For more information on Holocaust resources click on a state below

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States with Mandated Holocaust Education

•  Arizona

• Arkansas

• California

• Colorado

• Connecticut

• Delaware

• Florida

• Illinois

• Indiana

• Kentucky

• Michigan

• New Hampshire

• New Jersey

• New York

• Oregon

• Rhode Island

• Texas

• Virginia

• Wisconsin

States with Holocaust Commission/Resources

• Alabama

• Georgia

• Maryland

• Mississippi

• Missouri

• Nevada

• North Carolina

• Ohio

• South Carolina

• Tennessee

• Utah

Additional resources

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• United State Holocaust Memorial Museum

• The Simon Wiesenthal Center

• The Museum of Jewish Heritage

• ADL

• Centropa

• Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest of NJ

• Echoes & Reflections

• Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect

• Classrooms without Borders

• Voices of Hope 

• Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center

• OpenDorMedia

19 out of 50 states mandate holocaust education as part of their secondary school curriculum

free curriculum/content

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• Together A Journey for Survival

Never again education act

Claims Conference

Conference on Jewish Material claims against germany

• 2020 Survey

• 2018 SUrvey

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

• 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

• 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.

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Almost two-thirds of millennials, Gen Z don't know that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, survey finds

Ryan W. Miller

USA TODAY September 16, 2020 

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ACCORDING TO SURVEY OF ADULTS 18-39, 23% SAID THEY BELIEVED THE HOLOCAUST WAS A MYTH

Harriet Sherwood

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

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 Other groups targeted: 

(according to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum)

• Roma (Gypsies)

• People with disabilities

• Slavic peoples (especially Poles and Russians)

• Communists

• Socialists

• Jehovah's Witnesses

• Homosexuals