A brand-new study launched ahead of Friday’s Holocaust Remembrance Day found the number of grownups in the Netherlands who think the world’s worst genocide is a misconception or overstated is greater than any of the other countries formerly surveyed, a “disturbing” decrease in Holocaust understanding.
In the Netherlands, 23% of grownups under age 40 and 12% of all participants stated they thought the Holocaust was a misconception or that the number of Jews eliminated has been significantly overemphasized. The study likewise discovered that 54% of all participants — and 59% of Millennials and Gen Zs — do not understand that 6 million Jews were killed while 29% of Dutch grownups believe that the number is 2 million or less.
Of the 140,000 Jews who lived in the Netherlands before World War II, 102,000 were eliminated throughout the Holocaust, according to the U.S. Department of State.
Anne Frank and the Dutch
Although anumberof transit camps in the Netherlands were utilized to deport more than 70% of the nation’s Jewish population to concentration camps, consistingof Anne Frank and her household who were hiding in Amsterdam, 53% of Dutch participants “did not mention” the Netherlands as a nation where the Holocaust took location, according to the study.
While most Dutch participants — 89% — were familiar with Anne Frank, 32% of Millennials and 27% of all grownups surveyed do not understand that she passedaway in a concentration camp.
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Similar study findings
The study, launched Wednesday and commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, previously surveyed 5 other countries, consistingof the United States. In 2018, a comparable study in the U.S. discovered practically a 3rd of Americans and 41% of Millennials improperly thought 2 million or less Jewish individuals passedaway in the Holocaust.
The worrying pattern continued in 2020 when another study discovered practically two-thirds of Millennials and Gen Zs didn’t understand that 6 million Jews were eliminated.
“Survey after study, we continue to witness a decrease in Holocaust understanding and awareness. Equally troubling is the pattern towards Holocaust rejection and distortion,” sai