupich listens as Fritzie Fritzshall speaks during an interfaith dialogue Nov. 18, 2019, at Loyola Academy in Wilmette. More than 800 people gathered to listen to their conversation about the hate speech that gave rise to the Holocaust and the language that continues to fuel the surge of antisemitism, racism and xenophobia in the world today. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Alan Krashesky, ABC7 Chicago news anchor and reporter, talks about visiting Auschwitz with Cardinal Cupich and Holocaust survivor Fritzie Fritzshall at Loyola Academy in Wilmette on Nov. 18, 2019. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Cardinal Cupich laughs as Fritzie Fritzshall speaks during an interfaith dialogue Nov. 18, 2019, at Loyola Academy in Wilmette. More than 800 people gathered to listen to their conversation about the hate speech that gave rise to the Holocaust and the language that continues to fuel the surge of antisemitism, racism and xenophobia in the world today. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Cardinal Cupich chats with Fritzie Fritzshall during an interfaith dialogue Nov. 18, 2019, at Loyola Academy in Wilmette. More than 800 people gathered to listen to their conversation about the hate speech that gave rise to the Holocaust and the language that continues to fuel the surge of antisemitism, racism and xenophobia in the world today. Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic

Jesuit Father Patrick McGrath greets more than 800 people gathered to hear Cardinal Cupich and Holocaust survivor Fritzie Fritzshall at Loyola Academy in Wilmette Nov. 18. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)