Hochul signs Holocaust education bill

Holocaust education for New York students may soon be revamped after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Wednesday that requires the state Department of Education to examine whether the Holocaust is being properly taught in schools.

New York schools are required to teach about the Holocaust, one of 23 states that have the mandate.

Studies have shown there is a surprising level of ignorance when it comes to learning about the Holocaust, the genocide when six million Jews and millions of others perished at the hands of the Nazis in the lead up to and during World War II.

One 2020 study suggested 34% of millennial and Generation Z New Yorkers think the Holocaust was exaggerated or a myth.

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