AZ SCR1028

Recognizes the Holocaust as the systematic persecution and attempted annihilation of European Jews and other groups by Nazi Germany from 1933-1945, resulting in six million Jewish deaths and millions more persecuted.

Notes that Holocaust knowledge is significantly lacking in the United States, with nearly 22 percent of millennials having not heard of it and only about 50 percent correctly identifying it as an attempted extermination of the Jewish people.

Documents that Arizona has local resources available for Holocaust education, including programs from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Bureau of Jewish Education, Genocide Awareness Week at Scottsdale Community College, and the Phoenix Holocaust Association's Speaker Bureau.

Urges the Legislature to prioritize including Holocaust and genocide education in school curricula, support teacher training and resources, and encourage all students in grades 8-12 to be taught about the Holocaust and other genocides.

Notes that the Holocaust is not currently a required topic in Arizona academic standards and therefore is not required to be taught in schools.