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Two years ago, a CNN poll rocked Europe: the poll showed that adults aged 18 to 34 living on our continent say “little” or “nothing at all” about the Holocaust. About one in twenty Europeans has never heard of the systematic extermination of Jews by the National Socialists.
Now, a recent survey shows that there is an even bigger gap in knowledge among Americans. In the United States, according to a new study, eleven percent of adults under 40 believe that Jews caused the Holocaust. At the same time, 63 percent do not know that around six million Jews were killed in the process.
This was the result of a poll released Wednesday for the Claims Conference. Twelve percent of US citizens surveyed said they had never heard of the Holocaust. The Claims Conference, an association of Jewish organizations, handles material compensation for survivors.
The knowledge gap is bigger in New York
1000 people in the US were interviewed for the national figures and another 200 in individual states to determine the situation there. It found that the proportion of those who hold Jews accountable for the Holocaust is particularly high in New York state at 19 percent. Ignorance about the number of victims was particularly high in Arkansas (69 percent) and Delaware (68 percent).
Holocaust is the term used almost throughout the world to designate the genocide of the Jewish population of Europe by the National Socialists. About six million people were victims of it.
The term Holocaust comes from the Greek word “holokauston” and means holocaust (literally: “completely burned”). People of the Jewish faith mainly use the Hebrew word Shoah: catastrophe. (nim / SDA)
