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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: One-third of Canadian kids don’t understand or question the Holocaust, new survey shows
Description: A new national survey, released today, reveals troubling news about the state of Holocaust education in Canada. Conducted by Liberation75, the Canadian charity focused on Holocaust commemoration and education, the survey found that one in three Canadian kids think the Holocaust either didn't happen or was exaggerated, while nearly half don't know six million Jews were killed. And despite the wealth of free Holocaust education materials out there, many Canadian kids still learn about the Holocaust from social media, movies, TV, comics and video games.
That's why the authors are calling for provincial governments to make Holocaust...