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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Lifestyle
Maya Yang

Teach US students about Holocaust, experts say, amid rise in antisemitism

According to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center in 2020, American teenagers’ levels of Holocaust knowledge is similar to those of adults without post-secondary education.
According to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center in 2020, American teenagers’ levels of Holocaust knowledge is similar to that of adults without post-secondary education. Photograph: imaginima/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Amid an alarming rise in antisemitism in the US and increasing push back from some conservative groups, experts are urging the implementation of Holocaust education among young people at American public schools.

Multiple states in recent years have enacted laws mandating Holocaust education across their public schools to varying degrees, but there is no federal requirement on Holocaust education, let alone that of other genocides.

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