Holocaust Survivors and Experts Criticize Fox News Host Greg Gutfeld for Oversimplifying the Holocaust

However, this statement has been criticized for oversimplifying the complex history of the Holocaust.

On Tuesday, the Auschwitz Memorial shared a statement on Twitter condemning Gutfeld's comments, noting that "millions of Jews were brutally murdered in execution sites, with entire communities wiped out regardless of their usefulness or contributions to society." The statement also added that being skilled or useful did not spare victims from the horrors of the gas chambers.

The White House has also weighed in on the controversy, with a spokesperson for the administration strongly rebuking Gutfeld's comments and stating that they "insult the memory of the millions of people who suffered from the evils of the Holocaust." Holocaust survivor Michael Bornstein, who was interviewed by CNN's Abby Phillip, expressed his disgust with Gutfeld's comments, recalling how his father and brother, who possessed skills, were gassed in Auschwitz.

Bornstein emphasized that there is "no room for fake news like that." Gutfeld has faced criticism in the past for his controversial remarks.

Last year, he suggested that US reporters were exaggerating how devastating Russia's invasion of Ukraine had been, and in May, he made a joke about a teacher accused of having sex with an underage student being a "hero" because the teacher was female and the student was a teenage boy.

Fox News has not responded to Insider's request for comment.