Dutch survey: 10% of history teachers have Holocaust-denying students
The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, which is nearly 65 years old, is consistently one of the most visited museums in the Netherlands. Yet public school teachers report an alarming rate of Holocaust denial among Dutch students.
Jewish Children’s Monument, with names of 400 Jewish children murdered during the Holocaust, at the site of a former Jewish school in The Hague. Photo by Menachem Wecker.
Of 400 surveyed teachers, almost 10% overall and 25% 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.
One teacher 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% of teachers who regularly teach about the subject only reported a rate of student Holocaust denial of 1%.
Many Holocaust memorials have been erected in the Netherlands, particularly in Amsterdam and The Hague.
JNS
Unfortunately, immigrant and refugee intake in Scandinavian countries and elsewhere has seen an increase in antisemitism, and we know the reason for that. As antisemitism incites hatred, and even terrorist acts, perhaps conditions considered for accepting these migrants as residents should include not bringing this kind of harmful attitude into the country concerned.
Holland is not a Scandinavian country. Check your Atlas if you have one on the book shelf