Days after Holocaust tweet, Scaramucci donates $25K to Jewish Center

The former White House Communications Director made good on his promise.

OCTOBER 25, 2017 20:57

Updated: OCTOBER 26, 2017 12:47

Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci (photo credit: JONATHAN ERNST / REUTERS) — Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci

(photo credit: JONATHAN ERNST / REUTERS)

The Simon Weisenthal Center confirmed receipt of a $25,000 donation from Anthony Scaramucci, days after his Twitter page featured a poll asking users to vote on the number of Jews murdered in the Holocaust.

“Even at this late date, a single indictment, a single trial can educate 21^st Century youth about the depths of the Nazi barbarity during the Shoah,” Center officials stated.

An appalling poll from @ScaramucciPost which panders to Holocaust denial & ignorance@scaramucci must disown this gross display of mischief pic.twitter.com/8bCUvLC8ME
— Anti-Nazis United (@AntiNazisUnited) October 17, 2017

Scaramucci, who is best known for his ten day stint as the White House Communications Director, faced a major backlash after his media venture, The Scaramucci Post, tweeted a poll giving users four options to guess how many Jews they thought perished in the Holocaust, ranging from "less than 1 million" to "more than 5 million."

After social media users and Jewish organizations expressed their dismay over the poll, Scarmucci deleted the tweet and promised a donation to the center.

Since the now-infamous tweets went live, the Scaramucci Post handle has re-tweeted several posts from the Illinois Holocaust Museum, including one of a map of Jewish populations before and after the Holocaust. The museum tweeted at Scarmucci's media account: "

We hope you will look to us as a resource and expert in the fields of Holocaust history and education,'' to which he responded ''absolutely.''