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12 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.
66% of US millennials did not know what Auschwitz was
4 in 10 millennials thought 2 million Jews or fewer were killed during the Holocaust (actual number is over 6 million)
Eight out of ten respondents say it is important to keep teaching about the Holocaust so it does not happen again
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
