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A “shocking” number of American young adults lack a basic understanding of the Holocaust, according to a new survey.
According to the first-ever, state-by-state survey of American Millennials and Gen Z (ages 18 to 39), 63% do not know that 6 million Jews were exterminated by Nazis, and 36% thought the number was “two million or fewer.”
Nearly a quarter of those surveyed (23%) said they believed the Holocaust was a myth, had been exaggerated or weren’t sure.
Commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, also known as the Claims Conference, the study found
many news sources are sharing this story today - yet essentially the same result was shared in April 2018.... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/04/12/two-thirds-of-millennials-dont-know-what-auschwitz-is-according-to-study-of-fading-holocaust-knowledge/ .
so the question becomes what is our failed education system doing about it - the answer is certainly not more money into the education black hole
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