Too many Americans under the age of 30 believe the Holocaust is a myth. The poll results certainly explain a great deal regarding the sheer numbers of young people protesting on behalf of Palestine and Hamas. 

A portion of Americans under 30 do not believe the Holocaust occurred, a new poll from public opinion group YouGov shows.

When asked by surveyors if they agree with the statement “the Holocaust is a myth,” 2% of total respondents said they “strongly agree”, 5% said they “tend to agree,” 7% agreed and 16% “neither agree nor disagree.” Among those who agreed, 10% identified as Democrats as opposed to 6% who aligned with Republicans.

A total of 20% of those aged 18 to 29 agreed with the statement.

On the question of whether the Holocaust was “exaggerated,” 17% of total respondents agreed, led again by the 18-29 age range with 23%. This age group also agreed Jews have “too much power in America” with 28%.

To be sure, the numbers of those who know the Holocaust isn’t a myth is significantly higher. Yet, what these results speak of is a lack of history education in schools, colleges and universities, and from the parents. 

As we’ve watched play out these last two months, the gleeful calls for intifada and chants of “from the river to the sea” among our young people have been beyond disturbing. Yet, as this poll shows and what a Berkeley professor found out, is that our young people don’t know what the hell they are talking about. 

When college students who sympathize with Palestinians chant “From the river to the sea,” do they know what they’re talking about? I hired a survey firm to poll 250 students from a variety of backgrounds across the U.S. Most said they supported the chant, some enthusiastically so (32.8%) and others to a lesser extent (53.2%).

But only 47% of the students who embrace the slogan were able to name the river and the sea. Some of the alternative answers were the Nile and the Euphrates, the Caribbean, the Dead Sea (which is a lake) and the Atlantic. . . .

Would learning basic political facts about the conflict moderate students’ opinions? A Latino engineering student from a southern university reported “definitely” supporting “from the river to the sea” because “Palestinians and Israelis should live in two separate countries, side by side.” Shown on a map of the region that a Palestinian state would stretch from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, leaving no room for Israel, he downgraded his enthusiasm for the mantra to “probably not.” Of the 80 students who saw the map, 75% similarly changed their view.

I truly wonder what the results would be if those same students were asked if they were taught any modicum of world history while in middle or high school. Sadly, I’d be willing to bet that well over half those surveyed would say no. 

When you get your history from biased media and social media…is it any wonder that these polls show that too many young Americans believe the Holocaust is a myth? 

https://twitter.com/BigTNJones85/status/1733083260169732558

Again, this is what happens when significant world events such as the Holocaust aren’t taught in the classrooms. 

Nearly two-thirds of young Americans do not even know that six million Jews died in the Holocaust. Over a third believe 2 million or less perished — a staggering underestimate.