AL HJR160

Endorses and encourages Holocaust education in Alabama schools.

Cites survey data showing knowledge gaps: 31% of Americans and 41% of millennials believe two million or fewer Jews were killed; 41% of Americans don't know what Auschwitz was; nearly two-thirds of young adults unaware six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust.

Notes that 31% of young adults in Alabama cannot name a single Nazi concentration camp, 10% uncertain the Holocaust happened, and 9% erroneously believe Jewish people caused the Holocaust.

Recommends the revised Alabama Course of Study social studies curriculum include components covering anti-Semitism history, Third Reich dictatorship, concentration camps, persecution of Jews and non-Jews, resistance movements, post-World War II trials, and lessons on personal responsibility and civic engagement.

Passed by the House on April 20, 2021 and adopted by the Senate on April 27, 2021.