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Why we need to rethink how to teach the Holocaust

  • Written by Alan Marcus, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut
Photos and history of Holocaust victims frame the ceiling of the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem.White House photo by Chris Greenberg

A recent national survey reported that millennials are struggling with their knowledge of the Holocaust. The survey results show that 22 percent of millennials have not heard of, or...

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