The Dutch, found to be smarter than Americans, are targeted for "education"

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A study published Tuesday by the American Jewish Committee found that a similar proportion of Americans — 47% compared to 54% in the Netherlands — did not know that 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust.

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"We know that we can work together with educators to ensure the trends we see in Holocaust denial and distortion and the rise in antisemitism are countered by a robust curriculum of Holocaust education."

In the Netherlands, a majority do not know the Holocaust affected their country
https://www.jta.org/2023/01/25/global/in-the-netherlands-a-majority-do-not-know-the-holocaust-affected-their-country

A recent study of the Dutch population conducted by the Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany showed an alarming lack of education around the Holocaust in the Netherlands.

For one, a majority of Dutch respondents, across all age groups, did not cite their own country as a place where the Holocaust took place, despite the fact that the Netherlands was the setting of the world's most widely-read Holocaust memoirs — Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl," which has been translated into over 70 languages. About 75% of the country's Jews were killed during the Holocaust, one of the highest rates in Europe.

The study, for which Schoen Cooperman Research surveyed 2,000 people across the country of over 17 million, also found that a majority of respondents (54%) and a slightly larger share of those in the millenial and Gen Z generations (59%) did not know that the number of Jews murdered by the Nazis totaled 6 million. Many said the total was as little as 2 million or fewer.

"Survey after survey, we continue to witness a decline in Holocaust knowledge and awareness. Equally disturbing is the trend towards Holocaust denial and distortion," said Gideon Taylor, the Claims Conference president, in a statement about the study released on Wednesday. "To address this trend, we must put a greater focus on Holocaust education in our schools globally."

The Netherlands is not in a category of its own with such numbers. A study published Tuesday by the American Jewish Committee found that a similar proportion of Americans — 47% compared to 54% in the Netherlands — did not know that 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust.

However, researchers also found that the percentage of Dutch people who thought the Holocaust was a myth or greatly exaggerated (12%) was higher than in any other nation previously surveyed by the Claims Conference, an organization that advocates for and distributes restitution funds to Nazi victims and their descendants. Nearly a quarter of those in the younger generations believed it acceptable to hold neo-Nazi views.

"One of the more troubling trends we continue to see in these surveys is the rise in numbers of people who believe the Holocaust was a myth or that the number of Jews murdered is exaggerated," said Greg Schneider, the Claims Conference's executive vice president.

Despite those findings, a majority of Dutch respondents (77%) said that they felt that Holocaust education was increasingly necessary in the country.

"While many of the historical facts related to the Holocaust in the Netherlands are not known, I am encouraged by the number of respondents to this survey that believe Holocaust education is important," said Emile Schrijver, the general director of Amsterdam's Jewish Cultural Quarter and one of the people who conducted the survey. "We know that we can work together with educators to ensure the trends we see in Holocaust denial and distortion and the rise in antisemitism are countered by a robust curriculum of Holocaust education."

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One in 10 Dutch teachers have students who deny the Holocaust says survey
The figure doubles for those working in areas with a high population of new immigrants
https://www.thejc.com/news/world/one-in-10-dutch-teachers-have-students-who-deny-the-holocaust-says-survey-3uYmGVyKce3PZlQhCQs2G0

(JNS) A new survey has revealed that one-in-ten Dutch teachers have students who deny the Holocaust, with teachers working in areas with a high immigrant population saying 25 per cent of their students express similar views.

Of 400 surveyed teachers, almost 10 per cent overall and 25 per cent of those with classes that had more than a quarter of immigrant students told the Dutch daily Nederlands Dagblad that they have encountered students who deny that the Holocaust took place.

Vincent Pap, history teacher at Oostvaarders College in Almere told the paper that students tell him that the Holocaust "is used to justify the state of Israel's attitude toward Palestine."

Another teacher said that students "always come round" when they learn stories from survivors or see photos from World War II and the Holocaust.

The 10 per cent of teachers who regularly teach about the subject only reported a rate of student Holocaust denial of 1 per cent.

Many Holocaust memorials have been erected in the Netherlands, particularly in Amsterdam and The Hague and The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, which is nearly 65 years old, is consistently one of the most visited museums in the Netherlands