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What Americans Know About the Holocaust
In your own words, what does the term ‘the Holocaust’ refer to?
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- What Americans Know About the Holocaust
- 2018 Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Study
- 1993 American Jewish Committee study
- Most U.S. teens and adults know when the Holocaust happened, fewer know how Hitler came to power
- Little difference between political parties in levels of Holocaust knowledge
- Educational attainment is associated with more knowledge about the Holocaust
- Atheists and agnostics most likely to know Hitler became chancellor of Germany through democratic political process
- Nearly half of Americans get at least three of four questions right about the Holocaust
- More Holocaust knowledge tied to warmer feelings toward Jews
- Most who underestimate the number of Jews killed in Holocaust have neutral or warm feelings toward Jews
- Most Americans say ‘the Holocaust’ refers to the annihilation of Jews
- In your own words, what does the term ‘the Holocaust’ refer to?