{"id":2121253,"date":"2023-12-10T18:37:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T23:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-shocker-20-of-gen-z-think-holocaust-is-a-myth-28-believe-jews-have-too-much-power-in-us\/"},"modified":"2023-12-10T18:41:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T23:41:29","slug":"poll-shocker-20-of-gen-z-think-holocaust-is-a-myth-28-believe-jews-have-too-much-power-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-shocker-20-of-gen-z-think-holocaust-is-a-myth-28-believe-jews-have-too-much-power-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprising poll findings: 20% of Gen Z deny Holocaust, 28% perceive excessive Jewish influence in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-shocker-20-of-gen-z-think-holocaust-is-a-myth-28-believe-jews-have-too-much-power-in-us%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2121253&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Forgotten Holocaust: \u2063A Wake-Up Call for \u2064America&#8217;s Youth<\/h2>\n<p>The philosopher George\u200c Santayana\u2062 wrote, \u201cThose\u2063 who cannot \u200dremember the past are condemned to repeat it.\u201d But no one could have predicted that it would take \u200cless than 100 years for us \u2062to forget one of the most heinous atrocities committed against one \u200cpeople group \u2063in \u2063modern \u200chistory \u2014 the Holocaust.<\/p>\n<p>A\u200d recent survey on Holocaust\u2063 knowledge in \u200bAmerica unveiled a profound\u200b and disturbing ignorance among\u200b young adults about \u2063the attempted genocide of the Jewish people, according to U.K. \u200doutlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/sep\/16\/holocaust-us-adults-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">[YouGov Survey]  Top\u2062 groups\u200d that believe the\u200d Holocaust didn\u2019t \u200chappen:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>-Democrats: 10% (vs 5% \u200cof\u200d Republicans)<\/li>\n<li>-Black people: \u200d13% (vs 5% white people)<\/li>\n<li>-City residents: 14% (vs 3%\u200d rural people)<\/li>\n<li>-Young people: 20% (vs 0% of age 65+)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jewish leftists are gonna\u2063 have\u200d a really hard time\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1uq0VHehD\">pic.twitter.com\/P1uq0VHehD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1733081814179217919?\">December 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Commissioned by the\u2064 Conference on Jewish Material Claims\u200b Against \u2063Germany, the survey \u2062polled\u2063 1,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/same-rate-of-white-evangelicals-and-young-black-americans-hesitant-on-vaccine-media-condemns-one-group-defends-other\/\" title=\"Same Rate Of White Evangelicals And Young Black Americans Hesitant On Vaccine. Media Condemns One Group, Defends Other.\">adults aged<\/a> 18-39\u200c nationwide about basic facts concerning the \u200cNazi extermination \u2064of 6 million European\u200d Jews. The results\u2064 were alarming.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly\u2063 two-thirds\u2062 of young Americans do not even know that six million Jews \u2063died in \u2062the Holocaust. Over a third believe 2 million or less perished \u200b\u2014 a \u200bstaggering underestimate.<\/p>\n<p>Almost half of millennial and Gen Z adults aged between 18\u200d and 39 could not name a \u2063single concentration \u200ccamp\u200b or ghetto \u200c\u2014 emblems of Nazi brutality and the infrastructure of genocide.<\/p>\n<p>Even more \u200bshocking numbers of young adults have bought into dangerous Holocaust denialism and distortion, the survey revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a quarter believe the Holocaust has been exaggerated or are not even sure it \u200dhappened. One in eight have \u2062never \u200bheard of it at all.<\/p>\n<p>Over half have seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/borat-star-blasts-tiktok-executives-creating-nazi-like-anti-semitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nazi<\/a> symbols\u2063 promoted on social\u200b media.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200daddition, 28 percent \u200cin the 18-29 demographic believe \u201cJews \u200dhave too much\u200d power in America,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net\/documents\/econTabReport_tT4jyzG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c survey was the first to drill\u200c down to the state \u200clevel\u2062 to determine \u200bbeliefs about the Holocaust.<\/p>\n<p>It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doc-suspended-over-biden-vax-mandate-desantis-hes-reinstated-freedom-has-a-home-here-in-florida\/\" title=\"Doc Suspended Over Biden Vax Mandate. DeSantis: He\u2019s Reinstated, \u2018Freedom Has A Home Here In Florida\u2019\">ranked states<\/a> from highest to lowest Holocaust knowledge\u200b based on residents\u2019 awareness of\u2063 basic facts. Wisconsin scored \u2064highest, while Florida, Mississippi and Arkansas ranked lowest nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Almost one in five New Yorkers blamed the Jews as the cause of\u2063 the\u200d very\u2064 Holocaust that \u200cdestroyed their \u2064ancestors. Louisiana,\u2062 Tennessee, Montana and other states display similar shameful statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Gideon Taylor, president of the Conference on\u2063 Jewish Material\u2062 Claims Against Germany, said, \u2063\u201cThe results are both\u2064 shocking and saddening,\u2063 and \u2062they\u200b underscore\u2062 why we must act now while Holocaust survivors are still with us to voice their\u200c stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis needs to \u2064serve \u200cas\u2062 a\u200d wake-up call to us all, \u2063and as a road map\u2062 of where government officials need to act,\u201d Taylor added.<\/p>\n<p>A large portion of the \u2064blame for this lack of education can be placed on educational institutions, which\u200b have pushed Marxist\u2062 ideologies, including Holocaust denial.<\/p>\n<p>The shameful testimonies \u200bof the presidents\u200b of Harvard, Penn, and MIT, as reported by this week are clear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/100-harvard-faculty-defend-palestinian-slogan-condemned-university-president-anti-semitic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evidence of the culture<\/a> \u2064being promoted in these so-called \u200belite institutions.<\/p>\n<p>But \u200dthe memories of \u200cAmericans are even shorter than that.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the hashtag #lettertoamerica went viral on TikTok as thousands of\u2063 Tiktokers encouraged\u2063 their millions \u200dof\u2063 followers\u200d to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sign-times-leftists-now-declaring-support-osama-bin-laden-en-masse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read Osama bin \u200dLaden\u2019s<\/a> 2002 \u201cLetter to America,\u201d claiming it \u200crevealed \u201ctruths\u201d about Israel\u2063 and Middle East foreign policy they aren\u2019t taught in school, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/tiktokers-praise-osama-bin-ladens-antisemitic-letter-to-us-life-changing-terrorist-terrorism-israel-hamas-middle-east-conflict-palestine-gaza-tik-tok-letter-to-america#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National Desk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Warning: This video contains \u2062language\u200b that may be offensive to some people. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thousands of TikTokers posted videos today saying they read Osama bin Laden\u2019s \u201cLetter \u200cto America\u201d\u2062 on his goals behind the 9\/11 attacks and how it opened their \u2064eyes\u200c to terrorism \u2063as a form of resistance.<\/p>\n<p>The pro-Hamas left is parody\u2063 of itself.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wtleEeVzup\">pic.twitter.com\/wtleEeVzup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael P Senger (@michaelpsenger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelpsenger\/status\/1724965637326573946?\">November 16,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u200d took a bunch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/university-pennsylvania-president-resigns-post-pressure-grows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smirking\u2064 elite university presidents\u2019<\/a> blatantly admitting to Congress that calling for the genocide\u200b of\u2062 Jews\u2062 only violates \u2062the \u2064rules \u200cof conduct of their university\u200b depending on the \u201ccontext\u201d to \u2062bring attention to \u200dthe Marxist\u200b ideology and historical whitewashing happening \u2063to \u200byoung people\u2064 in educational institutions,\u200c leading \u200cto\u200b threats of\u200b pulled back donations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/12\/07\/business\/penn-emergency-meeting-liz-magill\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according\u200d to CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I fail to see how her comments \u200ccould have been \u201cmisinterpreted\u201d. She literally said\u2063 that whether calling for \u2062the \u2063genocide of\u200b a particular group of people\u2064 is wrong \u201cdepends on \u2062the context\u201d. So I ask\u200b President Gay and all of the students and faculty of Harvard, under \u200bwhat\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cr39N8Eqg5\">https:\/\/t.co\/cr39N8Eqg5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Q. Zhou (@andyquanzhou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andyquanzhou  <\/p>\n<h2> What measures can be taken to combat misinformation\u200c and hateful ideologies surrounding the Holocaust, particularly on social \u200dmedia platforms<\/h2>\n<p><span>  &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>The National Desk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These disturbing trends and lack of\u200d awareness \u2063about the Holocaust \u200bshould\u200d serve as a \u2063wake-up call for America&#8217;s youth.\u200d The Holocaust\u200b was not only a horrific event in human history \u200cbut a reminder of the dangers of ignorance and indifference.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential that young adults educate themselves about the\u200c Holocaust and its significance. The\u2064 Holocaust should not be reduced to a mere chapter in a history book, but a reminder\u2062 of\u2063 the consequences of prejudice, bigotry, and hate.<\/p>\n<p>The lessons of the Holocaust \u2062are more relevant than ever, as we witness a rise\u200c in anti-Semitism, hate crimes, and discriminatory ideologies around the \u200cworld. \u2063By \u2062understanding the depth of\u200b human suffering and the horrors that occurred \u2064during the Holocaust, we can better equip ourselves to recognize \u2063and combat \u200dthese injustices in our own\u200b time.<\/p>\n<p>Holocaust education should not be limited to history classrooms but should be \u200cintegrated\u2062 into\u2064 various aspects of education. From\u2062 literature to social \u2063studies,\u2062 students should be exposed \u200dto \u200dliterature and firsthand accounts that shed light on\u200c the Holocaust. By hearing\u200b the stories of survivors and studying \u2064the works of authors like Elie Wiesel and Anne\u2064 Frank, young adults can develop empathy and \u200ca deeper understanding of the Holocaust&#8217;s impact on individuals and society.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, it is the responsibility of educators, parents, and \u200dsociety \u2064as a whole to ensure that accurate and \u2064comprehensive information about the Holocaust is readily available. This \u2064includes combating Holocaust \u2062denialism and distortion that\u2064 often\u2063 circulate on social media and other platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts must be made to counteract the spread of misinformation\u200b and hateful ideologies. \u2062Holocaust museums and memorials can serve as powerful tools for education and remembrance. Additionally,\u2063 community organizations\u2063 and\u200c religious institutions can collaborate to organize events \u200band \u200ddiscussions that promote Holocaust education and awareness.<\/p>\n<p>America&#8217;s youth must also be encouraged to \u2062engage in critical thinking and question the sources of information they encounter. With \u200cthe \u2063rise of social media and\u2062 the abundance of information \u2064available online, it is crucial\u2063 for young adults to\u200b develop the skills \u200bnecessary to discern between reliable sources and propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>By fostering a curiosity for truth and an understanding of historical events\u2062 like the Holocaust, America&#8217;s youth can become active participants in shaping a more compassionate\u2064 and \u200binclusive society. This involves not\u2064 only \u200blearning\u2063 about \u2063the past but also recognizing the need to stand up \u200bagainst prejudice and injustice in the\u2063 present.<\/p>\n<p>As Santayana&#8217;s quote aptly reminds us, history has\u200c a way of repeating itself if we fail to \u2064learn from it. The Holocaust \u2062should not be forgotten or \u200cminimized, but rather remembered as a call\u200c to action. It is a call to ensure\u2064 that \u2062such atrocities are never repeated \u200cand that the principles of\u2063 tolerance, empathy, \u200dand respect\u2062 guide our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ag-barr-destroys-his-name-for-all-eternity-his-actions-today-confirm-he-is-just-another-card-carrying-swamp-rat\/\" title=\"AG Barr Destroys His Name for All Eternity - His Actions Today Confirm He Is Just Another Card-Carrying Swamp Rat\">actions today<\/a> and in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The philosopher George Santayana warned that forgetting the past leads to repetition. Surprisingly, within a century, we have forgotten the Holocaust, a horrific crime against a specific group. 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