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Teaching the Holocaust

the Holocaust be taught to children? Let’s allow one of the primary architects of the Holocaust itself — Hermann Goering — to answer the question. “Education is dangerous,” the arch-Nazi once said. “Every educated person is a future enemy.” Consider the question answered. With or without knowledge of Goering’s totalitarian views on education, a great many educators — teachers of Jewish and gentile youths alike — have already decided on the matter, and their answer is a resounding “yes.” While not universal in American schools, public or parochial, Holocaust education is far from rare, unlike a few decades ago when the only exposure to the subject for many children was a quick subchapter in the WW II section of their world history class. Today, students from […]
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