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British schoolkids believe Auschwitz is a type of beer
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel News, British Jewry 

A new study shows that around 10 percent British schoolchildren could not identify Auschwitz as a Nazi death camp, and 2 percent believe it is a kind of beer.

The poll of 1,000 pupils between the ages of 11 to 16 was conducted by the London Jewish Cultural Center and Miramax film company, to mark the launch of the DVD edition of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

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ccording to the survey, 60 percent of pupils did not know what the Final Solution was, and 20 percent defined the phrase as the talks that brought an end to World War II.

Just 37 percent of the children polled knew that six million Jews perished in the Holocaust.

"We are not surprised by the results, although we are disappointed," said Stephanie Rose of the London Jewish Cultural Center.




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  1.   try doing the same poll in china 12:58  |  Joey 10/03/09
  2.   joey How many JEWS do you actually know 14:11  |  Ari ben Yisrael 10/03/09
  3.   The Holocaust isn`t very relevant to non-Jewish kids in Britain. 15:18  |  Michael 10/03/09
  4.   education 16:29  |  zoe 10/03/09
  5.   False alarm 17:12  |  Robert 10/03/09
  6.   ari 2 03:56  |  potobac 11/03/09
  7.   British schoolkids 04:25  |  Iamashamed 11/03/09
  8.   More Europe bashing 04:55  |  Ivan Kalmar 11/03/09
  9.   90 % is not good enough? 06:13  |  Paul 11/03/09
  10.   Compare these two statements: 17:12  |  zmogus 13/03/09
  11.   Unbelievabe Complaint!! 20:41  |  David 17/03/09
  12.   More complex 21:24  |  Joseph 17/03/09
  13.   They should know! 00:01  |  Nic 18/03/09
  14.   very deceptive headline 03:15  |  Tarik 20/03/09
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