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American millennials, Gen Z lack basic Holocaust knowledge, survey shows

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American millennials, Gen Z lack basic Holocaust knowledge, survey shows

But most believe it is important to teach the Holocaust so it doesn’t happen again.


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As the world prepares for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, the site of one of the world’s largest examples of mass murder, the number of survivors has diminished greatly. So has the knowledge of the world’s young people about what happened.The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, a nonprofit organization with worldwide offices, secures compensation for Holocaust survivors around the world. It has done research on the knowledge people have of the Holocaust in all 50 states. The research focuses on millennials and those from Generation Z.Nationally, 36% of those surveyed thought that 2 million or fewer Jews were killed during the Holocaust. The actual number of Jews killed is more than 6 million. Millions of others were killed. The national survey also found that 48% couldn’t name a single concentration camp, killing camp or ghetto even though 40,000 of them existed across Europe during World War II.KCRA 3 spent five years following one of the world’s youngest Holocaust survivors as she traveled around the world to tell her story. Born in Italy, Andra Bucci now lives in the Sacramento area and recently became a U.S. citizen. To her, telling the story over and over again is important in order to make sure that something like the Holocaust doesn’t happen again. Her story is detailed in our documentary “Always Remember Your Name.”Watch “Always Remember Your Name” Oct. 27 on KCRA 3 at 9 p.m. Even with survivors like Bucci telling their stories, the lack of knowledge in California alone is striking. 53% of California’s Millennials and Gen-Zers did not know what Auschwitz was. The complex, which contained a large number of sub-camps, was home to Auschwitz and Birkenau. Birkenau was known as the “killing camp,” and more than 1.1 million people died there, gassed by the Nazis and then cremated in a complex built specifically to eradicate the Jewish prisoners.37% cannot name a concentration camp or ghetto.59% didn’t know that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust32% actually believe that the number killed is 2 million or less13% believe that the Jews caused the Holocaust47% have seen Holocaust denial or distortion on social media or elsewhere60% have seen Nazi symbols in their community and/or on social media they have visited in the past 5 yearsThere is reason for hope. Seventy-six percent of those surveyed believe it is important to teach the Holocaust so it doesn’t happen again. In Italy, where Bucci is from, they teach the Holocaust beginning in 5th grade and through high school. Noemi Di Segni, president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, said her organization helps train teachers and all public schools are encouraged to produce a project, especially by using art. Hundreds of thousands of students have participated in an annual contest over the past 20 years, she said. Winners of the competition take trips to Auschwitz and the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.In the U.S., there is no policy requiring teaching the Holocaust in schools on the national level.California has required Holocaust and genocide education to be taught in public schools since 1985, but there has been no systematic teacher training or standard curriculum. A law newly signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Senate Bill 1277, aims to change that. It makes the Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education an official state program. The group plans to train 8,500 teachers and serve more than 1 million students across grades 6-12 by 2027.In the meantime, some schools like Miwok Middle School in Sacramento, which KCRA 3 has visited as part of the documentary, have already been teaching about the Holocaust. There are states that had high scores of knowledge. Those include Wisconsin, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Maine, Kansas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Idaho, Iowa and Montana.Those with the worst scores: Alaska, Delaware, Maryland, New York, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, and Arkansas.See a full breakdown of the findings below. App users, CLICK HERE to see the visualization. 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SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

As the world prepares for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, the site of one of the world’s largest examples of mass murder, the number of survivors has diminished greatly. So has the knowledge of the world’s young people about what happened.

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, a nonprofit organization with worldwide offices, secures compensation for Holocaust survivors around the world. It has done research on the knowledge people have of the Holocaust in all 50 states. The research focuses on millennials and those from Generation Z.

Nationally, 36% of those surveyed thought that 2 million or fewer Jews were killed during the Holocaust. The actual number of Jews killed is more than 6 million. Millions of others were killed.

The national survey also found that 48% couldn’t name a single concentration camp, killing camp or ghetto even though 40,000 of them existed across Europe during World War II.

KCRA 3 spent five years following one of the world’s youngest Holocaust survivors as she traveled around the world to tell her story. Born in Italy, Andra Bucci now lives in the Sacramento area and recently became a U.S. citizen. To her, telling the story over and over again is important in order to make sure that something like the Holocaust doesn’t happen again. Her story is detailed in our documentary “Always Remember Your Name.”

  • Watch “Always Remember Your Name” Oct. 27 on KCRA 3 at 9 p.m.

Even with survivors like Bucci telling their stories, the lack of knowledge in California alone is striking.

  • 53% of California’s Millennials and Gen-Zers did not know what Auschwitz was. The complex, which contained a large number of sub-camps, was home to Auschwitz and Birkenau. Birkenau was known as the “killing camp,” and more than 1.1 million people died there, gassed by the Nazis and then cremated in a complex built specifically to eradicate the Jewish prisoners.
  • 37% cannot name a concentration camp or ghetto.
  • 59% didn’t know that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust
  • 32% actually believe that the number killed is 2 million or less
  • 13% believe that the Jews caused the Holocaust
  • 47% have seen Holocaust denial or distortion on social media or elsewhere
  • 60% have seen Nazi symbols in their community and/or on social media they have visited in the past 5 years

There is reason for hope. Seventy-six percent of those surveyed believe it is important to teach the Holocaust so it doesn’t happen again.

In Italy, where Bucci is from, they teach the Holocaust beginning in 5th grade and through high school.

Noemi Di Segni, president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, said her organization helps train teachers and all public schools are encouraged to produce a project, especially by using art. Hundreds of thousands of students have participated in an annual contest over the past 20 years, she said. Winners of the competition take trips to Auschwitz and the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.

In the U.S., there is no policy requiring teaching the Holocaust in schools on the national level.

California has required Holocaust and genocide education to be taught in public schools since 1985, but there has been no systematic teacher training or standard curriculum.

A law newly signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Senate Bill 1277, aims to change that. It makes the Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education an official state program. The group plans to train 8,500 teachers and serve more than 1 million students across grades 6-12 by 2027.

In the meantime, some schools like Miwok Middle School in Sacramento, which KCRA 3 has visited as part of the documentary, have already been teaching about the Holocaust.

There are states that had high scores of knowledge. Those include Wisconsin, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Maine, Kansas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Idaho, Iowa and Montana.

Those with the worst scores: Alaska, Delaware, Maryland, New York, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, and Arkansas.

See a full breakdown of the findings below. App users, CLICK HERE to see the visualization.

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