Come on.
Why is this even an investigation?
Why do the Jews do these polls?
It’s weird, isn’t it?
A third of young adults in the UK are unable to name Auschwitz or any of the other concentration camps and ghettoes where the crimes of the Holocaust were committed, according to a study.
Other growing gaps in knowledge – especially among those aged 18-29 – were also identified, as part of a major international survey in countries including the US and UK.
The findings have been released before the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust and the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation on Monday. It comes amid fears of a resurgent far right and alarm over rising antisemitism.
More than a quarter of people surveyed in the UK were unable to name a single camp or ghetto established by the Nazis during the second world war.
King Charles will travel to Auschwitz on Monday to mark the liberation, joining survivors and other dignitaries as well as meeting Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda.
It comes as the prime minister pledged to make Holocaust education in the UK “a truly national endeavour”, saying his government would “ensure all schools teach it”.
On Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember the six million Jewish people who were brutally murdered.
Today and every day, we stand against the poison of antisemitism and hatred in all its forms.
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) January 27, 2025
Keir Starmer said: “We must start by remembering the 6 million Jewish victims and by defending the truth against anyone who would deny it.
“But as we remember, we must also act. Because we say ‘never again’ – but where was ‘never again’ in the genocides of Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur – and where is ‘never again’ as antisemitism kills Jewish people still?
“Today, we have to make those words mean more. We will make Holocaust education a truly national endeavour. We will ensure all schools teach it and seek to give every young person the opportunity to hear a recorded survivor testimony, because by learning from survivors we can develop that empathy for others and that appreciation of our common humanity, which is the ultimate way to defeat the hatred of difference.
“It happened, it can happen again: that is the warning of the Holocaust to us all. And it’s why it is a duty for all of us to make ‘never again’ finally mean what it says: never again.”
In answer to being asked to name the concentration camps, death camps, killing sites, transit camps or ghettoes they had heard of, 26% of those surveyed in the UK said they did not know any of their names. The proportion was 33% among those aged 18-29 in the UK, although the figure was as high as 48% among those surveyed in the US.
How many Roman emperors can they name?
How much algebra can they do?
What do the Jews think is going on in Western schools?
Do they want the whole thing to be “Holocaust class”?
No, because the kids have to learn to be trannies too, right?
Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day next week, I sat down with survivors to hear their extraordinary stories of courage.
In their honour, I made a promise in the @HolocaustUK Book of Commitment today.
A promise to fight the poison of antisemitism and hatred in all its forms. pic.twitter.com/600pf3sL8K
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) January 22, 2025