Education is a powerful tool in the fight against hate and discrimination.
At the Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation, we believe Holocaust education is a powerful tool to combat hate, foster empathy, and promote understanding. Yet, many schools lack the funding and resources to bring these critical lessons to life. MSHEF fills a crucial gap by funding Holocaust education grants for teachers, providing a free and comprehensive Holocaust education resource database to search, and offering additional facts to educate on why the need for Holocaust education is urgent.
Learn how to bring Holocaust education to life in your classroom through MSHEF’s Holocaust Education Grant Program.
Search for education resources in your state or apply to submit your resource to our database.
Passed in 2020, the “Never Again Education Act” is federal legislation that aims to ensure “Never Again” by promoting comprehensive Holocaust education across the country. To date:Â
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“The latest research from ADL’s Center for Antisemitism Research (CAR), suggests a direct relationship between deficiencies in Holocaust education and heightened prejudicial, antisemitic beliefs. Our findings reveal that believing in antisemitic tropes is strongly correlated with a lack of knowledge about Jews, Judaism, and the Holocaust.”
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“Research suggests that Holocaust learning also plays an important role in combatting antisemitism.”
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“These findings strongly support the need for more and higher quality education on the Holocaust. In addition to building knowledge about the events surrounding the Holocaust, secondary school education on the Holocaust is correlated with reduced antisemitism, increases openness to differing viewpoints and builds civic efficacy.”
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“Holocaust education aims to teach moral lessons on empathy and educate on the fragility of democracy, the role of antisemitism as Nazi ideology, and the importance of bearing witness to the past.“
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“It is crucial for educators to not only teach the facts and history of the Holocaust, but also address the underlying sources of hate and antisemitism that still exist today. By acknowledging and discussing these issues in the classroom, students can gain a deeper understanding of the impact of hate and the importance of combating it.”
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Jews face 55% of all religious hate crimes yet they are just 2.4% of the US population.
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32% of 18-29-year-olds were classified as Haters or Leaning Haters in the US Antisemitism Landscape Survey.
Almost two-thirds of millennials, Gen Z don’t know that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, survey finds.
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Ryan W. Miller
September 16, 2020
According to survey of adults 18-39, 23% said they believed the Holocaust was a myth.
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Harriet Sherwood
September 16, 2020
11 million people were killed during the Holocaust (1.1 million children). 6 million of those victims were Jewish.
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