Holocaust Knowledge

April 28, 2008 - 6:00 PM by

This Friday May 2 Israel marks Yom Ha’Shoah or annual Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Accordingly, the Hebrew press has been running Holocaust related stories for the past week or so including one current clip citing today’s youth as being more knowledgeable vis a vis Holocaust history than any prior generation.

“Today’s Israeli high school students are scoring higher than their predecessors ever have in Holocaust related history testing,” Maariv states.

Want to see how you score? Answer these questions…

1) Name three laws or manifests enacted by the Nazis against Jews between 1933 and the outbreak of WWII.

2) Name two aims of the Nazi formation of Judenrate in occupied Europe.

3) Name two turning points during WWII that resulted in increased severity of Nazi policy toward the Jews.

Tags: • Category: Crime, History and Culture, Life, War 

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  1. David-Joe on Tue, Apr 29th 2008 1:18 AM

    2. I could not answer completely all of the questions. But I also think it is generational. My generation in the kibbutz had survivors who fought and won Israel’s independence. We understood the holocaust in vivid terms.

    This is no more so it is proper that another generation have to understand it in a more academic way.

    I would also add that the abstract ethic that lies at the root of the issue must also be taught. This ethic is one of self-sacrifice also known as altruism. Self-immolation is the ethic of all demagogues and they always, explicitly by the nazis, oppose individualism which is based upon the ethic of rational self-interest.

    This is the story of Plato [sacrifice- the irrational - collectivism] versus Aristotle [ational egoism – the rational – individualism.

    Strong individual self-esteem, where a nation consists of people with ironclad cvonfidence that they can think for themselves and happiness is deserved, is the ONLY defense against the rise of demagogues.

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