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The Failure of Holocaust Education in Britain

JL;DR SUMMARY Holocaust survivor Ivor Perl and others express frustration over the apparent failure of Holocaust education in Britain despite its mandatory inclusion in the national curriculum. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Holocaust SurvivorsHolocaust EducationSurvivor TestimoniesEducation ReformIvor PerlTeacher TrainingBritish CurriculumHistorical MisunderstandingHolocaust Education TrustHolocaust Misconceptions

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London, United Kingdom
"Andy Pearce of University College Londons Centre for Holocaust Education is not surprised Perl is disillusioned."
Royal Wooton Bassett, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
"Nicola Wetherall teaches at Royal Wooton Bassett Academy in Wiltshire, which has a cross-curricular Holocaust and genocide program built into its curricula."
Cornwall, United Kingdom
"In some rural parts of the United Kingdom, like Cornwall, there is, according to Wetherall, no Holocaust education being taught at all despite the fact that it is a legal requirement for schools to do so."
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
"Mike Levy, a Holocaust educator based in Cambridge, sees the passing of the last Holocaust survivors as an opportunity to do this."

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