When Is It Too Late? Holocaust Lessons, Risk, and Rising Antisemitism | Redacted Opinions
Episode notes
Host Luciano Cedroni speaks with co-host and author Brian Claman about his book, When Is It Too Late? Holocaust Lessons on Risk, Decision Making and the Failure to Act, and how Holocaust-era warning signs can inform risk decisions in the post–October 7th world.
Claman explains that stories of Jewish doctors leaving Canada due to safety concerns prompted him to research rising antisemitism, hate-crime data, and the psychology of when waiting becomes a decision.
They discuss loss of confidence in institutions and authorities, normalization of antisemitism in public life, and the dangers of silence and complacency, while stressing that Canada today is not Nazi Germany. Claman shares Statistics Canada figures on hate crimes targeting Jews and urges civic engagement, education, and accountability to prevent further democratic erosion.