Bill in West Virginia legislature would make Holocaust education mandatory
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) – With the rise of antisemitism around the country, places like the West Virginia Senate are taking steps to tackle the issue through education.
In late March, Senate Bill 54 passed in the Senate and is now headed to the House. The bill, sponsored by Mike Oliverio, would require students be taught age-appropriate curriculum on the Holocaust, starting in sixth grade.
12 News spoke with a representative from the Yad Vashem USA Foundation, where the goal is to continue educating the world about the Holocaust and preventing future events like it.
'It's amazing that that bill was passed and we hope that many other states will do so as well… It is not an easy story to understand how this could happen in a modern western society, how one group could be targeted and exterminated and that is what Yad Vashem does and that is how we want to educate people around the world,' Tamar Major, National Director of Philanthropy for the Yad Vashem USA Foundation.
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Major said the organization is able to provide educational material to schools and educate teachers on how to best teach the history of the Holocaust, adding that although West Virginia legislators have not yet been in contact with Yad Vashem, it is an available resource.
For more information on Yad Vashem, you can go here.
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