IL HR0943

Commends educators in Illinois who instruct students on the Holocaust during Holocaust Education Week

Encourages school districts and local residents to support Holocaust Education Week and participate in commemorative educational events

Cites Illinois's 1990 status as one of the first states to require Holocaust education in public schools

References a 2020 survey showing 59% of Illinoisans did not know six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust and 54% could not name a concentration camp or ghetto

Notes rising hate crimes, including 953 anti-Jewish hate crimes in 2019 (a 14% increase from the previous year) and anti-Semitic harassment on Illinois college campuses