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15 out of 50 states mandate holocaust education as part of their secondary school curriculum
The Claims Conference in 2018 released a comprehensive national survey of Holocaust awareness and knowledge among adults in the United States.
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66% of US millennials did not know what Auschwitz was
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4 in 10 millennials thought 2 million Jews or fewer were killed during the Holocaust (actual number is over 6 million)
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Eight out of ten respondents say it is important to keep teaching about the Holocaust so it does not happen again
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The survey demonstrated wide gaps in younger American's knowledge of the genocide while also showing a concerning 15% of millennials and Gen Zers thought holding neo-Nazi views was acceptable.
Almost two-thirds of millennials, Gen Z don't know that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, survey finds
USA TODAY September 16, 2020
ACCORDING TO SURVEY OF ADULTS 18-39, 23% SAID THEY BELIEVED THE HOLOCAUST WAS A MYTH
Wed 16 Sep 2020 00.01 EDT
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FACTS
11 million people were killed during the Holocaust (1.1 million children)
6 million of those victims were Jewish
Other groups targeted:
(according to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum)
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Roma (Gypsies)
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People with disabilities
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Slavic peoples (especially Poles and Russians)
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Communists
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Socialists
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Jehovah's Witnesses
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Homosexuals
