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Last update - 12:27 07/11/2009
Hitler was a German soccer coach, kids tell U.K. poll
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Adolf Hitler, Israel News 

Adolf Hitler was the manager of Germany's national soccer team, and Auschwitz was a World War Two theme park, a poll released by the Daily Mail on Friday said, questioning U.K. children aged 9 to 15.

The study, which was conducted by war veterans' charity Erskine in the run-up to Remembrance Day, tested 2,000 children for their knowledge of last century's two world wars.

One in 20, according to the poll, thought the Holocaust was the celebration at the end of the war and one in ten said the SS was Enid Blyton's Secret Seven.
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The poll also showed only half of the respondents knew D-Day was the invasion of Normandy, with a quarter of those asked believing it was "Dooms Day," with another quarter thinking a nuclear bomb was dropped on Pearl Harbour, spurring America's involvement in the war.

Twelve percent of respondents said the symbol of Britain's Remembrance Day is the golden arches of McDonald's, rather than the poppy.
Major Jim Panton, chief executive of Erskine, said that "Some of the answers to this poll have shocked us and it has shown that Erskine, amongst others, has a part to play, not just in caring for veterans but in educating society as a whole."

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      1.   Ha, ha, ha, it would almost be kind of funny...... 10:36  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/11/09
      2.   Who Cares? 10:46  |  John Sweeny 07/11/09
      3.   Wouldn`t take this to seriously 10:49  |  Chris Linthwaite 07/11/09
      4.   Kids shock adults with form response... 11:42  |  had enough 07/11/09
      5.   Swiss 11:54  |  MR 07/11/09
      6.   # 5 MR, honestly, the Holocaust was never a topic..... 12:50  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/11/09
      7.   Hitler 12:56  |  guest 07/11/09
      8.   And to think that Brits laugh at American ignorance 13:08  |  DB 07/11/09
      9.   ???? 13:22  |  J 07/11/09
      10.   DINO AND THE HOLOCAUST 14:29  |  Brant 07/11/09
      11.   and a darn good coach too 16:18  |  Paul Freedman 07/11/09
      12.   Kids do this all the time... 17:11  |  Mark 07/11/09
      13.   sweeny 17:18  |  Chaphari 07/11/09
      14.   DB - It`s not just the British who laugh at American ignorance 17:54  |  CJ 07/11/09
      15.   Sure, he led Germany on a world tour 18:02  |  Mark Lincoln 07/11/09
      16.   Yawn 18:18  |  Rick 07/11/09
      17.   Israel in danger 19:03  |  petr vojta 07/11/09
      18.   thats sad! 20:52  |  Suzy 07/11/09
      19.   Swiss #1 has a point 21:42  |  Pssd Off American 07/11/09
      20.   Hitler`s Hamburger joint 23:35  |  infidel 07/11/09
      21.   Quiz Israeli kids on current foreign events and history 01:58  |  Yael G 08/11/09
      22.   Surprised? 10:20  |  Ben 08/11/09
      23.   #19 14:54  |  Observer 08/11/09
      24.   Why should we burden todays kids with our past 17:16  |  L A 08/11/09
      25.   Non-holocaust knowledge 19:46  |  Michael 08/11/09
      26.   Ever watch Jay Leno and Jaywalking...? 22:48  |  Stephen. 08/11/09
      27.   As a UK history teacher ... 11:34  |  Joseph 09/11/09
      28.   Reply to #2 11:38  |  Danny 09/11/09
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