April 8th marked Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day for people around the world to pay their respects to the eleven million people, including six million Jews, who were systematically murdered under the rule of Adolf Hitler. Although today, 70 years after the end of World War II, anti-Semitism, or hatred of Jews, is still not extinct.
Recently, an English teacher in New York is facing disciplinary action after making students write an essay using Nazi propaganda to prove that “Jews are evil,” according to the New York Times. More shocking is a news report by CNN describing how French Jews are fleeing to Israel and the US after many reports of being threatened and persecuted.
To put an end to ignorant hate, many Bob Jones history teachers are joining together to have their classes create a “Holocaust Museum” and learn about Jewish culture. The Museum included visuals of the stories of concentration camp survivors and maps of Nazi Occupied Europe. Also, students made trifolds that explained everything from the religion of Judaism to traditional Jewish food.
“The Holocaust was an unfathomable event for senseless reasons. It’s important for students to learn about it because it’s a lesson in tolerance,” said Mrs. Faris, a Modern US History teacher.
